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Political class must allow electoral system function, not shortchange it –Osafile

09.11.2024

Hon. Stella Foluke Osafile, representing Amuwo Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, is the only Labour Party member in the Assembly. Osafile, who advocates a return to the parliamentary system of government in Nigeria, called on politicians to support and enable the system to function effectively. She also encouraged more women to...

Ondo Guber: Discordant tunes over security, economy, qualification

09.11.2024

Before and after the debate organised by a national television between the candidates of All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa and his counterpart in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Agboola Ajayi, there was a diatribe between the duo and their respective political parties. BABATOPE OKEOWO reports the issues that have continued to divide...

Ondo 2024: Majority Leader Mobilises Support For Aiyedatiwa

09.11.2024

The Majority Leader of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon Oluwole Emmanuel Ogunmolasuyi, has mobilized support for the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in Owo local government area of the state ahead of next week’s governorship election. Ogunmolasuyi represents the Owo constituency, where the Deputy Governor, Dr Olayide Adelami,...

Nasarawa APC Congratulates Newly Elected PDP Chairman, Adamu Bako

09.11.2024

The leadership of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), in Nasarawa State, has congratulated the newly elected Chairman of the main opposition party in the state, Adamu Bako, over his emergence as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman. The party described the election of Adamu Bako as well deserved, saying his emergence as the Chairman...

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Our Defection To PDP Real, Authentic – Ex-Osun APC Members

08.11.2024

Leaders of former members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who recently defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have explained why they dumped APC, declaring that more decampees are on the way. In a statement signed by the 31 leaders among those who decamped from all the 30 Local Governments and Area office, the...

Scrapping Niger Delta Ministry Betrayal Of Our People –Asari Dokubo

08.11.2024

Mujahid Asari Dokubo is a former president of the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide. In this interview, he speaks on the scrapping of Ministry of Niger Delta, political crisis in Rivers State and why the South-South will align with the North in 2027, among other issues. ANAYO EZUGWU writes What are your thoughts on the decision...

Edo APC Accuses Obaseki Of Converting Personal Aides To Civil Servants

08.11.2024

The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) has accused the outgoing governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki of converting his Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants into full-time civil service staff in last-minute appointments. The move is seen as an attempt to overburden the incoming administration with recurrent expenditures. A statement issued by...

Atiku, Peter Obi Can Remove Tinubu – Okupe Tells Dangote Who To Back

08.11.2024

Doyin Okupe, former Director-General of Labour Party (LP) Campaign Council has opened up on how to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Okupe who spoke on Thursday via his verified X handle said the combination of former presidential candidates from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and that of Labour Party, Peter Obi, would...

Governors, Lawmakers As Albatross – New Telegraph

08.11.2024

In the last 25 years, there has never been a time Nigeria’s democracy is put under intense pressure and threatened than now. This is so because those elected at various levels to manage the affairs of the country in the last one year plus have been wobbling and fumbling like a rudderless ship violently pummeled...

Ondo 2024: Court Affirms Edema As NNPP Candidate

08.11.2024

An Akure High Court has dismissed the suit challenging the candidature of Hon. Olugbenga Edema as the flag bearer of the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) for the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State. The court presided by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadabay declined jurisdiction to entertain the suit filed by a...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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