Category: Politics
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My emergence as Deputy Speaker will encourage South-East youths – Kalu
Rep. Benjamin Kalu By Aderogba George Rep. Benjamin kalu (APC-Abia), and the spokesperson of the House of Representatives, says his emergence as the Deputy Speaker of the 10th National Assembly will make South-East youth believe in the Nigerian project. Kalu said this in a statement which was made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.…
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JUST IN: LP faction, representatives clash at election petition tribunal
The Presidential Election Petition court on Wednesday refused to recognise any representative of the Labour Party except the 1st petitioner, Peter Obi who was in court. The court presided over by Justice Haruna Tsammani reached the decision having been possibly intimated that there was a disagreement between two factions of the party before…
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N’Assembly leadership: APC warns Akpabio, Abbas against upset
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, has advised the party’s endorsed aspirants for the National Assembly leadership positions to be mindful of an upset during the inauguration of the 10th legislature. Adamu, during a meeting with Senator Godswill Akpabio, endorsed for the Senate presidency and Deputy Senate Presidential aspirant, Jibrin…
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10th NASS: APC zoning of Speaker undemocratic, says ex-lawmaker
A former member of the House of Representatives, Abubakar Chika, has condemned the exclusion of other aspirants in the race for the Speaker of the 10th Assembly, saying a consensus candidate is undemocratic. Chika, who represented Shiroro/Rafi/Munya Federal Constituency of Niger state, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the choice of the…
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Tinubu’ll fulfil campaign promises, Ex-PCC director assures artisans
A former Director of the dissolved All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council in charge of artisans and technicians directorate, Sanusi Rikidi, on Wednesday assured stakeholders that the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will not disappoint them. While allaying their fear, Rikidi told the worried artisans that the disbandment of the PCC does not connote that…
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Ooni, ex-INEC commissioner congratulate Adeleke
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and ex-National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Lai Olurode, on Wednesday, congratulated Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on his victory at the Supreme Court which affirmed his election. A congratulatory statement signed by Ooni’s spokesperson, Moses Olafare, then urged Adeleke to develop a robust…
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10th NASS: Senators-Elect Reject APC Zoning
-Insist On Producing Own Leaders By Abdulateef Bamgbose A group of Senators-elect across different political parties have kicked against zoning arrangement and insisted on producing their own leaders in the red chamber. The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had on Monday zoned the Senate leadership position to South-South and North West, but…
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UPDATED: AA withdraws petition against Tinubu
The Action Alliance has withdrawn its petition against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. This action was taken at the ongoing pre-hearing at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Monday in Abuja. The petitioners had in the petition contended that their real candidate Solomon Okanigbuan was excluded from the list uploaded on the portal of the Independent…
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Group advocates passage of gender bills
Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC), a non-profit civil rights organisation, has urged the National Assembly to consider passing the five gender bills into law as part of the ongoing constitution amendment. WARDC, in collaboration with USAID and SCALE/PALLADIUM, made the call at a knowledge-building roundtable for media professionals in Lagos State. The bills…
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Ahead May 29th Inauguration:* *Nigeria- US Based Philanthropist Congratulates Tinubu* *
Ahead May 29th Inauguration:* *Nigeria- US Based Philanthropist Congratulates Tinubu* by Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna As preparations for inauguration gears up, a US based entrepreneur, Chief Dr. (Mrs.) Augusta Ngozi Agbasionwe has again warmly congratulated Nigeria’s President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, otherwise referred to as BAT. Chief Dr. Agbasionwe, a philanthropist, in a statement, explained that she…