Category: Politics

Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), have backed labour’s demand for a new minimum wage, saying it is “eminently justified”. The PDP governors made their opinion known in a communiqué signed by the spokesman, Bala Mohammed and issued on Wednesday at the end of their meeting in Enugu State. Mohammed addressing the media on behalf of the PDP governors said a minimum wage increase is important, especially with the worsening economic hardship in Nigeria. They, however, believe that the final agreement on the new national minimum wage must be…

Senator Ali Ndume has been removed by the Senate as the Chief Whip and replaced with Senator Tahir Monguno. Ndume’s replacement by the Senate followed a directive issued to that effect in a letter written by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Umar Ganduje and National Secretary, Senator Bashir Ajibola. The request was put to voice votes by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and loudly affirmed by all the APC senators. According to the letter, the party accused Ndume of making hurtful comments against the administration of President…

Allwell Ihunda, Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Rivers State chapter, escaped death narrowly as protesting youths chased him along Moscow Road in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Tuesday. Ihunda, who is the outgoing Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, was on his way to the council secretariat with some aides and security details when the incident occurred. It was gathered that he had alighted from his vehicle and tried to make his way into the council but met a group of youths who…

The seats of the 25 lawmakers, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been declared vacant by a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, pending the determination of a suit before it. The court, however, ordered the Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, to stop parading as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly and bared the 24 lawmakers, who are all Anti-Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of the state, from posing as lawmakers in the state. Hon. Justice Charles Wali…

State governors have been accused yesterday by the Senate of misappropriating funds allocated to local government councils in Nigeria, saying that arm of government was dead in the country It also said the dream of achieving the objectives of the local government system has encountered harsh realities as successive governments have often eroded local autonomy, limiting their financial resources and control over decision-making. Consequently, the Red Chamber asked the federal government to stop further allocation of funds to caretaker committee-led local government areas, LGAs, and urged President Bola Tinubu to,…

Ali Ndume, the Chief Whip of the Senate, has explained the difference between corruption by politicians and other people. Ndume said corruption in Nigerian politics is people-driven and should not warrant any serious punishment. The senator admitted that politicians “steal and share with the people”. He stated this on Tuesday when he featured on Channels TV Politics Today while speaking on the death penalty as the deterrent for those caught with drugs. He said when politicians’ corruption is compared to others, it is a “small one’ He stated, “If you…