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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

defends entry denial The Senate has defended barring the suspended senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, from entering the chamber on Tuesday. Natasha had stormed the National Assembly that day to resume her legislative duties from the six months suspension slammed on her by the Senate based on an order recently granted her by a […]

Ex-Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has appealed to the disputing members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to sheathe their swords, and reunite to rebuild the party in the overall interest of Nigeria. He made the call in a heartfelt statement shared via his official Facebook page on Wednesday, following his participation in a PDP […]

Emergency services spotted wreckage of the plane in woodland about 16km from Tynda; Source: Emercom Russian rescue services have found the wreckage of a plane that disappeared about 16km (10 miles) from its destination in the far-eastern Amur region. The Angara airlines An-24 plane, carrying 42 passengers and six crew, had left Blagoveshchensk close to […]

Elumelu donates N25b Aiyedatiwa says Ondo ready for partnership A N500 billion Produce for Lagos Offtake Fund, an initiative designed to eliminate the risks associated with post-harvest losses and improve efficiency in the food system, has been launched. Launched on Wednesday in Lagos, the project, was a brainchild of the Lagos state government in collaboration […]

APC NEC meets today in Abuja All party organs activated The next chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, may come from the North-Central geopolitical zone of the country, it has been gathered. He is to succeed Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, a former Kano State governor, who resigned recently on health grounds. He led the party […]