Citing irreconciliable differences, ex-Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He has joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP) after formally resigning from the APC. The former governor submitted his resignation letter to his ward in Kaduna State on Monday, where he expressed disappointment with the APC’s trajectory in […]
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The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, has called on the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara to resign or face impeachment. Okocha made the call while describing the invitation of the 27 lawmakers to a meeting by Fubara as a Greek gift. Recall that Fubara in a letter signed by the […]
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The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has appointed Alhaji Kazeem Oyewale as the Caretaker Chairman of the NURTW FCT-Abuja Council. Oyewale, who is the Gbobaniyi of Osogboland, was formerly the Osun State Chairman of the union. His appointment was made by the union’s President, Alhaji Musiliu Oluomo, in Abuja on Monday. Oluomo charged […]
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By Ehichioya Ezomon Former British statesman, Labour Party politician and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976) James Harold Wilson (1916-1995), stated that: “A week is a long time in politics,” which, in today’s world of social media, is being updated to, “A day in politics is a […]
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Former Ekiti First Lady and activist, Erelu Bisi Fayemi has condemned the decision by Senate President, Godswill Akpabio to sit 1n judgement over his case against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan had tackled Akpabio over seating arrangement on the floor of the Senate and also levelled allegation of sexual harassment against him. In a statement […]
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Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has expressed his condolences to the family of the departed former military governor of the old Western Region, General Adeyinka Adebayo, over the passing of their mother, Mrs. Modupe Adebayo. She died on Saturday, March 8, at the age of 85. A statement by by the Adebayo family and […]
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By Ehichioya Ezomon Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, elder statesman, former Federal Commissioner, Leader of the Ijaw Nation, and Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), died on Monday, February 17, 2025, aged 97. Since his passing, the family home in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has become a melting port for “our leaders” to sympathise with the […]
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By Lasisi Olagunju “Possibly he cohabited with Miss Bloggs, but don’t mention it in front of his wife, let the sleeping dogs lie.” Gordon Jarvie’s ‘Dictionary of Idioms’ contains that example of a warning that has been with us since Geoffrey Chaucer’s 1385 epic poem, Troilus and Criseyde. When the storm is angry and howling, […]
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Gunmen have killed the Chairman of the Kwara State chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Idris Abubakar. The Kwara State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, confirmed the incident on Sunday, March 9, 2025. Reports said that Abubakar, 32, was shot dead by gunmen about 10 p.m. on Saturday […]
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The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly, on Sunday, asked Governor Siminalayi Fubara to channel his invitation to the members properly and not through social media. The reaction followed the invitation to the Assembly to a meeting with the governor at the Government House, on Monday (today). Fubara, through the Secretary to the State […]
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