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The National Working Committee of the African Democratic Congress, (ADC) has appointed Mrs. Oyeyemi Kolapo as the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party. In a statement by the National Chairman of the party, Chief Ralphs Okey Nwosu on Thursday, the party expressed confidence that Mrs Kolapo had the needed...

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has described the call by the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Senate President Bukola Saraki to resign as the leader of the Nigerian Senate as a joke. “The call for Bukola Saraki to resign as the Senate president by the factional chairman of APC, Adams...

  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given Brigadier-General Sule Kazaure, Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) a seven-day ultimatum to provide information on specific details and documents on the Exemption Certificate granted to the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun. The organisation threatened to institute...

  A report released by Tracka Nigeria on the 2017 annual budget shows that about 207 projects in the budget were willfully unexecuted by various government agencies. One of the ongoing road projects The report also revealed that only 416 projects have been completed out of 864 projects tracked by...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N72.9 billion for the reconstruction of the road from Apapa to the toll gate on Lagos-Ibadan expressway in Lagos State. Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this known to State house Correspondents in Abuja after the weekly cabinet meeting...

The bears resurfaced in the Nigerian equities market on Wednesday, halting the four-day bull run, with the All-Share Index (ASI) dropping 1.09 per cent to 39,031.72 points, as investors booked profit on previous gains. Consequently, the Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date losses moderated to -4.35 per cent and -4.26 per cent, respectively....

  The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has approved Alhaji Fatai Akinbade as the candidate for Osun governorship election and will forward his name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as the party's candidate. According to the National Chairman of the party, Chief Ralphs Okey Nwosu in a release to...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed delight over the return of Governors Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State and Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While Ahmed defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP on Tuesday, Tambuwal announced his defection on Wednesday....

  Eighteen out of the 30 members of the Sokoto State House of Assembly on Wednesday defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to NAN, Salihu Maidaji, the Speaker of the House, who led the defection, made the announcement at the Assembly...

  The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has asked Senate President Bukola Saraki to resign from office following his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking to State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, he said since Saraki...