Outspoken governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has fired yet another shot at President Muhammadu Buhari whom he believes is too old to lead the country. He said he has been asked to come and receive the president on his visit to Ekiti State, but he is not coming. At a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]
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A Federal High Court in Owerri on Thursday nullified wards, Local Government Areas and state congresses of the Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress. The court also ordered the party to hold fresh congresses. The presiding judge, Justice Lewis Allagoa, in a judgment that lasted for one hour, ordered APC “to be responsible, […]
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Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives (APC), has appealed to aggrieved members of the party to be patient with his leadership. He said this shortly after news broke that a faction had pulled out of the ruling party. The new faction, Reformed APC (R-APC), has many national assembly members and is led by […]
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nPDP, the faction that left the PDP to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday announced the formation of Reformed APC (R-APC). Alhaji Buba Galadima, an engineer from Gashua, Yobe State, and former secretary of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change was introduced as the National Chairman of the group. He told a press […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki says he knows those in government -the ministers, governors- who sponsored the protest against the national assembly. Saraki said this on the floor of the senate on Tuesday after Barnabas Gamade, senator representing Benue north-east, drew the attention of the lawmakers to a protest. Protesters had stormed the national assembly, demanding […]
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The senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has said Nigeria has “more electricity” that cannot be consumed. He made the above assertion when he attributed insecurity and killings in the country to corrupt politicians who no longer had access loot the public treasury. Shehu said this on Monday […]
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Former Governor of Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, RT. HON. Rotimi Amaechi, has alleged that Nyesom Wike, the incumbent governor of Rivers state, has been inaugurating projects he completed when he was governor. Recall that Amaechi was governor of Rivers between 2007 and 2015. Speaking during a grand reception organised in his honour by […]
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Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the Chief of Staff to Senate President Bukola Saraki, on Monday dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC), over what he described as the gross under performance of the party. He described his decision to leave APC as a difficult one. He said he took the decision after due consultation with members of his […]
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Kawu Baraje, leader of the nPDP (breakaway members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party) bloc has announced that the group will continue discussions and decide its status within the All Progressives Congress, APC, this week. Baraje made the announcement on Sunday via a statement issued on Sunday by the Kawu Baraje Media Office in Ilorin, the […]
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Ahead of 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is taking tough measures to protect Smart Card Readers and Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from unauthorized and malicious access. INEC would therefore next week commence systematic hardware and software upgrade of all its Smart Card Readers nationwide. INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, […]
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