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Residents of Oluyole Federal Constituency on Sunday said House of Representatives member, Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe has matched her promises with achievements in three years of representing them in Abuja. The residents who trooped out in their numbers to show support to the Oluyole Federal representative in Ibadan, said they are …

The Labour Party governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Hon. Jonathan Asake, says   he will use technology to fight insecurity in the state if elected. Asake made the pledge at a media parley organised by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Kaduna at the weekend. He said; “Kidnappers have taken …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, on Saturday night, met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his Penthouse residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. Speaking with journalists Saturday night after the closed-door meeting, Sokoto State governor and director-general of the Campaign Council, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, declared that the …

The  All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, on Saturday, awarded scholarships to 270 indigent students studying in four different tertiary institutions across the state. The beneficiary students were drawn from The Kaduna State University,  College of Education, Kafanchan, Federal College of Education, Zaria and Nuhu Bamalli …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has spent at least 225 days away from the country on medical trips since assuming office in 2015, Sunday PUNCH investigation has uncovered. On February 5, 2016, eight months after assuming office, the President took his first medical trip to London, the United Kingdom, spending six …

Four out of the G5 Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party and allies to their Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, have been conferred with the Grand Service Star of Rivers State, the highest honours in the state. The Governors are, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Okezie Ikpazu, Abia; Seyi Makinde, …

While some ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta Region are kicking against the nomination of Lauretta Onochie for the chairmanship of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the Organised Ndokwa Effort (ONE) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari on the laudable move. ONE, a socio-cultural organisation promoting the progress and development …

VICE President Yemi Osinbajo departed Abuja yesterday for Vietnam for high-level bilateral engagements in the Southeast Asian nation including meetings with President Nguyn Xuân Phúc; Vice President Vo Thi Aah Xuan, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, other government officials and the business community. The reciprocal visit will further strengthen trade …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, on Saturday said other parties especially the All Progressives Congress (APC) to avoid wasting money for electioneering in the State, saying that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was the only party to beat in next year’s general elections. Wike spoke during the State Honours …

The Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has denied claims that the United States, US, denied the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu a visa. Kalu said claims that the US denied Tinubu visa was fake, stressing that the latter postponed his trip to America. In a …