Category: POLITICS
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Court strikes out forfeiture order on properties linked to Yahaya Bello
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, struck out an interim order of forfeiture obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking to seize 14 properties linked to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. Justice Nicholas Oweibo struck out the suit on the ground that Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution prevents…
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Buhari swears in new Permanent Secretaries
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, swore in six new permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. The swearing-in took place at the Council Chamber Presidential Villa, Abuja, shortly before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting. The new Permanent Secretaries are: Mahmud Kambari (Borno State), Esuabana Nko-Asanye (Cross River), Lamuwa Ibrahim (Gombe), Yakubu…
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APC National Chairman congratulates party’s governorship candidate in Kogi
On Wednesday, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, received Hon. Ododo Ahmed Usman, OAU, the APC Candidate for Kogi 2023, at the party secretariat in Abuja. Hon. Ododo, in company of Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, was warmly welcomed by the party chairman. Sen. Adamu congratulated Ododo and expressed…
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Governor Akeredolu to resume from annual leave on May 1st
PRESS STATEMENT Clarification On Governor Akeredolu Resumption From Annual Leave Ondo State Governor , Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, CON who is currently on his annual leave will no longer resume on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 as earlier scheduled and announced. This is due to the 2-day public holidays observed in celebration of the Eid-el-fitri which marked…
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I am strong, ready for governance – Tinubu
President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned to the country on Monday evening after about a month trip to Paris, France.He was received by a mammoth crowd of enthusiastic associates and supporters who thronged the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja where his plane touched down. The President-elect was in company with his wife,…
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APC dissolves Presidential Campaign Council
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has dissolved its Presidential Campaign Council, which was inaugurated in October to campaign for the victory of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, in the build-up to the 2023 presidential election. The dissolution was contained in a statement that was jointly signed by the…
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Tragedy: Another Reps member-elect is dead
The member-elect for Jalingo, Yerro, and Zing Federal Constituency in the National Assembly from Taraba State, Isma’ila Yusha’u Maihanchi is dead. The deceased defeated the incumbent House of Representatives member, Hon. Kasimu Maigari who was elected in 2019. Family sources confirmed the death adding that Maihanchi died in the early hours of Saturday in Abuja…
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Zelensky congratulates Nigeria’s President-elect, Tinubu, seeks diplomatic cooperation
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on his election victory. This was even as Zelensky invited him to his war-ravaged country of Ukraine on a state visit. The felicitation is coming two months after the former Lagos governor was declared winner of the contentious presidential election. In his congratulatory message,…
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Atiku faults controversies surrounding Adamawa governorship election
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that the Adamawa people won’t avail themselves to be ‘cheated three times in a row’. Recall INEC had suspended the process after the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
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Court deposes Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo
Oba Babajide Lawrence Oluwole, the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo in the Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government of Ondo State has been deposed by the High Court of Ondo State holding at Ondo. In the judgment delivered on Thursday, 13th April 2023, by His Lordship, Justice Ademola Enikuemehin, in Suit N0. HOD/80/2018 filed by Princes Rufus Adekanye and Temitope…