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Saraki clears air on absence at APC key meetings

The senate President Bukola Saraki has given reasons why he was absent at key meetings of his party the All Progressive Congress APC during the week.   Saraki in a…

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SERAP calls out Gov. Yari against double pension law

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) want Zamfara state governor and chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum Abubakar Yari to emulate the example of Senate President Bukola Saraki and…

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UN condemns Dapchi school girls kidnap

The United Nations has condemned the recent abduction of about 110 students of the Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state by suspected Boko Haram terrorists.   The UN’s Secretary…

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‘We have failed Nigerians’ – Dino Melaye

Kogi state senator Dino Melaye says the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has failed to deliver on its electoral promises to Nigerians.     Senator Melaye who was speaking yesterday…

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‘We support NLC’s minimum wage agitation’ – Speaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has lived up to expectation in discharging its role of protecting the interests and…

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Jega: ‘Minor’ political parties can’t win elections in Nigeria

A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Profesor Attahiru Jega says political parties with no wide citizens’ appeal do not stand a chance in Nigeria’s political terrain.…

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‘We don’t need the presidency, we want restructuring’ – Igbo group

A group of Igbo leaders in the country says the Igbo nation is not interested in the presidency, rather it will continue to canvass for a total restructuring of Nigeria.…

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2019 Elections: INEC’s current sequence stands – Chairman

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Professor Mahmood Yakubu said it prepared the 2019 general election timetable under extant laws and that nothing has changed about it.…

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Dapchi: Buhari will go to Yobe whenever he wishes – Aide

Mr. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari says the president is not time bound on when to visit Yobe state, following the recent…

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Presidency cancels FEC meeting

The usual Federal Executive Council FEC meeting for this week has been cancelled.   Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina who made this known in a statement today in Abuja said this…

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