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Senate Swears-in Ademola Adeleke
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]demola Adeleke was on Wednesday inaugurated as Senator representing Osun West. Senate President, Bukola Saraki performed the inauguration at the senate chamber. Adeleke made...
Supreme Court Sacks Sheriff, Authenticates Makarfi As PDP Chairman
By Amos Dunia, Persecond, Abuja – The leadership crisis that bedeviled the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for over 14 months was on...
Learn from the mistakes of existing political parties to take Nigeria out of the woods, IBB charges APDA leaders
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ormer Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida on Tuesday charged the national leadership of the newly-registered political party, the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA)...
Adeleke Pulls Off Huge Upset in Winning Osun State Senate Seat
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State pulled off a stunning upset in the heavily APC State of Osun on Saturday, winning Osun...
Court Stops Melaye’s Recall Process
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]ust days after INEC released a time table for Senator Dino Melaye’s recall process, a federal judge at the high court in Abuja, granted...
Senate Leaders Vow To Scuttle Melaye’s Recall Plans
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]enate President Bukola Saraki and the deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu joined the embattled Dino Melaye on Tuesday to blast plans by INEC...
Okupe Stuns PDP By Quitting, Says Party Can No Longer Bear Fruits
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP has been thrown into confusion as a prominent chieftain, Doyin Okupe Sunday quit the embattled political party. “It is...
Ex-VP Sambo Cries Out Over Alleged Plans to Incriminate Him
Ex-Vice President Namadi Sambo Saturday alerted the public on the clandestine move by the security agencies to implicate him. He made the allegation over...
Rivers Tribunal sacks Sekibo, PDP Senator
The Rivers state elections petition tribunal has sacked PDP’s George Thompson Sekibo, Senator representing Rivers East and has declared Andrew Uchendu of the...
Jonathan, former PDP ministers seek to unify party
Former president Goodluck Jonathan Monday says he hopes the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, pull things together, calling on Nigerians to pray and work...
Adeleke: Aregbesola an ‘ungrateful traitor’
The younger brother of the late Senator Isiaka Adeleke, who has now emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the...
