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EXCLUSIVE: Former Plateau Governor, Lalong to be sworn in as senator tomorrow
Former Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong will be sworn in as the Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District, tomorrow, Wednesday, December 20, 2023, WesternPost has gathered. Lalong resigned his appointment as Minister of Labour and Employment last week in preparation for his swearing in. The former governor who contested the election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress…
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VIDEO: Fubara praises Tinubu for resolving Rivers crisis
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara in joyous mood as he’s singing and praising President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the crisis rocking the state.
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BREAKING: Tinubu meets Fubara, Odili over Rivers crisis
President Bola Tinubu is holding a private meeting with the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Fubara is at the meeting with Sir Peter Odili, the former governor of Rivers, and other state leaders. The meeting is aimed at ending the conflict between Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is now the minister of…
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Division in Rivers PDP made us defect to APC, say 26 assembly members
The embattled 26 Rivers State lawmakers have said that their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress was tied to President Bola Tinubu’s ‘Renewed Hope Agenda.’ The factional Speaker, Martins Amaewhule, who led the defection, gave the reason at a “Thanksgiving and stakeholders’ meeting” of the APC on Sunday in Port Harcourt. Mr Amaewhule said that…
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APC celebrates former president Buhari at 81
The All Progressives Congress (APC) felicitates former President Muhammadu Buhari on the auspicious occasion of his 81st birthday anniversary. In a statement issued by Felix Morka, the APC spokesperson on Sunday, the party described Buhari as “Legendary for his unparalleled integrity, incorruptibility and uncanny dedication to nation-building, “We celebrate a visionary leader, elder statesman, patriot and democrat,” APC stated. “Your…
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I didn’t return to APC because of 2027 ambition – Adelabu
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said he didn’t return to the All Progressives Congress (APC) because of his 2027 governorship ambition in Oyo State. Adelabu who was speaking at his office defection held at the party Secretariat in Oke Ado, Ibadan on Friday, said his return was to help President Bola Tinubu’s administration succeed. Recall that Adelabu had in…
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Tinubu to Nigerians: “We’re transforming Nigeria with support of National Assembly
President Bola Tinubu says the efforts of his administration to transform Nigeria’s economy are yielding results with the support of the National Assembly led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. Speaking at a colloquium to mark the 61st birthday of the Senate President, on Thursday in Abuja, President Tinubu said the…
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Jibrin hails Tinubu’s ‘dynamic, effective and ambitious’ Foreign Policy
Member representing Kiru/Bebeji federal constituency, kano and Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to find ways of making drastic increments of funding for the Foreign Affairs Ministry to achieve his dynamic, effective and ambitious 4D foreign policy of Democracy, Development, Demography and Diaspora. Jibrin made the…
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Clark urges Tinubu to intervene in Rivers political crisis
Leader of the Pan -Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark are urged President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the political crisis in Rivers State which has Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike at loggerheads. This comes after 27 out of the 32 members of Rivers State House of Assembly…
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PDP asks INEC to conduct fresh election in Rivers after 27 assembly members join APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct fresh elections in Rivers State after 27 members of the House of Assembly elected on the platform of the party defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was contained in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba on Monday.…
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