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How Kalu’s Push Got S’East Additional State

The efforts of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu to secure an additional state for the South East Geopolitical Zone paid off on Saturday as the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives approved the creation of a new state in the region. This decision was...
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APGA Defends Soludo’s N5m Reward Pledge

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has dismissed allegations by opposition parties that Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s promise to reward the highest voting ward with ₦5 million in the forthcoming November 8 Anambra governorship election amounts to vote buying. In a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mazi Ejimofor Opara, APGA said the...
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Wike, Lamido Camps Reject Consensus Deal

The camp loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has faulted the endorsement of a former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Tanimu Turaki (SAN) as the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). According to sources privy to the development, Wike, is backing a candidate from the...
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Plateau PDP Elects Dabo As Chairman, 38 Others

The Plateau State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has elected Raymond Dabo as its new State Chairman, alongside 38 other executive members, during a peaceful and transparent congress widely described as a new dawn for internal democracy and party unity ahead of the 2027 general elections. The congress, held on Saturday at the WAYE...
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Female Deputy Govs Likely To Succeed Bosses

As the 2027 general elections come into the horizon in the next few months, Nigerians will be anxiously waiting to know who would succeed about 28 governors, whose tenure would expire in 2027. OLUWATOSIN OMONIYISOLANKE reports that two of the 9 female deputies might have their eyes on succeeding their bosses With the exception of...
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Amupitan’s First Misstep As INEC Chair

Credibility is a fragile thing. It takes years to build, but only seconds to lose- Unknown For me, Prof Joash Amupitan took the first wrong step by his appearance at the swearing-in ceremony. With his enviable curriculum vitae as a silk lawyer, outstanding teacher, and administrator, he would have avoided coming out first in Agbada,...
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