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Lanre Rasaq, a.k.a KLM, died from COVID-19, says Osiyemi

  A Lagos APC leader, Chief Lanre Razak, died of COVID-19, a senior journalist and an ally of Rasaq has disclosed. Aged 74, Rasaq,...

PDP to Embattled Lagos Speaker: Show your law degree certificate to authenticate claim as lawyer

  The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has been asked to show proof of his qualification as...

PTF spanks Edo APC rally, Kashamu funeral organizers for violating COVID-19 protocols

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic says it is outraged by the non-compliance with COVID-19 protocols at the All Progressives Congress Benin...

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Kashamu’s 2019 Ogun guber poll running mate, Abati, says he feels like an orphan over his death 

  Dr Reuben Abati, the running mate to the late Senator Buruji Kashamu in the 2019 Ogun gubernatorial election, says he is completely heartbroken over...

Sen. Kashamu’s demise: Mortals should be kind to the dead – Tinubu

  Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed grief on the sudden death of ex-Ogun Senator...

Grief-stricken Ogun Gov. Abiodun, ex-Gov. Daniel mourn Kashamu

  Ogun Gov. Dapo Abiodun says he is terrified by the passing on of ex-Senator Buruji Kashamu on Saturday in Lagos just as...

Ex-Ogun Senator, Buruji Kashamu, dies from COVID-19 complications

    A former Ogun Senator,  Buruji Kashamu, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has died of complications from COVID-19 in Lagos. Buruji,...

Edo September guber poll: U.S. flags political actors, security forces roles

  Ahead of the September governorship poll in Edo State, the United States has expressed serious disappointment with the role being played by...

Gov. Obaseki’s siege on Edo legislature, gravest assault on constitutional democracy — Tinubu

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has blasted Governor Godwin Obaseki for the theatrical manner of overrunning the legislative...

Election tribunal affirms APC Rep. Miriam Onuoha’s election

    It was jubilation galore on Friday as the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, dismissed the petition against the...

Ize-Iyamu to Gov. Obaseki: We have seized legislative power from you

  The Edo State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has declared that the party had wrested the...

PDP demands speedy prosecution of corrupt appointees

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  has demanded the speedy prosecution of officials of the All Progressives Congress indicted for alleged corruption. “The...

Ahead of APC elective convention: Who leads the ruling party

  People to watch out for — Victor Giadom,  Ndoma-Egba, Amosun, Yari, an unnamed ex-senator from the Delta     With the dust of...

Patriach of Afenifere family, Pa Ayo Fasanmi, dies at 94

  Nonagenarian Senator Ayo Fasanmi, one of the oldest loyalists of the sage, the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and patriarch of Afenifere, the...

Setting the record straight by Capt. Idahosa Wells Okunbo

There have been reports of an ugly and unfortunate booing incident that took place outside the palace of our revered Royal Father, the...