The Senate on Saturday proposed to amend its standing rules to accommodate an open ballot system of voting for the election of presiding officers. The amendment was proposed at a closed-door session, which started about 7:10 p.m. and lasted for several hours after the conclusion of the screening of the …
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Ganduje Gives Reasons For Shetty Withdrawal As Ministerial Nominee
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje yesterday said the nomination of Maryam Shetty as a minister was withdrawn because he and key leaders in Kano State were not duly consulted before she was selected. Speaking in an interview on Freedom Radio, monitored by our reporter, Ganduje said: “In …
Read More »Senator Jimoh Ibrahim Urges Tinubu To Create Revenue Ministry
The senator representing Ondo South, Jimoh Ibrahim, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to create a Ministry of Revenue among the portfolios to be assigned to confirmed ministerial nominees by the President. Ibrahim gave the suggestion when he visited the President, according to a statement by his media office in …
Read More »Ministerial List: Blame South-East Leaders, Not President Tinubu – Okechukwu
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Enugu State, Mr Osita Okechukwu has absolved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of any blame in the nomination of only five people from the South-East as members of his cabinet. Criticism has trailed Tinubu’s ministerial list, with some South-East leaders accusing him …
Read More »Ganduje Chairs First APC NWC Meeting On Tuesday
THE new National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, will on Tuesday meet members of the National Working Committee in what will be his first official assignment as the leader of the party. The development came barely two days after the former governor of Kano State was ratified …
Read More »INEC To Conduct Four Bye-elections For NASS – Chairman
CHAIRMAN of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the commission will conduct four bye-elections into National Assembly seats recently declared vacant by lawmakers nominated for ministers by President Bola Tinubu. Mahmood disclosed this yesterday at the 2023 Post Election Review meeting with Resident Electoral …
Read More »Why Tinubu Must Probe, Punish Subsidy Thieves — APGA National Chairman
NATIONAL Chairman of the All ProgressivesGrand Alliance, APGA, APGA, Mr. Sylvester Ezeokenwa, a lawyer, in this interview, spoke on the state of the nation, President Bola Tinubu’s palliatives to cushion the effects of economic hardship, why the fuel regime in the last 20 years must be probed and those found …
Read More »How Obaseki Has Been Humiliating Me – Phillip Shaibu
• He uses security officials to harass me; refused to pick my calls eight times • Accused me of dining with his enemies • Edo govt official accuses Shaibu of declaring war on gov • Court orders maintenance of status quo in alleged impeachment plot The cold war between Edo …
Read More »Labour Party Tasks Tinubu On Power Sector Challenges
THE Labour Party in Lagos State has urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently address all the problems militating against a stable electricity supply in the country. The Labour Party added that improving the supply of electricity in both urban and rural areas would further reduce the hardship encountered due to …
Read More »NLC Threatens Another Strike If FG Fails To Withdraw Lawsuit
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) warn that it will commence a “total” strike beginning from Monday 14th August 2023, if Federal government refused to withdraw the court summon to Congress latest by Friday 11th August 2023. According to Congress, the federal ministry of Justice through the NICN “has continued to …
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