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A newly established committee comprising state governors and traditional rulers and charged with formulating recommendations for a bill aimed at creating a National Council of Traditional Rulers, has been given the marching order to submit its report in four weeks time. Governor

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Bianca Odinaka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, along with other prospective ministers, as members of the Federal Executive Council. The confirmation followed an exhaustive screening session held today in the Senate chambers, which spanned over four hours. The

Barely two weeks to his handover of power to the Governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has reportedly written to the State House of Assembly, requesting a supplementary budget. The Governor in the request for approval of the 

Protesting Ondo youths in their hundreds, grounded activities at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Abuja, in the early hours of Tuesday (today, October 29), demanding the immediate redeployment of Ondo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs. Oluwatoyin

Tension is brewing within Nigeria’s National Assembly, as the South East Caucus hints at potential resistance to the upcoming ministerial screening of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s nominees. This stance stems from mounting frustration among South East lawmakers, who feel that their region