The victims There was pandemonium in the Amule area of Ayobo, Lagos State, on Saturday, when members of the Nigeria Automobile Technicians Association, Ayobo unit, reportedly engaged in a fight over land. It was gathered that a former chairman of the unit allegedly assaulted two panel beaters, Matthew Idowu, and Sunday Olowolaiyemo, over the land […]
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Embattled member of the House of Representatives Farah Dagogo has sued the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) following his exclusion from the list of governorship aspirants in Rivers State. The lawmaker and governorship aspirant, who is being detained at the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre, is standing trial for alleged conspiracy […]
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Party picks senatorial candidates today With a lot of drama, clashes and upsets, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday held primaries across the states to pick candidates for House of Representatives and House of Assembly elections. There were upsets in Bayelsa and Ondo states, where, respectively, the daughter of former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, Orode, lost the […]
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Immediate past Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ondo State, Prince Dele Ogunbameru, has said he resigned his position to foster unity in the party. He had announced his resignation during the May 16 party congress. In an interview yesterday in Akure, he said: “We have witnessed a lot of bickering in the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to only 19 of 131 Bills passed by the Senate in the last three years, investigation has shown. The upper chamber, inaugurated on June 11, 2019, will clock three years on June 10. According to a document sighted by our correspondent in Abuja, the Senate introduced 976 Bills from inception […]
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Deborah Samuel, a 200 Level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto The gruesome murder of a defenceless student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto by her irate school mates is yet another of the barbaric, unlawful and unconstitutional acts committed by some citizens using religion as a cover. In particular, Deborah is […]
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National Consultative Front (NCFront), umbrella body of the ‘3 Force’ Movement and Political Alternatives to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has adopted the Labour Party (LP) as its mega party for ‘3rd Force’ stakeholders and allies for the 2023 elections. The group, in a statement, yesterday, said the adoption […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the screening of its 2023 presidential aspirants earlier scheduled for Monday, May 23. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the party regretted any inconveniences caused by the postponement, adding that a new date for the […]
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Widow: I’m setting up a foundation to inspire young Nigerians to serve Safety concerns on military jets resonate one year after Attahiru’s death Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka and other prominent Nigerians, at the weekend, paid tribute to the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru. Soyinka, who spoke in Abuja during […]
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Southeast APC aspirants agree on regional consensus pick Ohanaeze woos APC, PDP delegates to vote Igbo aspirant Bankole canvasses ‘modified consensus’ for APC Zulum: Buhari sole determinant of APC presidential candidate Ganduje assures Lawan of ‘full cooperation’ over presidential bid Anxiety as APC shifts screening for presidential aspirants Extending primaries’ deadline will have dire consequences, […]
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