Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has described as preposterous reports that he and other Peoples Democratic Party governors traveled to Europe to decide the 2023 presidential and vice candidates of the party. The governor, accused those behind what he was a rumour of deliberating sowing the seeds of discord in a bid to ruin the […]
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In this piece, John Alechenu takes a look at the recently concluded congresses of the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and posits that Nigerians need a change of attitude to make appreciable progress in politics. The All Progressives Congress came to power on the mantra of ‘change’. Before being entrusted […]
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Lai Mohammed, Rauf Aregbesola and Ibikunle Amosun There were strong indications on Sunday that in states where parallel congresses were held, the All Progressives Congress would recognise executive councils supported by incumbent governors in the APC states. A member of the party’s national caucus, who confided in one of our correspondents, also said in non-APC […]
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Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the Nigerian Correctional Service over the dilapidated state of its facilities and poor welfare of inmates at its centres, despite budgets of N165bn in two years. At the plenary on Wednesday, the Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, moved a motion of urgent public […]
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A group, ‘Osun Shall Rise Again,’ on Wednesday alleged that the Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, planned to use 3,000 personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, to disrupt the process of Saturday’s governorship congress of the All Progressives Congress in the state. In a statement signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the […]
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Former Governor of the State of Osun and Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday, said his successor, Adegboyega Oyetola, waged war against him after he became governor. Aregbesola spoke in Ikire while addressing a rally held to garner support for his anointed candidate in Saturday’s Osun governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, Moshood […]
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All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not playing God. He is only large-hearted, his constituents at the Ikeja Federal constituency, said on Thursday. They were reacting to a former Osun Governor and Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola, who claimed that Tinubu was trying to play God. But the constituents, through House of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the rise in ritual killings and deadly attacks against on-duty policemen and ethnic minorities, with the latest incidents reported in Enugu, Imo, Abia, Zamfara and Ogun States. While describing ritual killings, hate crimes and killing of law enforcement officers as aberrations, the President urged the courts to apply the strictest […]
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The House of Representatives has justified the amendments made to the Appropriation Bill 2022, which President Muhammadu Buhari had asked the federal parliament to reverse. The Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, said the insertions and amendments were based on the demands by Nigerians. Buhari had on December 31, […]
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Ogun State Police Commissioner, Lanre Bankole A woman has allegedly killed her husband at a Fulani settlement at Iyana Ilewo, in the Abeokuta-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The mother of two was reported to have poured hot water on her husband, which led to his death. Our correspondent gathered that the suspect fled […]
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