A Sokoto legislator has made a stunning claim of bribery against Gov.Aminu Tambuwal, who left the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday. The member of the state House of Assembly, who declined to follow the governor to the PDP, said he was offered N13 million byContinue Reading
Governor Umaru Al-Makura on Thursday expressed confidence that the gale of defections sweeping across various state chapters of the All Progressive Congress (APC), would not reach Nasarawa State. “The gale of defections rocking the APC will not reach Nasarawa; I am very confident of that,” Al-Makura declared in Lafia, duringContinue Reading
Thousands of people are joining the All Progressives Congress, APC, even as Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara announced their departure, to rejoin their old party, the Peoples Democratic Party. Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo, chairman of the All Progressives Congress Governors’ Forum made this knownContinue Reading
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday said it had concluded arrangements to host the Conference of Speakers of State Houses of Assembly between Aug. 3 and Aug. 5. The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Mrs Adefunmilayo Tejuoso, made this known in a statement in Lagos.Continue Reading
By Shuaib Sadiq A Kaduna High Court on Thursday fixed Oct 4 to rule on the bail application of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zinat. The Presiding Judge, Justice Gideon Kurada, adjourned the matter after counsel to the defendants Mr MaxwellContinue Reading
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja held a closed-door meeting with security chiefs and the Minister of Defence, retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Buhari, who presided over the meeting which lasted for aboutContinue Reading
Amuwo Odofin (Lagos State), Aug. 2, 2018 (NAN) An All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker in Lagos State, Mr Adedotun Adegbola, on Thursday said that politicians who defected from the party would not win in the 2019 elections. Adegbola spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline ofContinue Reading
Riyadh, Aug. 2, 2018 (Xinhua/NAN) Saudi Arabia said Thursday it banned five vehicles loaded with camels from entering Mecca in a bid to protect pilgrims from contagious diseases. Omar Al Faqih, director of the branch of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture in Mecca, said his office was implementingContinue Reading
Hajiya Aisha Alhassan, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development says she has not resigned her position as a member of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Alhassan disclosed this while speaking in a phone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. “Contrary to insinuations especially inContinue Reading
