The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Mr Aminu Tambuwal, says there is nothing wrong with the recent wave of party members’ defection to other parties. In the last two months, over 42 lawmakers in Nigeria’s National Assembly – the Senate and the House of Representatives – defected to various parties. A large number of the defected lawmakers joined ... Read More »
In reaction to the threat by Kwara South stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to recall the only People’s Democratic Party (PDP) senator from the state, Simeon Ajibola, members of the PDP from the zone have expressed their support and loyalty to the senator. The PDP members who converged on Illoffa, the headquarters of Oke-Ero Local Government, passed a ... Read More »
In 2006, as a result of my firm stand in defence of our constitution and our democracy, my supporters and I were pushed out of our party, the Peoples Democratic Party, a party that we worked tirelessly with other compatriots to build as a vehicle to restore democracy to our country. We later returned to that party in 2009 when ... Read More »
Staff of Wema bank, Iponri in Lagos State are still reeling in shock over the disappearance of N6.5 million from an account in the bank. The money belongs to the Vehicle Inspection Office of the Lagos State Government. The money in question is the proceed of fines imposed by the VIO and payments for other services by the office between ... Read More »
imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has dismissed as fiction the claim by the Senator representing Imo West, Chief Hope Uzodinma, that Okorocha and his kitchen cabinet plan to launch a smear campaign against him in a desperate bid to sabotage his 2015 governorship ambition. Okorocha in a statement by his senior media aide Sam Onwuemeodo: “First and foremost, the allegation ... Read More »
Asiwaju Tinubu issued a statement on Inec Chairman Prof Jega today asking him to resign,Here is what Concerned Lagosians are telling Asiwaju Tinubu If the former governor of Lagos is a sincere progressive and truly wants progress, he should demand Fatai Adeyinkas resignation as LASIEC chairman, practice what you preach, look at the mirror and ask the man you see ... Read More »
he crack within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State seems to have taken another dimension as officials of the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority on Monday began the evacuation of the 3500 birds at the poultry farm belonging to the state Deputy Governor, Sunday Onyebuchi, inside his official residence. DailyPost learnt that the evacuation is preparatory to the ... Read More »
Former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu has urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Atahiru Jega, to resign, if he cannot guarantee perfect elections next year. He was reacting to Jega’s comment that Nigerians should not expect perfect elections in 2015. Speaking with reporters yesterday after the All Progressives Congress’s (APC’s) membership registration sensitisation meeting held ... Read More »
The All Progressives Congress on Thursday said that incumbent Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state has emerged its lone candidate for the June 21 governorship poll in Ekiti State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that interim Chairman of APC in the State, Chief Jide Awe said that though APC had regard and respect for the Constitution and Electoral Act, ... Read More »
Despite the current minority status of the PDP at the House of Representatives and plans to effect a change in its leadership, the Speaker, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, Tuesday said that he has no plan to abandon his party just because it was in crisis . Rather than abandon the party midstream, he prefers to remain in the PDP to help ... Read More »
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