Wike tells opposition: Allow APC choose National Assembly leadership

Warns against alleged plot to impose Melaye as Kogi governorship candidate Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged opposition parties to allow the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership to choose the leadership of the National Assembly because it is their entitlement. He urged the minority in both chambers of the National Assembly to form a […]

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LP crisis: Apapa-led NWC ignores Abure, screens governorship aspirants

Nigeria’s Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, adjusts his glasses during a press briefing on the outcome of the 2023 Nigeria presidential and general election in Abuja on March 2, 2023. – Peter Obi announced on March 2, 2023, he would challenge the outcome of Nigeria’s fiercely fought presidential elections after official results awarded victory […]

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Burden of proof: Much ado about Tinubu’s asset declaration

Barely two months to his May 29 inauguration, the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, faces a burden – to declare or not to declare his assets in accordance with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution and the Code of Conduct Bureau. Provisions on the declaration of assets by all public officers in Nigeria are entrenched in […]

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Interim govt: Apologise publicly or risk suit, APC councillors tell Datti

Councilors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have demanded a public apology from the Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Datti Baba-Ahmed, over his comment on the swearing-in of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, come May 29, 2023. The councilors under the auspices of the National Progressive Councillors Forum […]

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Call for interim govt won’t stop May 29 handover to Tinubu – APC

APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu The All Progressives Congress said on Friday that the debate on the alleged attempt to foist an interim government on the country would not disrupt the handover of government to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on May 29. The Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council and the leadership of the ruling party also dismissed […]

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Post-Election Lagos: Dousing ethnic tension and task before Sanwo-Olu

Governor Sanwo-Olu, casting his vote during the last governorship election The 2023 general elections have come and gone but the disunity and tension it fermented remain with the eggheads of certain ethnic groups, especially the Yoruba and Igbo in Lagos. The tension is allegedly caused by the defeat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by […]

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Obi supporters protest in U.S., LP distances self from interim government plot

The protesters demanding INEC declare Peter Obi the winner of the February 25th election.Pix: PM News • APC kicks as U.S. approves White House park for anti-Tinubu rally • Lalong: Interim government advocates are daydreamers • Name, arrest those behind plot, IPAC chairman, Agbakoba charges DSS • DSS alarm, ploy to arrest Atiku, Obi before […]

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Rights group wants David Lyon as APC’s consensus guber candidate

Pro-democracy group, Nigeria Youth Organisation for Leadership & Right Activation, has advocated the adoption of Mr. David Lyon as the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Bayelsa State governorship election. Led by Yusuf Yahuza, the group argued that adopting Lyon, who won in the November 2019 election but was removed by […]

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PDP removes Ayu, appoints Damagum as new chairman

• Damagun: I’m taking office to fulfill all righteousness • Ayu’s suspension illegal, court order unfortunate, says Aniagwu • Your reign is over, no coming back, Wike tells Ayu • Olafeso, Pearse, Odeyemi say Ayu’s removal won’t make a Southerner chairman A day after a high court in Benue State granted an interim order restraining […]

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Bayelsa APC members insist on disqualification of Sylva from governorship race

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State have called on the national leadership of the party to disqualify the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, from contesting the governorship primaries of the party over his refusal to resign his position as minister. The party faithful, from 43 Wards in […]

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