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By Alfaki Muhammad Nasidi A group under the aegis of Engineer Joseph Oluwasegun Stephen for Senate ( EJOSS) have endorsed the Senatorial ambitions of Engineer Joseph Oluwasegun to contest for Kogi west Senatorial seat come 2023. This was disclosed by the group’s spokesman,Malam Gimba Agaie at the end of their meetings in Lokoja on Thursday….
By our reporter The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has asked Nigerians to ignore one Olugbenga Olaoye, Co-Convener, ‘Osinbajo Think Thank’ over his comments during an interview. Olugbenga while reacting to the presidential ambition of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu in an interview with Arise TV said Nigerians do not…
By Shatima Nasidi The Supreme Court on Wednesday in Abuja affirmed the six years imprisonment imposed on a former Federal Director of Pensions (FDP,) Mr John Yakubu Yusuf for misappropriating N22.9bn police pensions fund. The apex court apart from affirming the six years sentence also ordered him to refund the N22.9bn to the federal government…
••• Ebonyi man shot dead 10 days to wedding Police in Anambra State yesterday said four of their men were killed in a clash with some gunmen. The four policemen were slain yesterday in Atani, Ogbaru council of the state, where the assailants attacked a police station, which was also burnt, The Nation was told….
By Musa Tanimu Nasidi Ahead of 2023 general election,Kogi state Governor ,Alhaji Yahaya Bello,has been warned by a group of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) politicians in Kogi west against Imposition of Kogi west Senatorial aspirant. The group in a statement on Tuesday threatened a show down should the state governor, Yahaya Bello, or…
By Aliyu Abdulwahid Senate President, Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday wished Vice President Yemi Osinbajo good luck, in his endeavors as he continues consultations ahead of the All Progressive Congress(APC), presidential primaries in May. Vice President Osinbajo who has been consulting with the APC stakeholders, on Tuesday met behind closed doors member of the APC Senate…
By our reporter The thorny question of zoning of its presidential ticket ahead of the 2023 general election is threatening to tear the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party, apart. When it emerged last week that the Governor Samuel Ortom led zoning committee had opted to throw the party’s ticket open, it generated…
Those yearning for the review of Nigeria’s vertical revenue allocation formula would have been elated by the just released recommendations of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) should receive express approval. But that celebration would have to wait until the National Assembly is done with the ongoing constitutional review process because some of…
By Musa Tanimu Nasidi Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo is no longer a member of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), his spokesman, Laolu Akande has confirmed. Akande said Osinbajo had moved his membership to Ogun State when he revalidated his APC Membership status in Ward One, Ikenne, Ogun State on February…
…says practice hasn’t taken Nigeria anywhere since 1960 By our reporter Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi State and presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has called for the jettisoning of zoning or rotational presidency in the 2023 general election. According to Bello, Nigeria has been practising zoning since it got…
