President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo have been advised by a retired Navy Commodore and former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, to settle their differences behind the curtain in the usual military style. He said in a statement that his appeal to the two is in […]
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THE Independent National Electoral Commission says it has identified 299 flashpoints among polling units in Ekiti State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Abdulganiyu Raji, made this known on Tuesday at the Nigeria civil society situation room dialogue ahead of the July 14 gubernatorial election in the state. At the programme, which took place […]
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THE National Assembly has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to address the worrisome killings in the country, problem of insecurity and perceived threat to the country’s democracy, or face the necessary constitutional sanctions. At a joint sitting of its two chambers, there was a subtle threat of impeachment of the president, as the face-off between the […]
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NO fewer than 60 persons have collected form to contest for positions in the forthcoming convention of All Progressives Congress, APC. Former Secretary of the party\’s National Convention Committee, Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja while handing over to the new secretary of the committee, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba, at the party’s […]
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that he would not betray the trust reposed in him by Nigerians no matter the challenges on ground. He made the vow when he hosted traditional rulers and religious leaders from across the country to breaking of Ramadan fast at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. He also vowed that […]
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FORMER Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday formally bowed out of office with a special valedictory session held in his honour. President Muhammadu Buhari led other members of the Federal Executive Council to bid the Ekiti State governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, farewell at a brief […]
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THERE were indications on Tuesday that aggrieved members of the Unity Forum of the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, may defect to another party soon after the National Working Committee recognised Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s candidate, Chief Akin Oke, as the chairman of the party on Monday. Oke was among the state […]
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The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, Alhaji Tunde Balogun, on Tuesday night, denied any directive from the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun stopping state party chairmen from inaugurating their executive members. Balogun told newsmen in Ikeja that news reports that Oyegun gave the directive at the inauguration of 33 […]
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The trigger-happy mobile policeman who shot a former President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, and ex House of Representatives member, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele and three other members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, on Friday, has been dismissed. The dismissal was announced by the state police […]
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By Akanimo Sampson BEYOND the surface political mobilism, a silent revolution of sorts is taking place in Akwa Ibom State, Southern Nigeria. The Revolutionary-in-Chief is Governor Udom Emmanuel. Udom, as he is popularly called across the state, is fast emerging as a populist. For those who know better, populism is a political philosophy that […]
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