Darlington Orji, Special Adviser to Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has alleged that members of the Rivers State House of Assembly received N350 million each for constituency projects, despite claims by some lawmakers that certain payments to them were not ...
A former federal lawmaker, Ogbonna Nwuke, has recalled the last sitting of the Rivers State House of Assembly before it adjourned plenary until January 15, noting that developments since then suggest the House may reconsider its stance. Naija News reports ...
The Rivers State House of Assembly, under the leadership of Martin Amaewhule, on Thursday failed to resume plenary, exactly one week after adjourning its last sitting. The development has further deepened political tensions in the state following the Assembly’s move ...
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of New Edo Line Transport Services Ltd, Tinyan Otuomagie, has been sacked. Edo State Commissioner for Transport, Saturday Idehen, disclosed the development in a statement on Thursday. Idehen said Smart Aigbodion, General Manager ...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Segun Sowunmi, says former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is not a strong opposition for president Bola Tinubu in the forthcoming 2027 general elections. Sowunmi stated this on Thursday while responding ...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said the decision of his son, Abba Abubakar, to join the All Progressives Congress was a personal choice and not a cause for alarm. In a statement issued on Thursday via X, Atiku said ...
Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Naija News reports that the defection of the younger Atiku, ...
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Kogi Central Senator, has accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello of abusing their power for personal gain. Natasha claimed that they misuse power to witch-hunt innocent Nigerians. She disclosed this at ...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, was absent on Thursday as top government and military officials gathered in Abuja to honour Nigeria’s fallen heroes at the 2026 Armed Forces Celebration and Remembrance Day. The annual ...
Three witnesses of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have admitted that there were massive withdrawals from Kogi State Government House Administration bank accounts but revealed that a former governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, was never a beneficiary ...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has queried the absence of President Bola Tinubu at the 2026 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration. As earlier reported by Naija News, the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, on Thursday, January 15, led proceedings marking ...
Ambassador Omolade Oluwateru, a former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, has stepped down from the troubled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Oluwateru, who served as deputy governor under the late Dr. Olusegun Agagu, made the announcement on Thursday ...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Thursday chaired the 156th National Economic Council (NEC) meeting at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The hybrid session, which commenced at 4:17 pm local time, marks the council’s second gathering since President Bola Tinubu instructed ...
Kano State Governor Kabir Abba Yusuf has initiated meetings with All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in the state as he prepares for his potential defection to the ruling party. Sources close to the governor revealed that although he had previously ...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has lamented the killing of Nigerians soldiers by insurgents in the ongoing war against terrorists in Northern Nigeria especially in Smabisa forest, the stronghold of Boko Haram and other terrorist groups. Governor Fubara spoke on ...