In an apparent response to the harsh comments Yekini Nabena, spokesman of APC, made about him, Senate President Bukola Saraki says he cannot “descend into the gutter” with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement issued earlier, Nabena described Saraki as a failure who swims in controversy. He said having publicly humiliated his […]
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Barely three months after the fusion of Coalition of Nigerian Movement (CNM) and African Democratic Congress (ADC), a faction pulled out on Tuesday, announcing itself as New African Democratic Congress (N-ADC). Precious Elekima, protem national chairman of the group, made the announcement at a news conference in Abuja. He said the group withdrew from ADC […]
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The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, will address a World Press Conference at the foyer of the National Assembly at noon on Wednesday, says Yusuph Olaniyonu, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. Mr Olaniyonu did not indicate issues to be addressed at the conference in a statement he made available to newsmen in Abuja on […]
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The federal government of Nigeria says the gale of defection in the nation’s party politics will not shield any corrupt politician from investigation and prosecution. Lai Mohammed, minister of information, gave the assurance when he paid an official visit to the Abuja office of The Authority Newspaper. Fielding questions from members of the editorial board […]
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Sule Lamido, a former governor of Jigawa State, on Monday, visited former president Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital. The ex-governor said he visited Obasanjo to seek his support for his 2019 presidential ambition. Lamido, after a two-hour closed-door meeting with the former president at his residence, told journalists he is contesting next […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki has summoned an emergency meeting of leaders of both chambers of the national assembly. Bamikole Omisore, an aide of the senate president, tweeted about the meeting, saying the lawmakers would also meet with Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). “NASS leadership will tomorrow meet at noon to consider some […]
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Senior special assistant to the president on national assembly matters (senate), Ita Enang, says the closure of the National Assembly may lead to a shutdown of government. On July 24, both chambers of the national assembly adjourned till Septemeber after security operatives laid siege to the residences of Senate President Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu, […]
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One of President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointee, Modibbo Kawu, the Director-General of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is enmeshed in what has been termed hate speech against Senate President Bukola Saraki. Following the defection of Bukola Saraki, governors of Benue, Kwara and Sokoto from the APC to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kawu, in a WhatsApp […]
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Pa Moses Ekpo, deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State has reportedly resigned, according to a tweet by @APCNewspaper and ibom.com.ng The resignation has not been confirmed officially by the PDP controlled Akwa Ibom State Government, but the APC organ said Ekpo, the oldest deputy governor in Nigeria, is heading to join Senator Godswill Akpabio into […]
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The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has invalidated the suspension placed on Senator Shehu Sani by the party executives in his ward in Kaduna State. In a statement signed by the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Yekini Nabena, in Abuja, on Sunday, the party directed the state APC chairman […]
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