Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, says that Nigeria’s twisted federalism is the reason for sectional agitations in the country. Governor Akeredolu said the time has come to restore national consciousness through a proper federal arrangement. Speaking at a public lecture to welcome his second term in office, Governor Akeredolu lamented that most Nigerians were losing faith in…
Political and community leaders have agreed on ways to end the herdsmen violence in parts of the Southwest of Nigeria. This was the outcome of a security forum in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where southwest leaders were joined by their counterparts from the North to look at the issues. The meeting was called by Ogun State Governor, Dapo…
The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party has stepped up efforts to reconcile its members who are not happy with the party. The process is being led by the Reconciliation and Strategy Committee of the PDP, which include former Kwara State Governor and Senate President, Bukola Saraki. Senator Saraki and other members of the committee visited former President…
Former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, had defected to the All Progressives Congress. Reports from the Osun State capital, Ile-Ife, say Senator Omisore picked up the APC membership card at his polling unit in Ward 6, Moore. Senator Omisore was accompanied by Osun State Deputy Governor, Benedict Alabi.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has called for the cancellation of the APC membership registration and revalidation in his home state of Kwara. Lai Mohammed said since the registration exercise began, over eighty percent of the polling units do not have either membership register or membership registration slip. Mohammed alleged that in few places…
A Federal High Court in Abakaliki has sacked the Ebonyi State Caretaker Committee of the People’s Democratic Party, led by FRED UDOGU. The Court described UDOGU’s Caretaker Committee as illegal, and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission not to recognize it. Justice ALUKO AKINTAYO held that the national leadership of the PDP acted illegally when it dissolved…