Politics

Empowerment items donated by Hon. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe The All Progressives Congress’ ward congresses across the country may have come and gone, but the exercise has clearly unmasked the deep-rooted acrimony existing within the party especially in the south-east. Though leaders and stakeholders of the party have continued to play …

 Men of the Oyo State Joint Patrol Team, Operation Burst (OB), yesterday morning dislodged a six-man armed robbery gang who have been terrorising residents of Adegbayi area of the state for the past three weeks. The Special Adviser to Governor Ajimobi on Security, Mr. Segun Abolarinwa, disclosed this while explaining …

Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communications, says former President Olusegun Obasanjo and other ex-military leaders cannot hinder President Muhammadu Buhari’s chance of being re-elected in 2019. Shittu, speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said since the former Nigerian leaders “are not …

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki Commission involved in 1,080 suits from 2015 polls Damilola Oyedele in Abuja The Senate yesterday cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against paying attention to misguided statements and pronouncements questioning the powers of the National Assembly to legislate on the Electoral Act. The President …

Senator Abdullahi Adamu (APC, Nasarawa) has reacted to claims that he is plotting the removal of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and the rest of the leadership. Senator Obinna Ogba made this allegation during plenary on Thursday, providing evidence in the form of a voice recording. However, in a …

A chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Okpe Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr Kennedy  Eyube, has said the 12- month tenure extension given to Chief John Odigie-Oyegun by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party was for the good of the party and Nigeria. Eyube, a pro-Buhari campaigner, …

Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday explained the reasons why he was absent at key meetings of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held last week. Saraki’s absence at both the National Caucus and National Executive Council (NEC) meetings of his party heightened   speculations of his plan to dump the APC. Saraki …

The senate, yesterday, resolved to probe Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta) over his statement that the reordering of elections sequence was targeted at President Muhammadu Buhari. Oma-Agege had shortly after the passage of the amendment to the 2010 Electoral Act, told newsmen that the change in the sequence was targeted …

The Cross River state chapter of the APC is likely to have a state congress on February 24, 2018, a chieftain of the party and Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel on Recovery of Public Property, Okoi Obono-Obla, said this yesterday in Abuja. Obono-Obla said this while fielding questions from …

Says president has no clue to solution The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to save Nigerians the trauma of sleeping at fuel stations by quitting as Minister of Petroleum Resources and allowing competent hands to manage its affairs. The party which described as unpardonable, the failure of …