Politics

Starting from Monday, the 469 lawmakers of the National Assembly will start receiving their N70m individual welcome package. Confirming the development, a member of the federal legislature management said: “We have not started the…
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Immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has denied a recent comment attributed to him on the controversial topic of the commission's server. INEC's incumbent…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) received N1.47 billion to replace and maintain computer servers for use during the 2019 general elections, PREMIUM TIMES has confirmed. It is not clear though how the servers, which…
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March 30th 2019 saw Gbajabiamila declaring officially his intention to run for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives. Since then, it has been about three months of interesting turn of events seeing likely opponents…
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Senator Ahmad Lawan, representing Yobe North, has been elected as Senate President. Lawan defeated Senator Ali-Ndume with 79 votes, out of the total of 107 votes cast. While Lawan polled 79 votes, Ndume polled 28 votes. …
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*Full List Exactly five days to the swearing in of politicians who emerged victorious in the 2019 general election, the supreme court delivered a judgement that shook the All Progressives Congress (APC). In Zamfara, the party had…
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The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, on Wednesday withdrew as a member of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. This followed allegations of likelihood of bias leveled against her by the Peoples…
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This may sound strange! There are indications that Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State may have been working on a political calculus to sacrifice the office of the governor for a return to the federal government in forthcoming…
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The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has told President Muhammadu Buhari that some changes must be effected in his government if he wants to succeed in the next four years. The NUJ gave the advice on Thursday when…
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--By Fred Ojiegbe The future of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the State owned oil company, appears to be hanging in the balance, going by political developments preceding the 2019 general elections in the country. …
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