APC inaugurates 34 state chairmen as Buni stays away

Kano, Sokoto chapters missing as Ganduje, Shekarau wait End of road for Mohammed, Aregbesola, Yari, Akpabio camps Gunmen attack Aregbesola’s campaign office in Osogbo Amid concerns for continued safety of its structures, the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja, inaugurated chairmen of 34 state chapters to run the affairs […]

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Amaechi, Malami sued over alleged illegal award of N91.7b rail contract to Chinese firm

[File] Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi (right) with members of staff of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) during inspection of Lagos-Ibadan Standard Rail Guage in Lagos…yesterday Photo: NAN Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami have been dragged before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged […]

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Nigeria says it has identified 96 sponsors of terror groups

Nigeria: Boko Haram terrorists The Nigerian government on Thursday said it has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorist groups Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). Nigeria’s information and culture minister Lai Mohammed made the disclosure at a press conference in Abuja. READ MORE: Tension as U.S. moves to name Boko Haram […]

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Biden says IS leader killed in US military raid

A general view shows on February 3, 2022, the scene following an overnight raid by US special operations forces against suspected jihadists in Atme, in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib which left at least nine people dead, including three civilians. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP) US special forces carried out a brazen nighttime airborne […]

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Buhari rebuffs lobby to shift APC convention date

No venue in party’s notification letter to INEC State chairmen inaugurated Last-minute push by some party chiefs to shift the All Progressives Congress (APC) convention date has collapsed. President Muhammadu Buhari staved off pressure from lobbyists, insisting that the February 26 date is sacrosanct. Following this, the APC caretaker committee wrote a February 2 letter […]

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Parties ask Buhari to sign re-amended electoral bill

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) yesterday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Electoral Bill without further delay as lawmakers have removed the contentious clause on direct party primary elections. His Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare had, on Monday, confirmed the transmission of the re-amended […]

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Ondo APC congratulates House of Reps bye-election primary winner Alade

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has congratulated Otunba Mayokun Lawson Alade who emerged as the party’s candidate in the primry it conducted to pick candidate for the bye election to fill the vacant seat of Akyre South/Akure North Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. The seat became vacant following the passage […]

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Adu emerges Ondo PDP candidate to fight for ‘Expensive’s seat in House of Reps

Mr Olumuyiwa Adu has emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the scheduled bye-election to fill the vacant seat of the Akure South/Akure North Federal Constituency in Ondo State in the House of Representatives. The vacancy followed the passage of the PDP chieftain, the late Hon Adedayo Omolafe, popularly called Expensive, who […]

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#EndSARS protest: Duke, Imoke, Ndoma-Egba, others lost over N45b property in Cross River

• Senate calls for holistic reform of police force • Lagos begins reconstruction of Igbosere, Nigeria’s oldest court The #EndSARS protest in Cross Rivers State has caused former governors of the state, Donald Duke and Liyel Imoke, and former and serving federal lawmakers from the state to lose property worth over N27 billion. In total, […]

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