President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to five bills, including the Extradition (Amendment) Act 2018, Federal Capital Territory Appropriation Act, 2018 and Nigerian Centre For Disease Control And Prevention (Establishment) Act,
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Reverend Habila Istifanus, a popular politician from the southern senatorial district of Adamawa State, has led 30,000 supporters from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested one person for allegedly attacking members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Brass Local
The Akwa Ibom state government has frowned at the probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)int o the financial dealings of the state government ,noting that if there
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State, has announced the “expulsion” of the party’s national vice chairman, North West, Inuwa Abdulkadir, for alleged anti-party activities. This follows a complaint
Rep. Anayo Nnebe (PDP-Anambra), has dismissed the call by leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on the people of the South East to boycott the
Eighteen Ondo State lawmakers, who effected a leadership change in the State House of Assembly have alleged threats to their lives. They have all relocated to Ibadan, the Oyo State
Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili, the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) has identified and proffered solutions to seven “monstrous challenges” facing Nigeria. This was part of the
No fewer than 900 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaugama Local Government Area of Jigawa on Monday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The State Deputy
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Tunde Raji Fashola, has claimed that his ministry has delivered visible and qualitative achievements to Nigerians since his appointment in November, 2015. Fashola
A former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial aspirant in Kaduna State, Dr Muhammad Sani-Bello, has formally dumped the party. Sani-Bello announced his resignation at a press briefing on Monday. According
The Public Relations Officer, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, 19 northern states and Abuja Rev. Joseph Hayab, has observed that Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has no moral right
A High Court sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital has vacated the interim order restraining the Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Titus Uba, and 21 other
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would win the 2019 presidential election overwhelmingly. Ortom stated this on Monday in Makurdi when a
Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, revoked the bail of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, following his failure to appear in
The Court of Appeal at the weekend explained why it relocated the Osun State governorship election petition tribunal from Osogbo to Abuja. This is coming as the Peoples Democratic Party
The 18 members of the Ondo State House of Assembly, who effected the removal of the Speaker, Bamidele Oloyeloogun, and his deputy, Ogundeji Iroju, shunned the meeting summoned by state
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has admitted that the rigid stipulations for the impeachment of the leadership of the National Assembly have compelled the ruling party to give up the
Following the controversy that trailed the outcome of the primary elections of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday urged all those that lost
As Lagosians prepare to elect the next governor who would govern the state for the next four years, some residents have tabled what they expect to be included in the
