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Kwara PDP completes payment for nomination forms

NewsDeskNgJul 12, 2024July 12, 20240

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State has completed all payments for nomination forms for all its chairmanship and councilorship candidates across the state for the forthcoming September 21 local council polls. A statement signed by the party’s State Publicity Secretary, Olusegun Olusola Adewara, on Thursday, in Ilorin, said...

APC Chieftain Emami, hails Supreme Court judgement on LG autonomy

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2024July 11, 20240

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State, Ayirimi Emami and others today hailed the Supreme Court over a judgement granting Local government councils in Nigeria Financial autonomy. Emami said if the judgement by the Supreme Court is what the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led APC government could...

Zamfara APC crisis: Aminu Sani Jaji remain suspended

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2024July 11, 20240

The leadership of the Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC, has announced that Aminu Sani Jaji is still under suspension. The state APC publicity secretary, Mallam Yusuf Idris Gusau, who spoke with newsmen via the telephone, said: “Jaji is still under suspension and his suspension has not...

Zamfara APC crisis deepens as fourth faction emerges

NewsDeskNgJul 10, 2024July 10, 20240

The crisis in the Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC, has deepened as a fourth faction led by a member of the House of Representatives, Aminu Sani Jaji, representing Birinin Magaji/Kaura Namoda Federal Constituency, has emerged. According to reports, before the emergence of Jaji’s faction, former Governor...

We Enjoy Equal Privileges With Ranking Members During Plenary – Rep. Agbese

NewsDeskNgJul 10, 2024July 10, 20240

Rep. Philip Agbese, a member of the House of Representatives, has debunked an accusation that the leadership of the Green Chamber discriminates against new members during debates. Speaking to newsmen on Tuesday, Agbese emphasised that the Speaker Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Deputy Benjamin Kalu have consistently shown courtesy to...

Gov Fubabra’s Leadership Model Rated Highly In Transparency, Accountability

NewsDeskNgJul 9, 2024July 9, 20240

The Independent Monitors on Good Governance in Nigeria (IMGGN) has ranked Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State highly in transparency and accountability in governance. At a press conference in Port Harcourt, the convener of the group, Okwa Dan, lauded Governor Fubara’s commitment to sustainable growth and development in Rivers State....

Kano: Group Warns Kwankwaso, Gov Yusuf to Cease Anti-Tinubu Plot or Face Consequences

NewsDeskNgJul 9, 2024July 9, 20240

The Northern Patriotic Agenda (NPA) has warned former presidential candidate, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso and Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf over their recent scheme to overthrow the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The group described Kwankwaso’s letter to members of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the National...

I just can’t step aside – Joe Biden tells party men

NewsDeskNgJul 8, 2024July 8, 20240

President Joe Biden of the United States has told his Democratic Party lawmakers that he cannot step down from being candidate of the party for the presidential election due in November. The President who has come under pressure to step down his candidacy after a number of gaffes in a...

Atiku, Peter Obi, Kwankwaso, El-Rufai must unite against Tinubu – APC chieftain

NewsDeskNgJul 8, 2024July 8, 20240

Former National Vice Chairman, North-West, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has said the 2023 presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar; New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso; Labour Party, Peter Obi; as well as Nasir El-Rufai and former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,...

Kano Emirship: Stop maligning President Tinubu’s office, group tells Kwankwaso, NNPP

NewsDeskNgJul 8, 2024July 8, 20240

The Progressive Front of Nigeria (ProFN) has condemned the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and its leadership for making unfounded attacks on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his office. In a press statement, ProFN’s National President, Alhaji Musa Mohammed, expressed shock at the “catastrophic shallowness” of the NNPP leadership, particularly...