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It is commendable that our leaders now appear to be toeing the line of good judgement with respect to convocation of a Sovereign National Conference. Senate President David Mark’s speech, which he delivered to open the new legislative session on Tuesday was to an extent gratifying, marking a majour detour from the one he delivered […]

The breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chaired by Alhaji Abubakar Baraje-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied reports from the Alhaji Bamanga Tukur faction that the meeting with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan at the Presidential Villa on Sunday 15th September 2013 yielded positive results, describing reports of agreeing that Jonathan can contest […]

Blessed be the name of the most high God, the God whose I am and the God whom I serve, blessed be His holy name forever. Mr. Chairman, permit me to declare all protocols observed. I thank the leaders and elders of the Kurunmi Front, which is fast becoming one of the leading yoruba nationalist […]

Coalition of Christian youth groups across the country, Christian Youth Vanguard on Wednesday censured former Minister of the Federal Capital territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai for his comments on disparaging President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oitsejafor. The group described El-Rufai as an evil-mouthed politician who is only defending former Military […]

Senators under the platform of the newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday wrote the Senate to formally inform their colleagues of the founding of the coalition party. Senate President, David Mark read the letter, titled Notification of the Registration of All Progressives Congress (APC) and Status of Senators of the Merged Political Parties to […]

All those fanning the embers of war concerning their interests in the 2015 elections or making statements that could throw Nigeria into war must be arrested with immediate effect and charged for treason, Senate President David Mark has said. Mark, who addressed his colleagues at the resumption of the senate from a long vacation on […]

As the trial of Francis Atuche, former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB and his wife, Elizabeth, as well as the bank’s former Chief Operating Officer, Ugo Anyanwu, continued on Tuesday over alleged theft of  the bank’s  N27.5 billion, a former presidential candidate and political economist, Professor Pat Utomi, has told the court his […]

The battlefield of the crisis currently ravaging the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) shifted to the Federal House of Representatives on Tuesday, when members of the faction of the party chaired by Alhaji bamanga Tukur gate-crashed a prearranged meeting between the leadership of the lower chamber and the faction chaired by Alhaji Kawu Baraje-led, also attended […]

For allegedly killing the son of a pastor, three police officers serving with the Borno Police Command have been dismissed. The command, which made this known on Tuesday, said the killing of the pastor’s son took place at the Mobile Police Training School in the Liman-Kara area of the state. Borno State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Lawal […]

Embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur will not quit the political scene just yet, despite clocking 78 years last Sunday. In a statement issued on Tuesday by his media aide, Oliver Okpala, Tukur debunked suggestions of senility in some quarters, saying he remains a force to be reckoned with in […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday dissolved the executive committee of its Kano State chapter. In its place, it constituted a caretaker committee to run its affairs. The dissolution was announced closely after Mohammed Abacha, son of late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, was received back into the party. Abacha had joined PDP in 2010 […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Federal Government to act fast to prevent Nasarawa from becoming another trouble spot in the country, saying the mindless violence being perpetrated by the Ombatse cult/ethnic militia in the state is fast spiralling out of control.  In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its Interim National Publicity […]