Politics

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, is setting benchmarks for fiscal responsibility and sustainable governance in Nigeria. Recently, the governor announced an ambitious plan to raise the minimum wage for civil and public servants in Edo State to N70,000 – a figure that outstrips the national minimum of N30,000 by a…

Five pro-Nyesom Wike commissioners serving under the Sim Fubara-led government in Rivers State have tendered their resignation today, May 15, citing “loss of trust, animosity and sharp division among colleagues.” Fubara and his predecessor, Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, have been embroiled in a…

Niger’s House of Assembly Speaker has tried to temper his rage in his on-going face-off  with the women affairs minister. Speaker  Abdulamlik Sarkindaji told newsmen Tuesday Kenneth Uju has overstepped her bounds by taking him to court. The bone of contention is the mass wedding the speaker had planned for…

Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi grew apart in the lead-up to the 2023 presidential election when they faced off. Thereafter, it appeared their paths might never cross again. Except that they have. The LP presidential candidate did a round on Monday visiting his former principal in the 2019 race.  He…

Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi might not have shouted themselves blue in the face for nothing on the Lagos-Calabar Highway project. The House of Reps has decided to dig into the contract award.  And President Bola Tinubu, his works minister, and  Hi-Tech that creamed off the $12.6-billion Public-Private-Partnership project, will…