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THE embattled Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Olugboyega Aribisogan, has described his impeachment as unconstitutional and of no effect whatsoever, insisting he remains the Speaker of the Assembly. Aribisogan described his purported impeachment by lawmakers opposed to him as undemocratic and as such, can not stand judicial scrutiny. …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has said that Nigeria must urgently harness and maximize the advantages of its changing population structure achieve rapid economic growth. He said governments at all levels must identify and be deliberate in taking actions that must be sustained in order …

The embattled acting Chairman of the Katsina State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Salisu Lawal Uli, has cried out that all is not well with the party in Katsina State contrary to the claim made by the party’s governorship candidate, Senator Yakubu Lado during the alleged inauguration …

No fewer than three persons on Monday sustained various degrees of injuries in a clash involving Kalare boys and supporters of Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who was in Gombe, for his presidential campaign. In the process, three persons were injured, three vehicles; a bus, a car and one Keke NAPEP …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he never offered the standard bearer of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, money to step down for him. Obi clarified this on Monday at an interactive forum with the Nigerian Guild of Editors in Lagos. Obi …

  The governor of Borno State, Prof Babangana Zulum, has explained the reasons for hiring a private jet to fly an injured Nigerian army officer to Abuja for treatment.   Zulum said he was touched by the condition he met the wounded army officer upon hearing that the injuries were …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Sunday received the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The former Kano State governor is expected to inaugurate the Mgbutanwo Internal Roads in the Emohua Local Government Area on Monday. Governor Wike had …

A northern group, The Arewa Economic Advancement Promoters, has thrown its weight behind the policy for the redesign of the nation’s currency by the Central Bank of Nigeria and subsequently named the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, its ‘Man of the Year’. Area -P is a group of strategic communication specialists …

The Interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Maj. Gen. Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd) has attributed the high number of unemployed trained ex-agitators to the lack of required job competencies. Gen. Ndiomu also contended that: “the training does not produce the required expertise in the former militants which in …

Group Captain Murtala Salami (retd), has expressed regret over the interference of military in Nigeria politics. Salami, who was Aids-de-Camp to the Military Governor of North Eastern State, Brigadier Musa Usman, in his autobiography entitled “A Fragile Boy and An Air Force Officer,” said that from the first coup in …