The All Progressives Congress has condemned the attack on the immediate past Deputy Senate President and serving Senator, Ike Ekweremadu, by members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra on Saturday in Nuremberg, Germany. The ruling party in a statement by…
Osinbajo, govs, Oshiomhole, attend Oyegun’s 80th birthday (Punch)
The Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, and some state governors on Saturday in Abuja attended the 80th birthday celebration of former APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. The Secretary to the…
Lagos Assembly screens commissioner-nominees Igbokwe, Arobieke, five others
The Lagos State House of Assembly ad hoc committee screening Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s commissioner-nominees and advisers resumed the exercise yesterday with the final batch of 13 nominees it received over the weekend. On Thursday, the 16-man committee chaired by the…
Kwara governorship tribunal to rule on Sept 20
Kwara State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has slated September 20 to give judgment in the petition filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Rasak Atunwa challenging the election of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. Atunwa is challenging AbdulRazaq’s election on the ground…
Why CBN will no longer provide forex for food import – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Daura, Katsina State, said he has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop providing foreign exchange for importation of food into the country, with the steady improvement in agricultural production, and attainment of…
PDP wins all eight seats in Bayelsa LGAs elections (Nation)
The Peoples Democratic Party has won all the eight Local Government Areas of Bayelsa in the just concluded election organised by the Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Bayelsa has eight LGAs,…
Tinubu greets Williams at 100 (Nation)
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has congratulated renowned chartered accountant, foremost entrepreneur and seasoned administrator, Chief Akintola Williams, as he turned 100 on August 9. He praised Akintola for his years of service to the accounting…
Senate leadership: Factors that determined winners (Sun)
As the dusts raised by the June 11 inauguration of the National Assembly and election of the presiding officers begin to settle, Ismail Omipidan, who has been following the developments, writes that immediate past Deputy President of the Senate, Ike…
See your office as sacred, Tinubu tasks Lawan, Gbajabiamila (Vanguard)
A National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, urged the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila and their deputies to see the offices entrusted in them as…
Sanwo-Olu attends APC Caucus Meeting in Abuja
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was in Abuja on Monday to attend the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caucus Meeting, which took place at Sheraton Hotel, Abuja. The important meeting featured stakeholders from the APC across the country including Senator…