Senate panel to probe IG over Kwara polls

orders investigation of Akwa Ibom assembly seal-up The Senate on Wednesday directed its Committee on Police Affairs to investigate the alleged harassment, intimidation and molestation by security, before, during and after the Kwara House of Representatives by-election which held last Saturday. This was sequel to a point of order raised by the Senator representing Kwara […]

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2019: Don’t vote Atiku, Obi, APC tells Ndigbo

Professor Ben Nwabueze, Atiku and others stepping out of a meeting in Enugu. Photo/Twitter/atiku The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the Igbo community against voting for the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar to avoid years of misrule. Abubakar, a former Nigerian vice president was endorsed by the leaders of […]

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2019: Igbo leaders endorse Atiku, Obi

Professor Ben Nwabueze, Atiku and others stepping out of a meeting in Enugu. Photo/Twitter/atiku Igbo leaders, consisting of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, elders, traditional and religious leaders as well as women groups, have endorsed the joint presidential ticket of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi for the 2019 polls. In a five-point communiqué issued at the end of […]

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Police disperse rowdy Anambra assembly

Left: A member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Beverly Nkemdiche, chocked by tear gas. Right: Policemen manning entrance to the Assembly complex. Photos: Tony Okafor The resumed sitting of the Anambra State House of Assembly on Thursday assumed violent dimension as policemen blocked the entrance to the premises, while they also sprayed teargas […]

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2019: Senate committee visits INEC in Lagos

From Left, Sen. Suleiman Nazif, Chairman, Senate Committee on INEC; Prince Adelani Asade, Administrative Secretary, INEC, Lagos and Mr Oladosu Balogun, Head of Electoral Operations, INEC Lagos during the Senate Committee Oversight visit to the INEC headquarters in Lagos on Wednesday (NAN) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Lagos State on Wednesday hosted the Senate […]

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PDP, Atiku lack financial resources to campaign – APC

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI • I will rely on Nigerians to defeat Buhari, PDP candidate replies • Opposition accuses Buhari, ruling party of plotting to liquidate stakeholders’ accounts The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku […]

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Ondo assembly: Akeredolu, APC move to resolve crisis

Oleyelogun assures peace By Banji Ayoola Moves are on to reconcile aggrieved members of the Ondo State House of Assembly, which slipped into a crisis last Friday with the purported impeachment of the speaker, Rt. Hon Bamidele Oleyelogun and his deputy, Hon Ogundeji Iroju. Confirming the moves in an interview with The Radiance on Tuesday […]

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I will build a prosperous Nigeria – Ezekwesili

Dr. Oby Ezekwesili The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, on Monday said she would work to build and deliver a prosperous Nigeria if elected.Ezekwesili, a former Vice-President of World Bank, made the pledge while speaking with newsmen in Lagos. She spoke on her blueprint to lift 80 […]

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