An Edo State High Court in Benin has ordered the reinstatement of the suspended 18 local government chairmen and vice chairmen in the state. The presiding judge, Justice Efe Ikponmwonba, granted the order following a suit instituted by the affected chairmen and vice chairmen.The court however restrained Governor Monday Okpebholo and Edo State Government, Attorney […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in Imo state has passed a vote of confidence on the new National Secretary of the party, Ude Okoye over his landslide victory at the Appeal Court and also reaffirmed their support to the pdp imo State Leader/ideato rep Ikenga imo ugochinyere while praising the Justices of the Appeal […]
The Appeal Court sitting in Enugu on Friday, sacked Sen.Samuel Anyanwu as People’s Democratic Party National Secretary and declared Rt.Hon.Ude Okoye as the new national secretary of PDP to complete the remaining tenure created by the automatic vacancy in the office when Anyanwu left as the national secretary to run for governorship. The Appeal Court […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Oguduokwor Ward in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has officially expelled Chief Ali Odefa, the National Vice Chairman, South East, from the party. Chief Odefa was earlier suspended on September 11, 2024, by the Ward Executives for alleged anti-party activities. His suspension was subsequently upheld by a ruling […]
The Edo State House of Assembly, has suspended the 18 local government council Chairmen and Vice Chairmen in the state for two months over allegation of insubordination and gross misconduct.Daily Trust reports that the suspension followed a resolution passed by the state House of Assembly during plenary on Tuesday. The House however mandated the leaders […]
A 12-member delegation from Benin Republic’s Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) has visited the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on a study tour. The delegation, led by Sacca Lafia, CENA president, included national commissioners, directors, and senior staff. They were received on Monday by Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, alongside other commission members at INEC headquarters […]
Nze Chukwu from Imo State has emerged as the new President-General of Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. This is contained in a communique issued at the end of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide Imeobi and General Assembly meeting held on Saturday in Enugu State and signed by its Secretary-General, Okey Emuchay. Chukwu’s leadership is expected […]
The Labour Party has gone to court over the defection of six members of the House of Representatives from the party to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC Akangbe Illiya who represents Jos South/Jos East of Plateau State teamed up with the APC on Thursday, adding to the swelling number of House of Representatives members […]
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has cautioned local government chairmen across the country against mismanaging or looting public funds. The AGF stressed that the autonomy granted to local governments by the Supreme Court is to empower the grassroots and not for carting public funds into private pockets as […]
Udengs Eradiri, governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections in Bayelsa state, has resigned his membership of the Labour Party (LP). He disclosed his intention to resign in a letter dated December 8 and addressed to the party’s state chairman. Eradiri said he “couldn’t scale through the intrigues and challenges implanted […]
