Politics

The harmattan is coming early for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). In one week alone, the party lost at the presidential election tribunal, and also left daggers in the backs of two of its contestants in governorship elections in Kogi…
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•I’m vindicated -Senator Melaye •N30bn bailout funds to be used for electioneering campaign -Guber aspirant •Allegations frivolous -State govt All is not rosy between Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello and deputy governor, Simon Achuba.…
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Sunday raided the residence of the immediate-past governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, in Talata Mafara, about 100km away from the state capital, Gusau. …
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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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