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Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday as House Speaker on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts in a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump. The uneasy scene brought an ominous start to the

THE crisis in Edo State local government system continued on Tuesday – December 31, 2024 – with the reported impeachment of two chairmen by  councilors in Uhunmwonde and Orhionmwon LGAs. This is as their Owan East counterpart, Prince Aminu Okodo-Kadiri has described

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi has condemned the federal government for excluding the North Central from  the 2025 fiscal allocations to the Regional Commissions. Writing in his X handle on Wednesday – today,

The Presidency has condemned Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed for his recent statement threatening that “We will show President Tinubu our true colour,” following disagreements over tax reform bills, describing it as lacking in statesmanship and injurious efforts to foster national

The All Progressives Congress (APC), and Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, have traded accusations over the State’s debts as a result of loans taken by the Governor. While the APC accused Adeleke of obtaining loans amounting to N81.6bn, the Governor’s spokesman, Olawale

The Kano State All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed former Kano State Governor and 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, for boasting that he would reduce the votes of the APC in the State in

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described as “falsehood and concocted propaganda” the report by the Nigerian army of killing 13 IPOB members in Enugu State, saying that the army has become a fear-mongering institution that “planned to use this fake