Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) to be democratic for the first time by accepting defeat in good faith if it loses the July 14 governorship election. Atiku, who visited Ayo Fayose, governor of Ekiti, said losing an election to a rival party should be seen in the light […]
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has charged the 23 newly elected council chairmen to prudently utilise council funds to pay workers’ salaries and fight insecurity in their areas. Mr Wike gave the charge on Monday in Port Harcourt, the state capital while swearing in the chairmen who emerged victorious in the council poll conducted […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the 23 chairmanship positions in the Rivers council election. Chukwunenye Uriri, chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), announced the result of the poll on Sunday. Describing the exercise as free, fair and bereft of violence, he said voting commenced in all the units at about 8am […]
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Ahmed Makarfi, the immediate past chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caretaker committee, has revealed his intention to contest for the presidential ticket of the party in 2019. Makarfi made his intention known on Sunday while speaking with journalists in his residence in Kaduna. The ex-governor said he has consulted with stakeholders in the […]
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Members of the new Peoples’ Democratic Party, nPDP, a factional group within the All Progressives Congress, APC, are set to meet ahead of the party’s national convention holding next week to take a stance on their involvement in the ruling party. According to the Punch, some members of the nPDP such as Bukola Saraki, the […]
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A political party in Nigeria “Justice Must Prevail Party (JMPP)”, on Thursday said if elected into power in 2019, it would construct perimeter fence around Nigeria and change the name of the country and the currency. Acting National Chairman of the Party, Dr Olusegun Ijagbemi, revealed at a news conference in Abuja. He said that […]
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A federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered Atai Aidoko, senator representing Kogi east senatorial district, to vacate the national assembly. At its sitting on Wednesday, Gabriel Kolawole, the presiding judge, ruled that Aidoko’s emergence as the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was illegal. The judge ruled he was wrongly presented as […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, formally conferred late MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, with the honour of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR). Ambassador Babagana Kinginbe, who was Abiola’s running mate was also devorated with Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger. Similarly, human rights lawyer, […]
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Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has alleged that the federal government is plotting to set him up for arms trafficking. Speaking on Sunday during a thanksgiving service in honour of Azubuike Nmerukini, chairman of the state local government service commission, the governor claimed that the All Progressive Congress (APC) is in talks with a […]
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Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, has changed his stance on the award of GCFR to late Moshood Abiola, presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election,. Melaye had faulted the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to confer the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on Abiola, saying a “dead man doesn’t deserve […]
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