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APC loses 3 more Senators to PDP, NNPP
Three All Progressives Congress (APC) senators have announced their defection from the ruling party. The lawmakers are Senators Ahmad Babba Kaita (Katsina North), Lawal Yahaya Gumau (Bauchi South), and Francis Alimikhena (Edo North). Whilst Babba Kaita and Alimikhena defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gumau, on the other hand, defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). Notice…
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Aduda replaces Abaride as Senate Minority Leader, Utazi is new Minority Whip
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has nominated Senator Philip Aduda as the new Minority Leader of the Senate. Also nominated was Senator Chukwuka Utazi as the new Minority Whip. The nominations were contained in a letter signed by the National Secretary of the PDP, Senator Samuel Anyawu. The letter was read at the start of plenary by the Senate President…
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Buhari sends 7 names to Senate for confirmation as ministers to replace Amaechi, Akpabio, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent seven ministerial nominees to the senate for confirmation. The confirmation request was contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and read on the floor at the start of plenary on Tuesday. President Buhari, in the letter, explained that the confirmation request was in accordance with the provisions of Section 147 subsection…
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Fuel queues surface in Lagos as IPMAN directs members to sell petrol at N180 per litre
With many filling stations without fuel in parts of Lagos and other Southwest states on Monday, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has directed its members to sell PMS (petrol) at N180 per litre. The pump price of the product before the current scarcity was between N163 and N165 per litre. But, IPMAN said it can no longer…
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, hospitalised in London
Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, is ill and has been hospitalised in London for an undisclosed ailment. WesternPost gathered from a reliable source in London that the former military ruler was brought into London last week for urgent medical care, adding that the Chairman of the National Peace Committee had been sick for some time before the family…
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APC candidate, Oyebanji wins 5 LGAs, takes early lead in Ekiti governorship election
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Biodun Oyebanji has taken an early lead in the governorship election in Ekiti State. The ruling party’s candidate has so far won in five local governments-Ekiti West, Gbonyin, Ido-Osi, Ikole and Irepodun/Ifelodun. He defeated his two major contenders, Segun Oni and Bisi Kolawole in their local governments in the process. Irepodun/Ifelodun is also…
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Crisis looms as Lawan, Akpabio make APC senatorial candidates’ list
All Progressives Congress (APC) may be courting future crisis, following the submission of the names of Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and former Minister, Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio for senatorial contest in 2023. Both Lawan and Akpabio contested the presidential primaries of the ruling party. Akpabio had stepped down for the eventual winner of the primary, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…
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Machina threatens court action as APC submits Lawan’s name for Yobe North senatorial contest
All Progressives Congress (APC) has allegedly submitted the name of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan as Yobe North senatorial candidate for the 2023 general elections to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It would be recalled that Lawan did not participate in the senatorial election as he contested the presidential primaries of the APC. In his absence, Bashir Sherrif Machina…
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US, Nigeria need more collaboration to tackle terrorism – Osinbajo
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria and the United States should collaborate more as there is a need for more concerted efforts to effectively tackle the spread of terrorism, especially in the Sahel region. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday when he received at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs, US State Department, Victoria Nuland,…
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Buhari urges police to deploy more technology in fight against insecurity
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Nigeria Police to deploy more technology to fight crime and insecurity in the country He said this at the Passing Out Parade of the Regular Course 4/2016 Cadets of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano on Thursday In a statement by Garba Shehu, his senior special assistant on media and publicity, President Buhari said…
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