Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who resigned as a judge of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, said that he would join BJP on Thursday. He claimed that West Bengal’s ruling party Trinamool Congress was “crumbling” and was “on the verge of collapse”. Addressing a press conference here, Gangopadhyay said BJP’s slogan of “zero tolerance towards corruption” was … Read more
The Labour Party (LP) has described Doyin Okupe, a former director general of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, as a political opportunist, whose exit from the party is not “surprising”. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, on Tuesday, berated Mr Okupe for claiming that LP was just a … Read more
More commissioners have resigned from Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s cabinet in Rivers State as the feud between him and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, continues to take a toll on the oil-rich state. A source close to Mr Fubara’s government told PREMIUM TIMES, Thursday night, that nine cabinet members have so far resigned from the eighth-month-old government. … Read more
