Shina Peller, the lawmaker representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives may defect from the All Progressives Congress to enable him contest the Oyo North Senatorial District in 2023 on the platform of another political party. Sources learnt that Peller might announce his new political platform before the …
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‘I Live With Grief Everyday’ – Buhari Regrets Insecurity
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday expressed worry and concern over insecurity battling the country. The president also appealed to Nigerians to be prayerful over insecurity in his 2022 Democracy Day broadcast to the nation on Sunday in Abuja. According to Buhari, the government is working hard to contain and address security …
Read More »June 12: Abiola’s Vision Inspired Me To Contest For Presidency – Yahaya Bello
Yahaya Bello, Governor of Kogi State and Director-General of his Presidential Campaign Organisation, Hafsat Abiola-Costello on Saturday led various groups of Nigerian women to commemorate the June 12 Democracy Day in honour of late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola. According to Bello, the event was held to keep the hope and …
Read More »2023: Buhari Promises Free, Fair Election In MKO Abiola’s Honour
President Muhammadu Buhari promised to facilitate a “free, fair and transparent electoral process” in 2023 general elections in honour of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, late MKO Abiola. Buhari made the pledge on Saturday in his 2022 Democracy Day speech while calling on political parties, …
Read More »June 12: President Buhari’s Speech On 2022 Democracy Day
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY DAY. 12TH JUNE, 2022 Fellow Nigerians, Today, June The 12th, marks another Democracy Day anniversary and an occasion to celebrate …
Read More »NLC Bemoans Refusal Of Some States To Pay N30,000 Minimum Wage
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, says the alleged refusal of Taraba, Zamfara, Cross River and Abia states to implement the approved national minimum wage of N30,000 has become a source of concern. The union expressed its worry on Saturday at the ongoing 110 Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, …
Read More »Buhari To Candidates: Treat Your Opponents With Dignity
President Muhammadu Buhari has implored political parties’ candidates to continue running issue-focused campaignd and to treat opponets with dignity, saying politics should never be seen a “do or die” affair. The appeal was made on Sunday by President Buhari in his 2022 Democracy Day broadcast to the nation in Abuja. …
Read More »APC Presidential Primaries: Why South East Aspirants Performed Woefully – Umahi
Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, has blamed some Nigerians of South East extraction of sacrificing the interest and greater good of the zone for pecuniary gains. This is as the governor bemoans the attitude of the delegates from the geopolitical in the just concluded presidential primaries of the ruling All Progressives …
Read More »June 12: Nigeria Capable Of Democratic Excellence – Tinubu
Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says his campaign will bear the hallmark of June 12 symbolism. June 12 is set aside to commemorate the annulment of the election that has been described as the freest and fairest in the country’s history. Moshood Abiola, Social Democratic …
Read More »Train Attack: Released Passengers Moved To Abuja
The 11 passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train who were just released have been moved to the nation’s capital. Recall that the captives were released on Saturday after lengthy and intense negotiations. According to a Daily Trust, the victims are currently undergoing medical treatment at a hospital in the Federal Capital …
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