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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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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Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday said there is evidence that some politicians are involved in the crisis between herdsmen and farmers in different parts of the country. He said this hours after Uche Secondus, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party […]
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The National Assembly on Friday listed and justified 24 new project it added to the recently passed 2018 budget. Aliyu Abdullahi, Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, and Abdulrazak Namdas, his House of Representatives counterpart, addressed a joint press briefing at the National Assembly in Abuja on Friday to give the lawmakers position […]
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Following the justification of alterations made to the 2018 budget by the National Assembly, the presidency has taken another swipe at the lawmakers for not being contended with the N170 billion funds for constituency projects. The presidency said it is surprised the lawmakers were cutting allocations of national projects, despite having “enough”. Recall that while […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday in Abuja decried the arrest of Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe by the Directorate of Security Services (DSS). In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, the party expressed fears over the safety of the senator, who represents Abia North Senatorial District. It described the arrest as […]
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A U.S.-based Nigerian woman, Princess Oyenike Oyedele Roberts, has declared for the presidency of Nigeria on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 presidential election. Nike Roberts, as she is called, while addressing supporters in New York, also dissociated herself from corruption, vowing never to accept any donation from corrupt […]
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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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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, on Friday confirmed receipt of the 2018 Budget passed by the National Assembly (NASS). The NASS had on May 16 passed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of N9.12 trillion. The budget was increased by the legislature by N508 billion from the […]
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Former Nigeria international and two time African Player of the Year has announced intention to contest the Presidency of Nigeria in 2019, vowing to improve the country’s standard of living. According to Goal.com,the former Nigeria international, who once played for Ajax, Inter Milan and Arsenal during his active days, said he had the dream to […]
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