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Stop Paying Ransom To Kidnappers, PDP Urges FG

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to stop all ransom payments and take strong action to impede the rising surge of kidnappings across Nigeria. PDP, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, made this appeal following reports by Agence France-Presse, citing three intelligence sources that the...
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APC Slams Osun Assembly Over LG Accounts Bill

The Osun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly criticised the state legislature over a newly passed bill seeking tighter oversight of local government bank accounts, describing the move as vindictive and contrary to the autonomy granted councils by the Supreme Court of Nigeria. In a press statement issued on Tuesday, the...
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Fubara Congratulates Ukalikpe, Bulabari Over Bye-Election Victory

Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has congratulated the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ukalikpe Napoleon and Loolo Bulabari Henrietta, for their victory in last Saturday’s bye-election in two constituencies in the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had conducted the by-elections to fill two vacancies in the Rivers State House...
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Suspected Thugs Attack Edo ADC Secretariat, Oyegun’s House After Akpata’s Defection

Minutes after the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in the 2024 gubernatorial election defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Tuesday, suspected political thugs stormed the party’s secretariat, destroying facilities and injuring party members. The suspected thugs thereafter moved to the Benin GRA residence of the National Leader of the ADC and former National Chairman...
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Wike Stands Expelled, Can’t Speak For Pdp

Former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has declared that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, is no longer a member of the party. George, in a statement, said Wike was expelled during the party’s convention in Ibadan last November. “He was not the only...
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Olumide Akpata Dumps LP For ADC

The candidate of the Labour Party for the 2024 Edo State Governorship election and former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has formally dumped the Labour Party, pitching his tent with the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Akpata was formally received by the party’s national and state leaders, including former APC national chairman...
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How Senate Tackled Accountant General

The budget season is currently ongoing at the National Assembly. This is the time when Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government come to defend their budgets of the previous year, and then present proposals for the current fiscal year before the Standing Committees of the apex legislative Assembly. Consequently, many agencies have appeared before...
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