Leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kogi East Senatorial District has nominated Mr Mohammed, 43, first son of Late Prince Abubakar Audu, to replace him as the party’ s governorship candidate. The leaders, stakeholders and delegates who made this known in Lokoja on Thursday after a marathon meeting, said …
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Jega, Card reader caused PDP’s defeat, not Jonathan, says Okupe
A former Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has said former President Goodluck Jonathan did not cause the defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general elections. He said rather, the PDP’s loss was caused by the immediate past Chairman of …
Read More »Bayelsa Poll: Senior INEC official working for PDP,says Sylva
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the December 5 governorship election, Chief Timipre Sylva, on Sunday alleged that a senior member of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state is an agent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking through his campaign team, Sylva/Igiri …
Read More »Nigerian lawmakers need psychological evaluation- Etcetera
By Etcetera One of the identified problems of investigative hearings and oversight of the executive arm is the multiplicity of committees with overlapping jurisdiction on the same subject matter. This has led to a situation where more than one committee is handling the same subject matter. Invitations are sent to …
Read More »We made a mistake fielding Jonathan – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has apologized to Nigerians for disappointing them in the past 16 years. Chairman, National Planning Committee of the conference, Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. Dokpesi, who spoke in company of members of the planning committee for the …
Read More »Tribunal nullifies Taraba Governorship election,declares first female governor in Nigeria
The Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has declared the All Progressive Congress (APC) winner of the April 11 gubernatorial polls in the state. The Tribunal in its judgement on Saturday also directed the APC governoship candidate Hajia Aisha Alhassan to be sworn in as the governor …
Read More »Senate fails to confirm Amaechi,Shittu, confirms others
The Nigerian Senate has cleared the under-listed ministerial nominees out of the 37 forwarded by President Muhammadu Buhari,without clearing the former governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, and a former Oyo State commissioner, Adebayo Shittu. The Senate resolved to screen the two nominees on Thursday. The cleared Ministerial nominees are …
Read More »Saraki: No plot against Buhari,not in alliance with Tinubu
Senate President Bukola Saraki has pledged that the Senate will be fair in the ministerial screening. He said this in reaction to the statement by All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s aide Sunday Dare, through his Media Adviser, Yusuph Olaniyonu,who issued a statement on behalf of the …
Read More »Bola Ige’s killers trying to destabilise Osun state
Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday said the killers of the former Attorney General and Minister for justice, Bola Ige, are the same persons trying to destabilise the state. Aregbesola said this while opening the Bola Ige Mechatronic Institute, at the Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke. Aregbesola …
Read More »PDP governors: Nigeria sliding into dictatorship
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said Nigeria was gradually sliding into dictatorship under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Rising from a meeting of the PDP Governors Forum (PGF), held in the inner chamber of the Bayelsa State Governor’s office, Government House, Yenagoa, …
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