Category Politics

South West inner roads in bad state

Babajide Omoworare

A lawmaker who represented Osun East Senatorial District in the Senate between the years 2011 and 2019, Senator Babajide Omoworare, has said many inner roads in South West region were in a deplorable state. Senator Omoworare spoke on Thursday in…

Rivers crisis: I was ambushed with peace agreement

Siminalayi Fubara

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, revealed that he discovered he was being ambushed by the peace agreement he signed alongside the faction of the state House of Assembly that planned to oust him from office. Fubara made the…

APC faults protesters’ demand for Ondo REC redeployment

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The ruling All Progressives Congress on Tuesday warned the opposition to desist from targeting state Resident Electoral Commissioners and sponsoring needless demonstrations on the eve of major elections. The warning comes a few hours after scores of protesters from Ondo…

Botswana heads for elections

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The red of Botswana’s ruling party colours dominated a modest spread of campaign posters in the capital on Tuesday as parties prepared for final rallies on the eve of elections. A few posters for the blue-themed opposition Umbrella for Democratic…

My administration built on legacy of founding fathers

OBASEKI

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, said that the remodelling of the Nigerian Observer Newspapers is the determination of his administration to build on the legacy of the founding fathers. Obaseki, who disclosed this during the commissioning of…

Govs devise new strategies to keep LGs under control

Obaseki,Soludo

Despite its significance to progress and development at the grassroots, local governments in the country have been treated as personal estates of governors, who have shown little or no regard to that tier of government. In this report, DIRISU YAKUBU…

LP candidate promises free, compulsory education

Sola Ebiseni

The candidate of the Labour Party for the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State, Sola Ebiseni, has promised to adopt a free and compulsory education policy if elected. Ebiseni also promised to execute programmes and projects that would have…