Raymond Ozoji, Awka Dr. Paschal Agbodike, incumbent lawmaker representing Ihiala 2 state constituency in the 6th Anambra legislature, has said that the forthcoming 7th Anambra State House of Assembly will synergise as well as work harmoniously with other arms of government to better Anambra state. The lawmaker who was re-elected for a second term in office,  recalled that the 6th ...

*Speaks about Tinubu’s rare leadership and doggedness    “At the Next Level, we will, of course, expand our social investment programmes; at the moment, the programme is the biggest of its kind anywhere in the African continent. It is a very important programme for us also because of the multiplier effect on agriculture and also in the distribution of the products ...

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday affirmed the victory of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State at the July 14, 2018 governorship election in the state. The three-man panel led by Justice Stephen Adah, in a unanimous judgment, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the election, Mr. Olusola Eleka. ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The 30 elected members of the Anambra state house of assembly on Thursday received their certificates of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) following their victory at the just concluded State House of Assembly Election held on Saturday 9th March, 2019. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr. Nkwachukwu Orji, who issued the certificate ...

Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, failed to attend the 11th Bola Tinubu Colloquium, which held in Abuja on Thursday, The PUNCH has learnt. Amosun was the only governor from the South-West that failed to attend the colloquium, which is held yearly in commemoration of Tinubu’s birthday. The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari, called out the names of all ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and directed that his trial on charges of treasonable felony would proceed in his absence. The judge, Justice Binta Nyako, whose decision was anchored on the provisions of section 352(4) of the Administrative of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, ...

The ruling All Progressives Congress on Wednesday said only the decision on the party’s preferred candidate for the position of the Senate President for the 9th Assembly had been taken. It said the zoning formula for the remaining positions in the Senate and those in the House of Representatives was still being worked out. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr ...

The Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adekola Olawoye, has said the state has no plan to abolish death sentence. There have been calls from some quarters for the abolition of death sentence in Ondo State, but Olawoye insisted that the state government has no such plan. He disclosed that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu would soon sign the death ...

…as Obiano commissions street light at Isuofia  Gov. Willie Obiano has restated his resolve to light up some select streets in every town in Anambra State before the end of his administration. The governor said this while inaugurating 4km stretch of street lights at Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area (LGA), as well as 40km stretch at Nnewi, covering four towns. ...

…urges them to dismantle all road blocks A group known as Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF) has called on the Inspector-General of Police and the Chief of Army Staff to dismantle all road blocks and stop their men from collecting money from Igbo traders and transporters conveying goods to different parts of the country. In a statement signed by the President ...