The Senate and the House of Representatives – both chambers making up the National Assembly – are currently holding a joint session. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara announced that members of the House of Representatives and Senate will be having the joint executive session. Members of the Senate have since moved into […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with heads of security agencies and also broke Ramadan fast with governors of APC at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting with heads of security operatives which lasted for about one-and-a-half hours took place at the president’s office. […]
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Former members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have pulled out of the planned meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over the crisis rocking the ruling party. Kawu Baraje, leader of the nPDP faction, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday. Accusing the government of President Muhammadu […]
Continue ReadingThe All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday held its inauguration ceremony for newly elected state chairpersons of the party. Speaking during the inauguration, the National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, charged the state chairmen to return the party to its lost glory by projecting to Nigerians the successes of the APC-led federal government. The chairman however, did […]
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Senator representing Kaduna central, Shehu Sani, says it may be painful that he revealed what senators earn, but insist there should be no grey areas in public office. Recall that in March, Sani disclosed that members of the upper legislative chamber get monthly N13.5m as running cost aside over 700,000 consolidated salaries and other allowances. Femi Falana, […]
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Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has denied police allegations of sponsoring, funding and supporting political thuggery. In a statement issued on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Dr Muyideen Akorede, the Governor described the allegations as false. He also rejected his alleged indictment by the police and the suspects involved in the […]
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The police said today they have invited Senate President, Bukola Saraki over 5 April multiple bank robberies in Offa Kwara state, during which 33 persons, including nine policemen, were killed. Police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood also announced the arrest of Mr. Yusuf Abdulwahab, the chief of staff to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and Alabi Olalekan, his Personal […]
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The opposition pose a formidable threat to the government of All Progressives Party (APC) because of the enormous looted resource in their possession, President Muhammadu Buhari has alerted. President Buhari said on Friday that opposition was in possession of much resource that could sponsor mischief against his administration. He made the allegation when he received […]
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While addressing journalists in Abuja during the south-east zonal executive committee meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC), a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) killed people during its past congresses. The former governor decamped from the PDP to the APC in 2016. “In all democracy, there’s […]
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There was mayhem at a reception organised for Kayode Fayemi, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, as some gunmen and policemen opened fire on members of the APC at the state secretariat, on Friday. Opeyemi Bamidele, a former member of the house of representatives, has been shot in Ekiti. The […]
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