Senator representing Bayelsa East, Ben Murray Bruce has announced that he will not be seeking re-election into the upper chamber of the National Assembly. He announced his withdrawal from the senatorial race in a letter to PDP stakeholders which he also published on his Facebook page. The Senator said he is withdrawing from the race […]
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A serving member of the house of representatives, Razak Atunwa, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Kwara state. Atunwa defeated Sha’aba Lafiagi, the senator currently representing Kwara north, who participated in the rescheduled exercise held on Monday. According to the results, Atunwa scored 1555 votes ahead of Lafiagi who recorded 578 […]
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Late US senator John McCain will receive his final public sendoff Saturday in a nationally televised ceremony featuring eulogies from two ex-presidents, but with current commander in chief Donald Trump conspicuously absent from the proceedings. Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Barack Obama will deliver remarks honoring their friend and former White House challenger, at […]
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Senator John McCain, a war hero and towering figure in American politics, known for reaching across the aisle in an increasingly divided nation, died Saturday following a battle with brain cancer. He was 81. The senator’s passing marked the end of a storied, 35-year political career that brought the independent-minded Republican within reach of the […]
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Sen. Shehu Sani (APC-Kaduna) said he has not defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to another party, according to a statement he made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. He said that consultations were still ongoing with regard to his future in the party. “I am yet to […]
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Former Governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on Saturday night paid a courtesy visit to former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar at his residence in Asokoro, Abuja. Kwankwaso, who is being rumoured to planning a switch from the APC to the PDP, arrived Atiku’s residence at about 8.30pm and went into a […]
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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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The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over Sea Petroleum Oil & Gas Ltd. and other assets belonging to Sen. Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi over an unpaid debt of about N20 billion. AMCON said the takeover followed an injunction granted by Justice M.S. Hassan of the Federal High Court, Lagos against Sea Petroleum Oil & […]
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A court sitting in Kogi state has granted bail in the sum of N10 million Senator Dino Melaye. Mr Melaye, who represents Kogi west at the senate, was given bail by Justice Nasiru Ajanah. The senator was arraigned for alleged gun-running. He faces separate charges in Abuja, bordering on giving false information, offences he denied […]
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Senator Babafemi Ojudu, an adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on political matters, has quit the Ekiti state governorship race. Ojudu was one of the 33 aspirants in the aborted All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary on Saturday, May 5. At a press conference in Ado-Ekiti today, he said he has decided to withdraw from the […]
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