Politics

Governors of the South-Eastern States have kicked against the federal government’s planned creation of cattle ranches in the zone. Governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and David Umahi of Enugu and Ebonyi states, and the deputies of Abia and Anambra states, revealed this after a meeting on Sunday night in Enugu. Chairman of the group, Umahi, revealed that the governors decided that ranching will not be permitted in the zone. Although he said the Federal Government is yet to ask for the donation of…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will spend about N600m on the Ekiti State governorship election which will take place on July 14, 2018.   The INEC National Commissioner in charge of the Ekiti election, Prince Solomon Soyebi, said this during an interview with Saturday PUNCH “for the Ekiti election, the aggregate is much because when we talk about the commission spending on Ekiti, I can assure you that we are spending over…

former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, who was arraigned by the Federal Government has been granted bail in the sum of N500 million and one surety in like sum. He was granted bail on Friday, after the Federal Government arraigned him on a fresh three-count charge, bordering on illegal possession of firearms and money laundering before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The trial judge Justice Babatunde Quadiri said the surety, who must be…