Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has been appointed a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council (PCC). Dogara’s appointment was announced in a statement on Sunday by the Director General of the PCC and governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal. Only a few days ago, the Northern Leader…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s off season governorship election in Kogi state, Usman Ododo, has been declared the winner. Announcing the results of the election in Lokoja on Sunday night, the Returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Johnson Urama, said Ododo polled 446, 237 votes to defeat…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has confirmed the suspension of its planned strike following the intervention of President Bola Tinubu and the Senate. The resolution followed the National Executive Council meeting of the Congress. In a short message on Thursday morning, National treasurer of NLC, Hakeem Ambali, said, “ Protest suspended due to the Senate…
As our people struggle to survive Tinubu’s economic reforms, the President’s New Year address which promised the heavens and the earth to citizens who are not sure of the next day’s meal drew a little more than a passing interest, save for the mealy supporters of President Tinubu who are daily occupied with praising him,…
Civil servants in Plateau state have suspended their two-monrh-old strike embarked upon to press for their demands from the state government. The workers went on an indefinite strike on May 11 after the state government failed to meet their demands, which included payment of salaries and other entitlements. Speaking with journalists on Friday, Titus Malau,…
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has fixed September 7 to hear a suit seeking the disqualification of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, from contesting the 2023 elections. The suit was filed by four APC chieftains, asking the court to declare that Tinubu is ineligible to run…
