Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) before and shortly after the Bayelsa State gubernatorial election are set to return to the party. Governor Douye Diri, who disclosed this at his Sampou-Kalama ...

Seeks review of 13% derivation for oil-bearing states Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri at the weekend defended his request for an N2.9b loan granted by the state House of Assembly last week, saying it is in order. Speaking with journalists ...

Elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai has canvassed amendment of the constitution to accommodate power rotation among the six geopolitical zones of the country. Yakasai, who was co-chairman at an event on true federalism and restructuring organised by the Igbo Leadership Foundation ...

Except they are reconsidered, the entire South East geopolitical zone as well as Edo State may not benefit from the controversial $22.7b loan approved by the Senate last Thursday. It was gathered that the exclusion of the south east and ...

Some aggrieved women groups under the umbrella of Iban Isong Efik Association (MIIE) have condemned what they described as “illegal disqualification” of Justice Akon Ikpeme as the Chief Judge of Cross River by the state House of Assembly. They made ...

The Akwa Ibom chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said it had perfected arrangement to organise its congresses with special emphasis on giving women more leadership roles in the state. The party chairman, Obong Paul Ekpo, who dropped ...

The trial of former member, House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, has again been adjourned and for the third time consecutively as his defence team failed to open his defence in his trial for an alleged infraction in the fuel subsidy ...

The Niger State government has placed a total ban on any form of begging in the state. Commissioner of Information and Communication, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Idris, who disclosed this to journalists in Minna, said the law was not aimed at ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Mounir Gwarzo and a Principal Manager with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Jamila Ahmad Muhammad before ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Justice M.B. Dongban Mensem as acting president of the Court of Appeal for an initial period of three months. A statement in Abuja by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the appointment takes ...