Month: July 2018
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Defection: APC Queries Saraki, Gives Him 48 Hours To Respond
The All Progressives Congress has queried Senate President Bukola Saraki and given him 48 hours to explain why disciplinary action should not be taken against him for violating the party’s constitution. In a resolution signed by its National Secretary, Mai Maila Buni, the APC accused Dr Saraki of breaching Article 21 of its constitution and…
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Senate President, Saraki, Resigns His Membership From APC
I wish to inform Nigerians that, after extensive consultations, I have decided to take my leave of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Above were the words of the senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki which he tweeted on his twitter page this evening where he informed Nigerians that he has officially left the ruling All Progressives…
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Opinion:Why BEDC Operating License Should Not Be Renewed By FG
By Pastor Olumide Akinrinlola The Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) is one of the Nigerian Electricity Distribution Company (discos) whose operating license expires in September this year. It will be the joy of Nigerians under the coverage areas of BEDC in Edo, Ondo, Ekiti, Delta etc, if this justifications is considered by the administration of…
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OBJ Refuses Foreign Medical Trip, Goes To Bayelsa For Medical Check Up
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday observed his annual medical tourism in Bayelsa State instead of traveling to his hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, United States where he used to go for medical check-up. The Nation Newspaper reported that the former President said the move was to fulfill a promise he made earlier in February when…
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EFCC Quizzes Deputy Senate President, Ekweremadu
Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, is presently at the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja responding to some questions bothering on allegations of corruption. Primum Times reported that Mr Ekweremadu was said to have arrived at the anti-graft agency’s office in Abuja between 9-10:00 a.m and he is yet to…
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Reject Prison-Yard Democracy, Tambuwal Tells Nigerians
Governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has called on Nigerians to reject what he describes as “prison-yard democracy, typified by the ignoble meddlesomeness, rascality and high-handedness of some security agencies against democratic institutions” in Nigeria in recent times. According to the governor, “Nigerians must, in strong terms, say no to prison-yard democracy, where the…
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Why Imo Assembly Impeach Deputy Governor
The Imo State House of Assembly has impeached the Deputy Governor, Mr Eze Madumere. He was impeached on Monday by 19 out of the 27 member-assembly. The Speaker of the House, Acho Ihim, said the impeachment followed the outcome of a report of a 7-man panel which was constituted by the Chief Judge of the…
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Breaking: 8 APC Lawmakers In Benue Serve Impeachment Notice On Gov Ortom
According to Vanguard report, eight lawmakers of the Benue state House of Assembly under the All Progressives Congress, APC, have served impeachment notice to the Governor of the state, Samuel Ortom. The lawmakers who sat in the state’s Assembly complex on Monday, 30th July, 2018 gained access to the state assembly complex while the police…
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Zimbabwe: “I Cannot Vote For Those Who Tormented Me”–Mugabe
Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, who was ousted by the military last November, made a surprise intervention Sunday on the eve of key elections, calling for voters to throw his old party out of office. He also vowed to never vote for his erstwhile associate and successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa, in the presidential election. “For the first time…
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Defection: God Removed Stones From Our Rice, Sands From Our Gari —Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has described the defection of some National Assembly members from the ruling All Progressives Congress as “the removal of stones from (the party’s) rice” and sieving of “sand from [its] gari (cassava meal).” He added that the defection to opposition parties had “exposed the faces of traitors.”…
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“I Left APC For Encouraging Killings of My People” — Gov Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, on Sunday, said that he was being persecuted by the Federal Government and his former political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), because he refused to surrender Benue lands to Fulani herdsmen. Today Newspaper also reported that governor Ortom said that his defection from the ruling APC was in rejection…
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“I Wouldn’t Bother About You If You Were Raising Cow In Daura”, Galadima Tells Buhari
Buba Galadima, chairman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), says he would not have been bothered about President Muhammadu Buhari if he was raising cows in Daura, his hometown in Katsina state. Galadima, a former ally of the president, said this in a chat with The Interview magazine. He also spoke of the role…