Politics

The Labour Party (LP) has accused Valentine Ozigbo, the 2021 Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), whom it described as “a nominal member of the LP,” of betrayal and making a serious attempt to…

The Lagos State House of Assembly has directed all staff and legislative aides to work remotely from home indefinitely to prevent potential violence arising from the ongoing leadership crisis. The directive, issued by…

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has assured the people of the oil-rich state that his administration will implement the…

The Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association (YYSA), on Sunday, said it is perturbed by the alleged ongoing conspiracy against President Bola Tinubu in Lagos State over the crisis in the state’s House of Assembly. The…

Governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the Lagos 2023 poll, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has condemned the forceful takeover of the Lagos State House of Assembly, saying it is an assault on democratic…

It is exactly 16 months since the political crisis broke out in Rivers State between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. For one year and four months, Rivers, prided as the hub of West…

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for two weeks with double pneumonia, is in a “stable” condition, with no repeat of the previous day’s breathing crisis, the Vatican said Saturday. The 88-year-old head of…

…group’s leader Olusi opens up •Tackles lawmakers: Were you not in accord with   Obasa to disgrace Gov Sanwo-Olu? In a turn of events, the embattled former speaker of the Lagos State House of…

Niger Delta youths under the aegis, Pan Niger Delta Youths, PANDYEF, has condemned in its entire the Supreme Court judgment that upheld the Amaewhule -led Rivers State House of Assembly as a Speaker. Amaewhule…

Weeks after dumping the Labour Party, lawyer and Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo announced that Nigeria’s situation is one that needs cooperation of key stakeholders for a desired change. Okonkwo made this…

The Supreme Court dealt a heavy blow to Governor Siminalaye Fubara of Rivers State on Friday, as it reinstated the judgement that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Accountant General of the…

What started like an internal crisis on January 13, 2025, when 36 lawmakers impeached Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly has now degenerated into a major political crisis…

Joseph Johnson, commissioner for information and communication in Rivers, says Siminalayi Fubara, governor of the state, will act in the people’s best interest after studying the supreme court judgment. In a…

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has called on the Rivers State House of Assembly to begin impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminialayi Fubara without delay. In a statement issued…

The Chairman of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), Pa Tajudeen Olusi, has disclosed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus committee, led by Chief Bisi Akande, and the council are currently working…

There is no end in sight to the leadership crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly as the 35 lawmakers who removed Mudashiru Obasa as speaker insisted that the embattled lawmaker would not be reinstated.…

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, has denied that the security details attached to her were restored after the police withdrew them on Thursday. Mrs Meranda disclosed this on Friday, after…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, deserves to be…

…As Legislative Staff Vacate Offices At about 12 noon on Friday, February 28, ousted Speaker Mudashiru Obasa once again stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly complex, accompanied by a group of touts who forcefully took…

The local government election conducted on the 5th of October 2024 by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission has been declared invalid by the Supreme Court. In a judgment delivered by Justice Jamilu Tukur, the…

The supreme court has affirmed the judgment of a federal high court that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the…

The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered that all members of the Lagos House of Assembly be joined as parties in the…

Thirty-five lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly in favour of Mudashiru Obasa’s removal as Speaker have arrived the Lagos State High Court for the hearing of a matter brought by the latter. Recall that…

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has criticized President Bola Tinubu for his silence on the ongoing crisis in the Lagos State House of…