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Uzodinma says Igbo Presidency is partisan not tribal issue
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma Tuesday after a visit to the presidential Villa appeared to take a dig at former...
Again, Atiku in a letter to NASS: Don’t approve fresh loans for Buhari
Worried by Nigeria’s mounting debts in trillions, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has written a strongly crafted letter to the National Assembly, urging it...
Buhari ruminates over APC’s past electoral loses, blames internal bickerings, spats
…says it cost party some states, NASS seats President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday reminisced about the electoral loses of the All Progressives...
Supreme Court upholds election of Gov Bello
The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the election of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. A seven-man panel of the court led...
Clip on Edo poll: Presidency assures, Gambari as polished diplomat, will not undermine people’s will
The Presidency has taken a swipe at the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over its disparaging comments on the Chief of...
Alleged come-back bid as APC chair, Oshiomhole calls DG Governors Forum empty brain
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), ex-Gov. Adams Oshiomhole, has taken a swipe at the Director-General of Nigeria Governors...
Breaking: Bayelsa Governor Diri sacked
The Bayelsa State Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday nullified the election of Governor Duoye Diri of the Peoples...
Lanre Rasaq, a.k.a KLM, died from COVID-19, says Osiyemi
A Lagos APC leader, Chief Lanre Razak, died of COVID-19, a senior journalist and an ally of Rasaq has disclosed. Aged 74, Rasaq,...
PDP to Embattled Lagos Speaker: Show your law degree certificate to authenticate claim as lawyer
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has been asked to show proof of his qualification as...
PTF spanks Edo APC rally, Kashamu funeral organizers for violating COVID-19 protocols
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic says it is outraged by the non-compliance with COVID-19 protocols at the All Progressives Congress Benin...
Kashamu’s 2019 Ogun guber poll running mate, Abati, says he feels like an orphan over his death
Dr Reuben Abati, the running mate to the late Senator Buruji Kashamu in the 2019 Ogun gubernatorial election, says he is completely heartbroken over...
Sen. Kashamu’s demise: Mortals should be kind to the dead – Tinubu
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed grief on the sudden death of ex-Ogun Senator...
Grief-stricken Ogun Gov. Abiodun, ex-Gov. Daniel mourn Kashamu
Ogun Gov. Dapo Abiodun says he is terrified by the passing on of ex-Senator Buruji Kashamu on Saturday in Lagos just as...
Ex-Ogun Senator, Buruji Kashamu, dies from COVID-19 complications
A former Ogun Senator, Buruji Kashamu, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has died of complications from COVID-19 in Lagos. Buruji,...
Edo September guber poll: U.S. flags political actors, security forces roles
Ahead of the September governorship poll in Edo State, the United States has expressed serious disappointment with the role being played by...
Gov. Obaseki’s siege on Edo legislature, gravest assault on constitutional democracy — Tinubu
The All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has blasted Governor Godwin Obaseki for the theatrical manner of overrunning the legislative...
