FORMER Senate President Bukola Saraki has described the recent visit of Governors of Ekiti and Ondo States, Dr Kayode Fayemi and Olurotimi Akeredolu, respectively, to their Rivers State counterparts, Nyesom Wike, as an exercise in futility. The two APC governors were said to be in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, …
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, a former gubernatorial aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party, will officially announce his defection to Labour Party (LP) “next week”. Mr Rhodes-Vivour, one of the favourites to clinch the PDP’s guber ticket for the 2023 general election, withdrew from the race hours before the party’s primaries. His withdrawal, …
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The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has promised to probe past governments if elected Nigeria’s president in the 2023 election. Sowore stated this via his verified Twitter handle, @yeleSowore, on Saturday. Newsextra24 had earlier reported that Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, had said that if …
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The official residence of the President of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been abandoned. On Saturday, thousands of people took part in a demonstration outside his home in an effort to continue calling for his resignation. The President was hastily taken to the Army headquarters a few hours before the …
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Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has said that his administration has spent over N4 billion monthly on payment of salaries and pensions of workers and retirees. AbdulRazaq disclosed this in Ilorin, the state capital, Thursday’s night while speaking at a dinner organised in honour of the newly appointed honorary …
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday expressed confidence that despite the meeting with some governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State will not leave the main opposition party. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, stated this in a chat with …
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Adekunle Akinlade, the governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement in the 2019 election in Ogun State has joined the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of next year’s election. Recall that Akinlade, who was former governor Ibikunle Amosun’s anointed candidate in the 2019 governorship election, resigned his membership of the All …
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The Ondo House of Assembly on Friday passed a bill to amend the Ondo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps Law 2022. The passage of the bill was sequel to the consideration and approval of reports submitted by he House Committee on Security chairman, Ololade Gbegudu. The bill subsequently …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the family of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in the wake of the gruesome assassination of the former prime minister. In a condolence message by his media aide, Mr Femi Adesina, on Friday in Abuja, the president also condoled with the …
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The Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo said the official of the state task force who manhandled Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere alias ‘Odumeje’ will be sanctioned Some parts of the building belonging to the Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention and Deliverance Ministry presided over by Odumeje were on Thursday demolished by officials …
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