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The senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress(APC). The lawmaker confirmed this in a letter to his APC ward in Kaduna. The letter reads, “I present to you my highest compliments and wish by this communication to formally offer to …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said he will “retire” President Muhammadu Buhari back to Daura in 2019.   Abubakar stated that Nigerians and not politicians would decide between a failed government and one with solutions.   In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Paul Ibe, …

Governors yesterday threw their weight behind the condition set by President Muhammadu Buhari for the release of the Paris Club refund. The governors made their position known at the end of yesterday’s National Economic Council (NEC) meeting presided over by the Vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. Minister of Finance, Zainab …

  By Soni Daniel & Adekunle Aliyu ABUJA — THERE were indications last night that detained former governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, had begun opening up on the allegations of corruption brought up against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which took him into its …

The governing council, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has suspended the Executive Secretary of the scheme, Prof Usman Yusuf indefinitely to pave way for investigation into allegations leveled against him. Meanwhile Prof. Yusuf has called off an earlier scheduled press conference. He was expected to react to the story during …

  APEX Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari, against the use of Executive Orders when there is no state of emergency in the country, saying that such orders are intended to subvert the fundamental rights of the citizens. It said that Chapter 4 of the 1999 …

Barau Jibrin, sentor representing Kano north, says agents of darkness are out to tarnish the image of Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano. Jibrin said this in response to the comments on the video of Ganduje allegedly collecting bribe from some contractors. In the video which has been trending online since …

After some drama at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters in Abuja, former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose was taken into custody yesterday. The anti-graft agency is questioning Fayose over the ongoing probe of the alleged diversion N4.685billion by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). The …

The immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has disclosed that over 30 per cent of farmland in the Niger Delta region has been lost to this year’s ravaging flood. Uduaghan, a senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the Delta South Senatorial District in the 2019 …

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is not running the affairs of the country, stressing that it is unacceptable for the country to be “run through proxies”. The former speaker of the house of representatives said “it will be suicidal” for the president to …