Bala Mohammed taunts Atiku, others: You’re defecting to party without office

Mohammed The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum and Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has berated leaders of the party for defecting to a “party that has no office” Speaking at the Consultative Conference of PDP Founding Fathers and Stakeholders in Abuja,  Mohammed also warned that it is not right for leaders […]

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Post-NEC meetings: APC, PDP set stage for epic 2027 face-off

–New APC chair, Yilwatda, vows Tinubu’s return Makinde, Bala lead PDP govs in 2027 power takeover plot Less than two years to the next general election, the ruling All Progressives Congress and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party are already locking horns in what promises to be a fierce battle for the nation’s top political […]

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2027: Yilwatda pick brightens Shettima, North East’s chances

The choice of Prof Nentawe Yilwatda as the new chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has brightened the chances of the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, who hails from Borno State in the North-East. His  emergence on Tuesday is already generating ripples across Nigeria’s political space — and with good reason, Punch reports Yilwatda’s […]

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Tinubu seeks extra $47m for Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, $300m for telecom projects

President Bola Tinubu has asked the House of Representatives to revise the federal government’s external borrowing plan for the 2025–2026 fiscal cycle. In a letter conveyed by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen and signed by Finance Minister, Wale Edun, the President is seeking an additional $47 million for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, bringing the total cost […]

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PDP to hold national convention November

The national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will hold between Saturday, November 15 and Sunday 16 in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. This was disclosed at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday after the party’s 101st National Executive Committee meeting, by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba. He announced that the […]

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57 lawyers shortlisted for SAN rank

Fifty seven lawyers have been shortlisted by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, LPPC, for elevation to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN. The body, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, took the decision at its 169th Plenary Session in Abuja on Thursday. Senior lawyers deemed to have demonstrated […]

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Yilwatda becomes new APC chairman

New APC Chairman’s, Nentawe Yilwatda Prof Nentawe Yilwatda was on Thursday sworn in as the new national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. He succeeds Dr Abdullahi Dangoje who resigned on June 27, purportedly on health grounds, Yilwadta, who is the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, was inaugurated as chairman at […]

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Tinubu, APC govs meet before NEC

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday evening held a closed-door meeting with governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress ahead of the National Executive Council meeting of the party scheduled to be held Thursday (today(. Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Hope Uzodimma; Governor Babajide Sanwo‑Olu of Lagos; Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti; and […]

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Tinubu, APC governors meet over Ganduje’s successor

President Bola Tinubu and All Progressives Congress governors met at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday evening, as consultations intensified over the appointment of the party’s new national chairman. Attended by members of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), led by its chairman and Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, the meeting, which held at the State […]

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