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Naira Rain: Ekiti delegates go for highest bidder
Efforts by the ruling All Progressives Congress-led federal government to make the anti-corruption war a priority, seems not to be working within its...
Ojudu ends race for Ekiti governor
Senator Babafemi Ojudu Thursday dropped out of the race for the APC nomination for Ekiti state governor citing unfair contest. Read below speech delivered...
Artist to burn artwork of Buhari as anger grows over ‘lazy’ Nigerian youths comment
A Disaffected President Buhari’s supporter Thursday threatened to burn a beautiful artwork he did for the president in 2016 over statements the president made...
Why I’m Running For Senate – Uduaghan
Former Delta state governor Emmanuel Uduaghan is running for the Senate seat in Delta South Senatorial District, he officially announced Monday morning. Uduaghan, 63,...
2019: Itsekiris Drum Support for Emmanuel Uduaghan’s Senate Bid
The Itsekiri ethnic group in the Niger-Delta has pledged to mobilize grassroots and stakeholders to support the Senatorial bid of immediate-past governor of Delta...
Tenure elongation: Buhari’s meeting with APC governors ends in a deadlock
The two hour closed door meeting between president Muhammadu Buhari and governors of the All Progressive Congress (APC), led by Chairman of the...
Tinubu, Akande absent at APC National Caucus meeting in Abuja presided over by Buhari
By Victoria Ayuwei, PerSecond News. …Osinbajo, Saraki, Dogara, governors in attendance ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President, Bukola...
Buhari’s minister blasts ‘sensationalist’ Obasanjo in defiant statement
The Minister of of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has said former president Olusegun Obasanjo, has no right to short change Nigerians by asking President...
Obasanjo’s Letter: We Acknowledge Our Challenges – APC
By Amos Dunia, Persecond News Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday responded to the issues contained in the letter...
Aftermath of Obasanjo’s letter, Tinubu, Akande in closed door meeting with Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a closed door meeting with national leader of All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu and former national...
Controversial whistleblower Jibrin, meets Buhari, says 16 months suspension taught him some worth while lessons
The controversial House of Representatives whistleblower, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, who has been on suspension for the past 16 months over budget padding...
Our Party Remains United – PDP
By Amos Dunia, Persecond News Abuja – The new national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday said that it will...
Atiku Formerly Joins PDP
By Amos Dunia, Persecond News Abuja – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who recently dumped the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday...
OGUN 2019: Ashiru gets key endorsements from Ijebu Agenda
Otunba Bimbo Ashiru Wednesday was endorsed by the Ijebu Agenda as its sole APC 2019 Governorship Candidate for Ijebu/Remo Ogun State. It’s the latest...
Ekiti 2018: I am the best candidate- Hon Bimbo Daramola
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]on Bimbo Daramola spells out why voters can trust him, and why he is the best candidate to be the next governor of...
Party chieftain demands recall of any legislator who votes against abrogation of SIEC, LG autonomy
National Leader of Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the South-south zone, Senator Roland Owie, has demanded the recall of any state legislator...
