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2019: Osinbajo disowns ‘mischievous’ group
[dropcap]V[/dropcap]ice President Yemi Osinbajo Saturday disowned a group which created a website for the purpose of supporting him as a candidate for the...
Recession Exit: APC UK Lauds Buhari, Osinbajo
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the United Kingdom has described the emergence of the Nigeria from the recession as laudable and noteworthy....
Buhari’s Supporters Storm Villa with Police Protection, Singing “four more years.”
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]lacard carrying government supporters burst into the Aso Villa Thursday singing praises of the ailing president Muhammadu Buhari. Pushing back against the fervid...
PDP Resolves To Punish Kashamu, Errant Leaders
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]eaders in the Southwest Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday resolved to set up a committee to punish fugitive senator Buruji Kashamu and other errant...
Saraki: APC Docile, Inactive And Not Same As Years Ago, Says I’m a Member ‘Body and Spirit’
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]enate President, Bukola Saraki, has revealed that he has no plans to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the he is...
Ekiti 2018: A Healthy Heart And A Weak Foundation- By Hon Bimbo Daramola
My aspiration is not driven by unbridled quest for material possessions, wealth, fame, rather a heart that sincerely beats for a better state...
2019: Only Kwankwaso Can Neutralise PDP For APC – Ikonomwan
By Amos Dunia, Persecond News, Abuja – A former Senior Special Assistant to former Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and a party...
APC Sues INEC Over Dino Melaye’s ‘Wrongful’ Recall
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has instituted a suit before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), over the commissions’...
Wike Forged Documents To Indict Amaechi – The Integrity Group
ByAmos Dunia, Persecond News, Abuja [dropcap]A[/dropcap]n anti-corruption organisation known as ‘The Integrity Friends For Truth and Peace Initiative based in Port Harcourt, Rivers...
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...
