A group of protesters, including broadcasters, new media entrepreneurs and civil society activists, on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest to the National Assembly complex to register their opposition to “the Frivolous Petitions and other related matters Bill” proposed by the Senate. The proposed law seeks to impose heavy punishment on anybody who “falsely” criticise government […]
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It seems clear that the former running mate of the late Abubakar Audu of Kogi state, Abiodun Faleke has decided to put the Kogi gubernatorial election drama behind him to resume in the green chamber as an honourable. Barely 72 hours after the conclusion of the supplementary governorship election in Kogi state, the deputy governorship […]
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The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have resolved to end their protests and demonstrations. The two pro-Biafra groups had staged series of protests in the past one month, over the continued detention of the Director, Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. After a meeting of […]
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The tension finally simmered as INEC yesterday, announced the cancellation of the Governorship Electoral result of the southern Ijaw Local Government in Yenogoa, the Bayelsa State. Announced by the resident electoral commissioner(REC) Bayelsa state, Baritor Kpagih at the collation centre Yenagoa, the REC said the cancellation came as a result of electoral violence which marred […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, distanced himself from the proposed Social Media Bill currently being debated in the Senate seeking to restrict Nigerians from “criticizing” political and public office holders. This is just as the United Nations is considering the petition filed by rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), against the bill The President […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate in Kogi State, Hon. Abiodun Faleke, has said he would not make himself available for swearing in with the governor-elect, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on January 27, 2016. Faleke, who stated this on Monday in Kabba during a meeting of APC stakeholders from Kogi West Senatorial District, said […]
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Tension gripped Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital as residents waited for the arrival of results of the governorship election from two local government areas of Nembe and Southern Ijaw. Security was beefed up in the state capital with four Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) deployed round the state collation centre. Detachment of ant-bomb squad, anti-riot policemen and […]
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The incumbent Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party, is currently leading his main opponent in Saturday’s governorship election, Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress, with a wide margin after results of five local government areas were released Sunday night. Dickson, who won in four out of the five LGA […]
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The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, says Nigeria lost about $1bn (N197bn) every month under former President Goodluck Jonathan. Sanusi, who is a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, said this during a programme titled ‘How a cancer of corruption steals Nigerian oil, weapons and lives’, which aired on The PBS NewsHour, […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State has scored Governor Akinwunmi Ambode 10 per cent for his performance in his first six months in office. The Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Lagos State, Mr. Taofik Gani, during an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday, said that the governor had not done well in any […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party PDP has rejected the declaration of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as Kogi State governor-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), describing it as a waste of time and scarce resources of the nation. Bello replaced the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the November 21 election, Prince Abubakar Audu, who […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to annul the election of Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku Baguda, for alleged money laundering. PDP candidate in the April 11 governorship election in Kebbi State, Major General Bello Sarkin Yaki (rtd), who along with two others, instituted a criminal […]
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