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THE Julious Abure-led national executive of the Labour Party has dismissed speculations that the party is or was involved in talks to either form a coalition or merge with any other opposition party. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh said this in Abuja, on Saturday. He spoke …

THE 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has reportedly refused to release his academic records Recall that the former Vice President sent his lawyers to the United States to legally force Chicago State University (CSU) to release the academic records of President Bola Tinubu. Atiku had …

FORMER National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and immediate past Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), George Moghalu has said that he will not be surprised if the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike leaves the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC. Moghalu stated …

THE Secretary-General of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Sola Ebiseni, has returned to the fold of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after a brief stint with the Labour Party. Ebiseni made his return on Wednesday evening when he stormed the PDP Secretariat in Alagbaka, Akure, the Ondo State capital. Trojan …

MAJOR Jack (PDP, Akuku Toru 1) and Frankline Nwabochi (PDP, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni 1) have emerged, respectively, as the Majority Leader and Chief Whip of the Rivers House of Assembly. The new house leaders emerged and subsequently took the oath of office following an election by 27 members during Wednesday’s plenary at …

JUSTICE Monica Dongban-Mensem, the President of the Court of Appeal, has relocated the Kogi Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal from Lokoja to Abuja. A statement by David Umar Mike, secretary of the tribunal, said that its sitting would now be at the National Judicial Institute on Umar Yar’Adua Way. It urged …

ONE of Edo State most respected politician and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in 2020 Governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has thrown his hat into the rig. In this broadcast, he reassured his party and the Electorates of his meaningful and purposeful intention to reposition the state, if elected …

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday in Abuja directed all intra-party litigants to withdraw their court cases. The party gave the directive in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, after the party’s National Working Committee’s (NWC) 578th meeting. Ologunagba stated that the committee gave …

NIGERIA’s huge delegation of 1,411 to the United Nations COP 28 on Dubai is a continuation of the culture of waste which the All Progressives Congress APC administration has become infamous for. It is sad that a government which has been preaching to Nigerians to tighten their belts and sacrifice …

THE Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Election, Peter Obi has admonished Nigeria to strive to compete with China in the area of production and not on the size of delegations to a specialized conference of experts. Obi in a series of tweets in his X handle …