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Foreign Affairs Minister, Onyeama, contracts Covid-19
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, said Sunday he has tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the first minister in the...
Ibn Chambas, Ejime urge ruling party to stave off constitutional crisis in Cote d’Ivoire
The recent death of Amadon Gon Coulibaly, Prime Minister of Cote d’Ivoire, has put the political permutations of the ruling RHDP party...
Covid-19: FG bans meetings, political gatherings, non-essential travels by its officials
In a bid to scale up its COVID-19 response and halt virus transmission, the Federal Government has slammed a ban on meetings...
Former NSA Dasuki denies report he campaigned for APC, Buhari in 2015
Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser, NSA, on Sunday denied a report that he campaigned for the APC and Buhari while serving as NSA...
Lagos lawmaker, Mr Tunde Braimoh, dies
A member of the Lagos State House Of Assembly, Mr Tunde Braimoh, has passed on, according to family sources. The lawmaker...
Splinter 14 members of Ondo House of Assembly move to impeach Deputy Governor
…for defecting from APC to PDP  In Ondo State, a day after Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu resurfaced from the three-day COVID-19 isolation...
Thunderbolt! Ondo SSG slaps COVID-19 racked Gov. Akeredolu with resignation letter
Like a bolt from the blue, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, currently quarantined for COVID-19 pandemic and has barely recovered from the...
Ize-Iyamu coasts to victory, emerges APC flagbearer in Sept. 19 guber polls
Within hours, erstwhile 2016 PDP governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, emerged the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the September 19...
APC swears in Boms as Giadom’s replacement
The All Progressives Congress newly appointed Acting Deputy National Secretary, Barrister Worgu Boms, was on Monday sworn in by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) in...
Party crisis: Buhari, APC governors in crucial meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressive Congress (APC) governors are right now meeting in the presidential villa, Abuja, in an apparent bid to...
Bulama takes office as APC National Secretary
Arch. Waziri Bulama on Monday took his seat at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the new National...
Suspension: Oshiomhole’s appeal suffers setback Appeal Court adjourns hearing indefinitely
The hope of the embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, to vacate his suspension order...
Ihedioha loses as Supreme Court upholds its Imo judgment
…judgment that declared Uzodinma winner was entered in error, says minority verdict Expectedly, the Supreme Court has thrown out the appeal...
Five months after, Court declares ex-Kogi Deputy Gov. Simon Achuba’s removal nullity
The impeachment of a former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Mr Simon Achuba, in October 2019 is an exercise in futility and therefore...
Supreme Court dashes APC’s hope for Bayelsa governorship judgment review
…awards N60m cost APC, Lyon, Degi-Eremienyo’s lawyers Nigeria’s Apex Court on Wednesday sealed the hope of a review of its judgment sacking...
Oshiomhole Is Divisive, Contemptible, Destroying the APC – Babachir Lawal
Babachir Lawal, former Secretary to the Government to the Federation, SGF, said the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole...
