• 21 of Senate’s 68 bills fail • Pension for NASS presiding officers rejected • Lawmakers empowered to summon President, governors over security concerns • Special seats for women in legislature fail • Inclusion of VAT in Exclusive List rejected Members of the National Assembly, yesterday, moved an inch closer to the amendment of the […]
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Obasanjo (middle), Atiku (second right) and others, during the visit…yesterday • Urges Youths To Compete With Elders For Elective Offices In 2023 Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, met with his erstwhile boss, Olusegun Obasanjo, the Alake of Egba Land, Oba Adetokunbo Gbadebo and Chairman, Premier Lotto limited, Sir Kessington Adebukunola Adebutu in Ogun […]
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Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu (4th left), and INEC national commissioners at the unveiling of 2023 General Election timetable and schedule held at the commision’s headquarters in Abuja… yesterday. Photo: Lucy Ladidi Ateko Barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Electoral Act amendment bill into law, the Independent National […]
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Chairman, House Committee on INEC, Aisha Dukku (left); President Muhammadu Buhari; Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; House of Reps Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila and Chairman, Senate Committee on INEC, Kabiru Gaya at the signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law at the State House, Abuja… yesterday. Credit: Philip Ojisua Commission To Study Law For Implementation […]
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The adoption of zoning by the All Progressives Congress (APC) has pushed the battle in the ruling party to the states and zones. It was learnt yesterday that consultations, horse-trading and negotiations have started among governors and party leaders. The six geopolitical zones have set machinery in motion on how to build consensus on how […]
Continue ReadingThe Peoples Democratic Party has mocked the ruling All Progressives Congression for once again postponing its national convention which had been scheduled for February 26. In a statement signed by its Spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP said the “continued inability of the APC to conduct a routine national convention has further explained why all sectors […]
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• Nabena insists Buni committtee can’t be stampeded • Rebirth group cries foul, urges Buhari to wade in • Ex-PGF DG blames scramble by governors, wants CECPC reorganised The last is yet to be heard on the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) following the shift of its national convention to March 26. […]
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The gloves have been worn and the fight for who controls the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State promises to be bloody, literally. The mud fight may have already been brought to the doorstep of National Leader of the party and presidential hopeful, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If something is not urgently done […]
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A former governor of Osun State and current Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday, said his successor, Adegboyega Oyetola, waged a war against him after becoming the governor. Aregbesola spoke in Ikire while addressing a rally held to garner support for his anointed candidate in Saturday’s governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, Moshood […]
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By Banji Ayoola Ambassador Sola Iji has explained that his senatorial ambition is being driven by the passion to effectively represent the people of Ondo South Senatorial District of Ondo State in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate, and initiate a rapid transformation of the living conditions of the generality of the […]
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