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Police, DSS asked to arrest Ize-Iyamu over threats of violence.

The founding Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum, Earl Osaro Onaiwu has called for the immediate arrest of Pastor Osagie...

Presidency to Secondus : Buhari won’t resign, says too late to bust up anti-graft fight

  The Presidency on Friday slammed the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying it is too late to stop the much dreaded anti-graft...

Ex-Speaker Dogara returns to APC, meets Pres. Buhari, Gov. Buni

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has defected again to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the People’s...

For the second time, Jegede picks Ondo PDP’s governorship ticket

      Mr Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), Ondo State former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, has emerged the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate...

Ondo APC guber primary: Akeredolu leads the pack

  Ondo State Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN)  on Monday coasted to victory in the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary.   He is...

Edo guber poll: Okunbo blasts Gov. Obaseki’s media aide over deployment of thugs

      The Chairman of Ocean Marine Solution, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo,  has described as defamatory a statement credited to Edo Gov. ...

Akpabio to NASS: 60 per cent of NDDC contracts given to lawmakers

        A scandalous allegation of 60 per cent contract awards of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) given to National...

Mallam Garba Shehu, Snr Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity

Strident attacks, editorials: Buhari Presidency will not stamp down dissent — Garba

  In spite of strident baseless criticisms and attacks on the government, the Presidency says it will not stamp down entrenched culture of...

Oshiomhole rips apart Obaseki, calls him a ‘snake’

The immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC),  Adams Oshiomhole, has said the recent move by Gov.Obaseki is a sign of...

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...