The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party and some party members in the National Assembly, on Tuesday, peacefully protested at the embassy of the European Union. The PDP National Secretary, Senator Ibrahim Tsauri, who led the protest presented the party’s protest letter to the embassy officials. The protesters later proceeded to...
The House of Representatives has accused some of Nigeria’s neighbours of complicity in the rising cases of insecurity within the country. It also gave a hint of a possible investigation into the activities of some of these nations with regards to allegations that they were sponsoring criminals wreaking havoc across...
Kano State House of Assembly on Wednesday removed its majority leader, Alhaji Labaran Abdul-Madari, and replaced him with his deputy, Alhaji Kabiru Hassan-Dashi. Abdul-Madari, an APC member representing Sumaila Constituency was removed following a motion of urgent public importance presented by Alhaji Muhammad Uba-Gurjiya, also an APC member, representing Bunkure...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara as `an astute administrator’ who stopped the era of profligacy and graft that crippled the state’s resources and development. In a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, in Abuja on Wednesday, the...
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has written to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to seek the “immediate” arrest and prosecution of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole. The Deputy Governor, Philip Shuaibu, who broke the news to journalists in Abuja, on Monday, said a...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has administered the oath of office on four new members of the House of Representatives. The members who were sworn in at the beginning of plenary on Thursday all emerged from rerun elections held last weekend. The lawmakers are Abdullahi Abubakar (PDP,...
Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State, the elders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, in the Ondo South Senatorial District have declared that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, would secure the ticket of the party and win the election for the second term. The elders, under the auspices of...
The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the Peoples Democratic Party, Suleiman Nazif, has said the party will win the 2023 presidential election and get majority members in both chambers of the National Assembly. Nazif also said he was confident that the party will bounce back to power in the northern...
Nine lawmakers of the Imo State House of Assembly on Tuesday defected to the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party, All Progressives Grand Alliance and Action Alliance. There are 27 members in the House. Before the defections, the PDP had 13 members in the House, the AA had eight,...
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, affirmed the election of Samuel Ortom as the Governor of Benue State, dismissing an appeal by Emmanuel Jime, candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the last governorship election. Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, who read the lead judgment, held that the appellants (Jime and APC) failed...