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THE Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, has blamed the crisis rocking the party after the 2023 general elections on the judiciary. Osuntokun stated this in an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday. He said that the judgement by Justice Hamza Muazu of …

THE leadership tussle in the Labour Party took another twist as Lamidi Apapa’s faction suspended five executive members, including the embattled National Chairman, Julius Abure. Recall that the Abure-led faction suspended five executive members at Tuesday’s National Executive Council in Asaba, Delta State. Lamidi Apapa, the party’s acting Chairman, Alhaji …

THE Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and investment has inaugurated the National Executive of National Bamboo Farmers, Processor and Marketers Association of Nigeria to boost production. Mrs Evelyn Ngige Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Trade and investment said this during the inauguration of the association in Abuja . Ngige said …

THE Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, on Wednesday, warned that bandits could take advantage of the transition period to launch bloody attacks in the country. He, therefore, advised that security operations against bandits should be increased in the remaining days of the current administration and beyond. El-Rufai spoke during the …

MEMBERS-elect of the House of Representatives are launching another alliance soon, ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly in June. The PUNCH reliably gathered on Wednesday that the group of members-elect, who were drawn from across party lines, would be known as ‘The 10th Assembly Pathfinders.’ The Pathfinders group …

THE Federation Account Allocation Committee says it shared N714.63bn among the three tiers of government in March 2023. The figure represents a decrease of N8.05bn compared to the N722.68bn shared in February 2023. FAAC disclosed this in a communiqué issued at the end of its latest meeting in Abuja on …

FORMER presidential aide and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Reno Omokri has said Peter Obi took the Labour Party from zero to hero in less than one year. Omokri, a staunch critic of the Labour Party presidential candidate revealed this Wednesday via Twitter while reacting to the internal wrangling …

ADAMAWA State governor-elect, Ahmadu Fintiri and his Deputy, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta have received their Certificates of Return. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) issued the Certificates at its headquarters, in Maitama Abuja on Wednesday. Recall that INEC on Tuesday declared Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the PDP winner of the Adamawa …

Dr Mohammed Bello Janbako, an Islamic cleric, has urged the Zamfara State Government to consider the possibility of paying NECO and WAEC fees for indigent students of the state. The cleric made the call during the closure of this year’s Ramadan Tafsir at Imam Malik Jumuat Mosque in Damba district …

By Omo Odemwingie. NIGERIANS voted for Muhammadu Buhari because of what they thought were his previous credentials of integrity and zero tolerance for corruption in public governance. These were gleaned from such policies of his era as War Against Indiscipline (WAI), which he vigorously pursued as military head of state …