By Emmanuel Mogbede The National Working Committee (NWC) of All Progressives Congress (APC) has changed the venue of its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for Thursday. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, announced this in a terse statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Morka said that theContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) founding fathers have urged the party leadership and stakeholders to adopt a strategy that would produce the party’s 2027 Presidential Candidate from the Southern part of Nigeria. Prof. Jerry Gana spoke on behalf of the founding fathers at a PDP Consultative ConferenceContinue Reading
By Martha Agas The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG), a think-tank, has described as false claims that the Federal Government was planning to sale its existing refineries. The group criticised the narrative being promoted by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) media office. In a statement signed by its Chairman, EmekaContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang Four more senators of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Their letters of defection were read separately on the floor of the chamber by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio during Wednesday’s plenary. The senators are, FrancisContinue Reading
By EricJames Ochigbo The Chairman, House Committee on Electoral Matters, Rep. Adebayo Balogun, has reaffirmed the National Assembly’s commitment to regulating electoral irregularities through the review of Electoral Act. Balogun gave the assurance at the opening of a policy dialogue organised by National Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS)Continue Reading
By Naomi Sharang The suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, says she will approach the appellate court for interpretation of the legal impasse between her and the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Akpoti-Uduaghan made this known while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday after being refusedContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang The suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday made good her resumption as she stormed the National Assembly in company of her supporters. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akpoti-Uduaghan, who had earlier vowed to resume legislative activities on Tuesday,Continue Reading
By Kingsley Okoye Senate has for the umpteenth time said that there was no subsisting court order mandating it to recall Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan before the expiration of her suspension. Sen. Yemi Adaramodu, Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, said this in Abuja. Adaramodu said the clarification becameContinue Reading
By EricJames Ochigbo The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions, Rep. Kwamoti La’ori (PDP-Adamawa), has urged African nations to harness their internal strengths for economic growth. La’ori, who made the call in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday, recommended regional collaboration and a renewed focus on agriculture, agro-industrialContinue Reading
By Kingsley Okoye The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish the Federal Oil and Gas Hospital in Benikrukru, Delta. This followed the presentation of the report by the Senate Committee on Health, chaired by Sen. Banigo Ipalibo Harry (PDP-Rivers). Harry noted that the bill was sponsored by Sen.Continue Reading
