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Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has reacted to reports of the governorship form of Labor party for the Imo state governorship election pegged at N25 million.  Reacting to the news via its Twitter handle, Keyamo said Nigeria dodged a bullet on February 25. He wrote; ‘’I understand that the Labour Party’s […]

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Former British Prime Minister, Mr Boris Johnson, has expressed optimism that banditry and terrorism will be defeated in Nigeria, and eventually, law and order will prevail in the country. The former UK Prime Minister gave this assurance while speaking at the 16th Anyiam-Osigwe lecture series titled ‘Rehumanising human experience: A synopsis of Anyiam-Osigwe’s treaties The […]

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A Makurdi High Court on Monday granted an ex-parte application seeking an interim injunction to restrain Mr lyorchia Ayu from parading himself as the  National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ayu was dragged before the court by Mr Conrad Utaan, Chairman of his Igyorov Ward of the party in Gboko Local Government Area […]

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With barely two months to the end of the second term of the present administration, the presidency has asserted that Nigerians will yearn for President Muhammadu Buhari when he leaves office. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on media and publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, speaking with Channels TV, lamented over the level of criticisms […]

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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Iyorchia Ayu has waved off his suspension by his ward in Benue State. Ayu was suspended late last week for anti-party activities in the wake of the party’s loss in the presidential election but the former lawmaker argued that only the ward lacks the powers to suspend […]

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Festus Keyamo (SAN), the official spokesperson for Campaign Council of the President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said “talk must stop” and “work must begin” immediately after the inauguration of his principal on May 29. According to Keyamo, Nigerians who did not vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate will be hard to win […]

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has dared the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to come after him after the end of his tenure, insisting that he would not run away from the anti-graft agency when his tenure expires on May 29. Wike, who was reacting to a recent statement by the EFCC that it […]

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A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has faulted the British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, over the latter’s veiled visa ban threat. This is as he also said that he would not accept being told how he would talk or address issues pertaining to Nigeria in Nigeria by a ‘British civil servant”. The […]

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Igyorov Council Ward, Gboko Local Government Area of Benue have suspended the National Chairman of the party, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu. The executives of the party in the ward cited anti party activities of Ayu as the reason for the suspension. This is contained in a statement signed by 12 […]

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will issue certificates of return to newly elected governors, deputy governors-elect and State Assembly members-elect from Wednesday, March 29, to Friday, March 31. In a statement released on Saturday, March 25, INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye said by the provisions of Section 72(1) of the […]

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Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has described his re-election as a divine intervention, which now compel him to work harder in other to bring more benefits to the people of the state. Makinde made this assertions on Sunday at a thanksgiving service held in respect of his re-election at the Living Spring Chapel International, […]

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State said the party would study the judgement of the Appeal Court which was delivered in favour of Peoples Democratic Party’s Ademola Adeleke. The party also disclosed that it will proceed without delay to the next constitutional means of seeking justice at the highest court of the land. […]

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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode has linked presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party, Peter Obi, to reports of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, meeting with the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Olukayode Ariwoola, in London. Fani-Kayode said what Atiku and Obi and their followers are doing […]

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The Ogun State Government has refuted a report being circulated on some social media platforms claiming that the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, dissolved the State Executive Council (SEC). An online news medium had reported that the governor dissolved his cabinet. But in a statement on Friday, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Kunle Somorin, […]

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The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari is eager to commence his retirement after handing over of the mantle of leadership to President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on May 29. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman disclosed this in a statement on Friday,  reacting to a  story published by the Sahara Reporters insinuating that the President might […]

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The Lagos State Ministry of Justice has set up plans to prosecute Oluwaseun Osibanjo, the driver of the  BRT bus that collided with a moving train in Lagos with a 16-count charge of manslaughter and grievous bodily harm. According to a statement signed on Friday by the Director of Public Affairs in the ministry, Mrs […]

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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the ruling of the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal that annulled the election of Ademola Adeleke as the governor of the state. The unanimous ruling of the three-member panel of the appeal court ruled that Adeleke won the 16 July 2022 governorship election. Adeleke of the […]

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President-elect, Bola Tinubu has denied holding any secret meeting with the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola in London, United Kingdom (UK) in order to curry the favour of the judiciary as his opponents battle to nullify his mandate. In statement on Thursday night signed by the Director, Media and Publicity of the All […]

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The spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo has accused the Labour Party (LP) of “riling up” Nigerians against the judiciary. Keyamo made these claims while speaking in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday. On Wednesday, the vice-presidential candidate of the LP, Datti Baba-Ahmed, insisted that the president-elect, Bola […]

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Former Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose has reacted to his suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. Fayose, in a statement released by his media aide, Mr Lere Olayinka, said the suspension was nothing but the last kick of a dead horse, adding that it was a […]