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Sokoto State Governor and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has said he hoped to emerge the party’s standard-bearer in the coming election. He, however, added that he would not quit the party if he failed to get the presidential ticket. Tambuwal, …

The last has not been heard of the sacked Director General of the Department of State Service, Lawal Daura, as PRNigeria learnt on good authority that neither was he given query over any issue nor indicted on his handling of affairs of the service until his sack. The last has …

The battle for supremacy between two of the most powerful Lagos female politicians, South West All Progressives Congress (APC) Women Leader, Chief Mrs. Kemi Nelson and Lagos APC Women Leader, Hon. Jumoke Okoya-Thomas appears to have taken a new dimension as the supporters of the two gladiators have resorted to …

A former Inspector-General of Police, Dr Solomon Arase, has said the major issue with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad is leadership. Arase asked the police authorities to reshape public perception and redirect the focus of the police unit to its core mandate. The former police boss spoke in Lagos on Monday …

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has agreed to adopt direct primaries to conduct elections that will produce Presidential, Senate, House of Representatives, Governorship and State House of Assembly’s candidates ahead of 2019 general elections, a reliable party source told Daily Trust last night. …

After the denial of his request to use the Eagle Square for his declaration for the presidency, a former governor of Kano State and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has vowed to launch his bid today. Kwankwaso is seeking to …

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, yesterday, decried the pervading level of corruption in the justice sector, even as he called for stiffer sanctions against legal practitioners found culpable in acts of judicial malpractices. Osinbajo, who spoke at the ongoing Annual General Conference of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in Abuja …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kogi East Senate aspirant, Dr Victor Alewo Adoji has been endorsed by coalition of all political parties in Kogi State. Speaking at Adoji’s declaration ceremony in Olamaboro on Saturday, chairman of Coalition of Political Parties in Nigeria, Kogi State chapter, Hon. Itodo said Kogi East …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday said no official of the Rivers State government would appear before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over its politically-motivated investigations until the commission approached the Court of Appeal to set aside the 2007 judgment barring the commission from investigating the state. In …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the 27 chairmanship seats in the just concluded local government elections in Imo State. Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (ISIEC), Mr. Ethelbert Ebebuchi, revealed this on Sunday in Owerri. Mr Ebebuchi made the disclosure while announcing the results of the …