The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, is dead.He died in Abuja after early morning prayers, on Tuesday.His closest friend and political associate, the former National Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, Peter Ameh, confirmed the death to our correspondent on the telephone.He said, “I’ve lost a friend of several decades. He[...]
Read MoreTODAY’S celebration of the 26th anniversary of the June 12, 1993 presidential election is historic. It is the biggest, widest and most national since 1994, when the first anniversary was marked by pro-democracy activists in Lagos. The annulment of the election won by late business tycoon, Chief MKO Abiola, by the General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida[...]
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The governor, who was in the company of a traditional ruler, and other dignitaries, jumped on the Young Jon beat to the delight of many at the event. The master of ceremony initiated the move by rapping to the the viral beat, before handing over the microphone to el-Rufai. The former minister of FCT was[...]
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National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has said that sins of politicians are forgiven once they decamp to their party. Channels TV quotes Oshiomole as saying this while welcoming new members to the party, at the APC presidential campaign in Benin city today January 17th. “I am told that there are[...]
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The All Progressives Congress(APC) on Saturday said its official website, apc.com.ng, had been hacked with unauthorised content posted on its pages. Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC National Publicity Secretary, who disclosed this in a statement, said he had directed for the site to be taken down. “Our attention has just been drawn to the[...]
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The National Working Committee (NWC), in its extra-ordinary session on the 5th of January 2019, among other things, critically reviewed the petition against the Deputy National Chairman (North) Senator Gamawa Babayo. In a statement signed by the party's National publicity secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, 'the NWC found merit in the petition on allegation of dereliction[...]
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The All Progressives Congress has accused the Peoples Democratic Party and its cronies within and outside the government of causing insecurity in Nigeria and propagating falsehood. The ruling party said the grand plot was to create an atmosphere similar to 2014 and 2015 when terrorists seized parts of the country and hoisted their flags. The[...]
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A former Kano State Deputy Governor, Hafizu Abubakar, has returned to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Abubakar, a former staunch ally of the ex-Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, left the ruling party in August and resigned his position as deputy to the current governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. After leaving the APC, he joined Mr[...]
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The All Progressives Congress has resolved to query the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun; and his Imo State counterpart, Rochas Okorocha, for alleged anti-party activities. the decision was part of resolutions reached at the National Working Committee meeting held in Abuja on Tuesday where the state, local government and ward executives committees in the two[...]
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A Santa Claus has collapsed and died in front of young school children at a school in Siberia, Russia. The Russian Santa Claus - known in Siberia as Grandfather Frost - , while meeting young children, was performing energetically for the kids, when he suddenly stood still and fell backwards. Some of the kids thought it was[...]
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Elected and appointed political office holders at the local government levels under the immediate past Peoples Democratic Party government led by Ayodele Fayose on Tuesday defected to the All Progressives Congress. The defectors numbering about 500 from across the 16 council areas of the state included political office holders during Fayose’s first and second terms[...]
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There was uproar in the Kogi State House of Assembly, Tuesday, as the Speaker of the House, Kolawole Matthew declared vacant the seat of member representing Olomaboro constituency, Eneche Linus. This is coming against the Court suit instituted by the embattled member to forestall the Assembly embarking on such move. Moving the motion, Majority Leader[...]
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