Monthly Archives: September 2019

Presidential Poll: APC urges Supreme Court to reject Abubakar’s ICT evidence

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Supreme Court to expunge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar’s expert reports, including evidence from his appeal records. APC filed a cross-appeal against admission of the report and evidence of the three data analysts who testified for the petitioners at the Presidential Election ...

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Corrupion Allegation: You shoud resign, you can’t waive your immunity, lawyer tells Osinbajo

Dr Kayode Ajulo, a Constitutional Lawyer has told the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo that it is  not possible for him to waive his constitutional immunity for adjudication of claims of libel and malicious falsehood against his person in the court Ajulo told newsmen on Thursday in Abuja against the backdrop of an alleged falsehood peddled in a newspaper by Mr ...

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House of Reps fixes Oct 2 for inauguration of Standing Committees

The House of Representatives will on Wednesday, Oct. 2, inaugurate chairmen, deputy chairmen and members of Standing Committees, the Deputy Speaker, Mr Ahmed Wase has said. Wase made the announcement on Thursday at the House of Representatives chamber’s plenary in Abuja. According to the deputy speaker, the list of committee members would be announced soon. He also said that the ...

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Frontline Emir lauds Buhari’s govt on closure of land borders

The Emir of Dutse, Alhaji Muhammadu Sunusi has given kudos to the Federal Government for the closure of the Nigerian borders. Sunusi made this known while speaking when he received members of the Fanisau chapter of the Miyyati Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MCBAN) in Dutse on Thursday. He explained that the closure of the borders would help improve ...

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Just in: Senate begins condideration of Legislative Agenda

The Senate has begun the consideration of its Legislative Agenda. The Senate had on Wednesday received the report from its ad-hoc committee on the 9th Senate’s Legislative Agenda. Senator Adamu Aliero representing Kebbi Central Senatorial District, chaired the ad-hoc committee, The Nation reports. More to Cone…..

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Kogi Guber: You will struggle to get just 25 per cent votes, Smart Adeyemi tells PDP

The Director General of the Governorship Campaign Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Smart Adeyemi, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stands no chance in the governorship poll as it will struggle to get 25 per cent of total votes in the November poll. He said PDP has no candidate yet since its governorship primaries ...

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Buhari expresses shock over death of ex-SGF, Ufot Ekaette, condoles with family

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock and grief over the death of the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Ufot Ekaette, describing him as “a consummate administrator and bridge builder”. President Buhari, in a condolence message issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Thursday, noted that the ...

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Ekiti Council Election: Buhari’s Campaign DG warns APC not to underrate PDP

The Head, Buhari/Osinbajo Campaign Council in Ekiti State in the last presidential poll, Dr. Olusegun Osinkolu, has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to underrate opposition in the forthcoming local government elections in the state. Osinkolu urged the APC leadership to embrace internal democracy and shun imposition of candidates to brighten the electoral chances of the party. The party ...

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UN Speech: Presidency lambasts critics of President Buhari

The presidency, on Wednesday night, said the attacks against President Muhammadu Buhari over his United Nations meetings was unnecessary. The statements from president’s media office says: “we have seen conversations on Twitter doing what Twitter allows many people to spend a lot of their time on: getting things horribly wrong and/or focusing on the wrong things, while completely missing the ...

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El-Rufai’s son public school enrolment a ‘nollywood script’ for 2023- Shehu Sanni

Ex-Senator from Kaduna,  Shehu Sanni has reacted to the action of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, who on Monday enrolled six-year-old son, Abubakar, in a public school. Sani said the governor’s intention was to deceive people outside the locality, who might not know the level of decay in public schools in the state. He said it was designed to score points ahead ...

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