A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, Prince Matthew Agu has opposed the decentralization of the Nigeria police force. The clamour, which has been gaining prominence, will ultimately lead to establishment of state police in Nigeria. However, Prince Agu declared that state police would be a recipe for disaster and bloody communal conflicts in the country. Speaking to journalists in Enugu on Friday, Agu, a former deputy governorship candidate of Action Congress, in the state, said that Nigeria was far premature for a decentralized policing system, especially with wea ..read more

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Abayomi Nurain Mumuni says poverty and lack of economic opportunities are the major causes of insecurity in northern Nigeria. Mumuni who said this in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Saturday, suggested that a multi-faceted approach be used to tackle the problem. In the statement signed by his Media Aide, Rasheed Abubakar, Mumuni said to address the problem of insecurity in the region, the government must invest in economic development projects, create jobs and ensure infrastructural improvements. He said other things to be d ..read more

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has threatened to deal with members of the “Legacy Group”, a faction in the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, if they continue to divide the party. DAILY POST reports that Obaseki issued the threat during the inauguration of a 363-member Governorship Campaign Council in Benin City. Obaseki, who said the PDP governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo would win 80 percent of the vote, boasted that the party had the structures and programmes to win the September 21 governorship election. The governor, who also accused the Legacy Group faction of col ..read more

The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Kebbi State has given a 35-day ultimatum to the State Independent Electoral Commission (KBSIEC) to conduct election into the 21 local government councils of the state. The ultimatum which began yesterday, elapses on June 5, 2024. IPAC chairman, Ibrahim Muhammed, gave the ultimatum when he led members of the advisory council on an advocacy visit to the commission’s head office in Birnin Kebbi metropolis. A day earlier, IPAC had rejected the recent appointment of sole administrators in the 21 local government areas by the state government. IPAC declare ..read more

The senator representing Kwara north senatorial district in the National Assembly, Sadiq Umar, has said the current struggle to shift the gubernatorial seat to Kwara North come 2027 is to harmonize all interests in the state. He said Kwara’s mantra “State of Harmony” will be incomplete if any section of the state is denied the opportunity to produce a governor. He said the people of Kwara north would feel a sense of belonging in the event that the region is considered to occupy the seat of power in the state in 2027. Umar said that the clamour for power shift to Kwara north is genuine and lon ..read more

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said any attempt to undermine and discredit the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, will fail. Recall that members of a group known as the All Progressives Congress (APC) Loyalists Forum, on Friday, took their protest to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja. The protesters asked the anti-graft agency to reopen the case into the allegation of funds diversion against Matawalle, the former Governor of Zamfara State. In his response, the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said the anti-graft ag ..read more

Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda has lamented that bandits are now recruiting Nigerian youths with as low as ₦500. Making this revelation while speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Friday, Governor Radda pointed to poverty as a significant factor contributing to the rise in banditry in Nigeria, particularly within the North-West region. Naija News reports that during the interview, Governor Radda dismissed the notion that political motives are behind the banditry issues plaguing the region. Instead, he highlighted the alarming ease with which young individuals are drawn into such crim ..read more

President Bola Tinubu has been asked not to allow the United States and French Governments to relocate their military bases from the Sahel to Nigeria. Some northern leaders made this known in a letter addressed to President Tinubu and the National Assembly on Friday. The northern leaders said the US and French governments have allegedly been lobbying Nigeria and other countries in the region to sign new defence pacts allowing them to redeploy their expelled troops. The leaders said setting up the military bases would pose dangers for the country and also expressed concerns about the economic a ..read more

The impeached former Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has opened up on the controversial matter of campaign vehicles allocated during his tenure. The former deputy governor acknowledged being in possession of the vehicles but stated that he might not relinquish them. In a chat with The Punch, Shaibu said he only got one new vehicle in almost eight years that he served as the deputy governor of the state. Addressing the issue of campaign vehicles in his possession, Shaibu clarified that the cars in his possession were not new but refurbished ones that belonged to previous deputy gov ..read more

Former Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has asserted that he envisaged his fight with Governor Godwin Obaseki, which was why he and his family refused to live in the government house. Naija News reports that Shaibu, in an interview with PUNCH, stated that some politicians in the state begged him to accept being Obaseki’s running mate. According to the impeached deputy Governor, it was easy for him to navigate the impending problem he predicted because he refused to stay in the government house and live with his family at their private residence. Shaibu added that he suspected every ..read more