By Our Reporter A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and House of Representatives aspirant for Idanre/Ifedore federal constituency of Ondo State, Ambassador Adeleye Oluseye Victor, on Wednesday opened a campaign office for the presidential ambition of the national leader of the APC and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Adeleye,…
By Our Reporter The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as callous and insensitive for allegedly politicising the issue of insecurity in the country. The National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the APC, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, in a statement issued yesterday said it was a regrettable…
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By Our Reporter The Senate on Wednesday failed to override the President’s veto on the 2010 Electoral Act (amendments) Bill 2021. The red chamber made the u-turn when members emerged from a 40-minute closed session. The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, explained after the executive session that the upper chamber had decided to consult…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Federal Government on Wednesday, declared Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th December 2021 and Monday, 3rd January 2022, as public holidays to mark the 2021 Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year Day celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed the development in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Permanent…
By Our Reporter Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has approved the payment of end of year bonuses to civil servants in the state. In a statement signed by the Media Adviser to Mr El-Rufai, Muyiwa Adekeye, on Tuesday, civil servants in the state will this month receive bonuses ranging from 100% of monthly pay for junior…
By Our Reporter Governors have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for withholding assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who spoke on behalf of his counterparts, said governors are not fixated on any mode of primary election to choose candidates…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab After sustained aerial bombardments and elimination of terrorists, surviving fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have buried no fewer than 77 terrorists killed in Marte axis, PRNigeria can authoritatively reports. The terrorists were eliminated in coordinated airstrikes by the Nigerian military on three ISWAP camps, in…
***As Buhari asks Senate to quickly Consider 2021 Appropriation Virement of N13.588 trillion By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan read on Tuesday, the letter of President Muhammadu Buhari withholding of assent to the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment bill. President Buhari in the letter is withholding assent to…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab FCT Minister of State Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has argued that it is not peace that brings about unity, but rather, unity brings about peaceful coexistence among people of divergent historical, ethnic and religious affiliations. The minister who made this observation at the official launch of peace and unity campaign…