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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has berated those who claim they love Nigeria and care about the development of the country, yet have disdain for the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. He described Tinubu as the epitome of the kind of leader Nigerians yearn for. Garba insisted that Nigerians are lucky to have the former Lagos State ...

The Lagos State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to compromise the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and pressure the examination body to validate Sanwo-Olu’s 1981 WAEC result certificate which was not captured in the forms submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before ...

More than 100 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday joined the Labour Party (LP) in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State. The decampees were received into the LP by the State executive led by its Chairman, Michael Asade, and the LP candidate in Abeokuta South Federal Constituency, Tolulope Philips, in Abeokuta, the state capital. Speaking ...

Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of the Church of Nigeria , Anglican Communion, Henry Ndukuba, has warned Nigerians against religious and ethnic politics. At a press conference ahead of the September meeting of the Anglican Standing Committee, he said if Nigerians shunned religious and ethnic politics, it would not only promote peace, but also lead to emergence of competent leaders in ...

President Buharii has held a meeting with governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). It was learnt that the  agenda was to discuss the choice of a running mate for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate. The meeting was held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Kebbi governor and chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum ...

A group known as Enugu Rebirth, a socio-political organisation, has declared that any part of the State is free to produce Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s successor. It also said zoning should not decide State and National Assembly positions. The statement made available newsmen was signed by Hon. Chuka Eze, Director-General, Enugu Rebirth. He said the group’s worry “stems chiefly from the ...

A former Senator between 1999-2003 Olabiyi Durojaiye, spoke about the state of the nation, most especially the issues of economy and the high rate of insecurity in an interview with Punch Newspaper In terms of security, economy and anti-corruption, do you think Nigeria is better or worse than it was in 2015 when the current administration began? I’m not happy ...

The Bill to empower the National Assembly to summon the President on Tuesday passed through second reading in the House of Representatives. The Bill also seeks to give the States Houses of Assembly powers to summon their respective governors. Speaking on why he sponsored the Bill, Sergious Ogun (PDP, Esan NorthEast/Esan SouthEast federal constituency of Edo State) said the bill ...

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Prince Uche  Secondus has kocked President Muhammadu Buhari for snubbing an invitation by the House of Representatives to the house The lower House had summoned the President to cone and give explanation on the efforts being taken by its government to tacked the country’s security challenges. Secondus said that the act ...

As millions of US residents a and citizens are warming up for the country’s general elections, no fewer than nine Nigerian-Americans are on the ballot in Tuesday’s general elections in the United States. Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for different offices at the federal, state and local levels. Besides the presidential election, ...