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President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday night said the election of Senator Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila as the Senate president and House speaker respectively, marked a departure from the “duplicity and perfidy of the immediate past.” Both Lawan and Gbajabiamila were supported by the presidency and the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). That […]

Former deputy Senate president Ike Ekweremadu has said his surprising decision to re-contest the seat was not to win or lose but to make a public statement and exonerate himself from the national shame which the election of Ovie Omo-Agege exemplifies.  Ekweremadu, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP-Enugu West), contested and lost […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday prayed the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to strike out the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging his Feb 23 re-election for being fundamentally defective. Buhari made the prayer through his Counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun, (SAN), in a motion adopted and […]

Ahmed Lawan, the All Progressives Congress (APC) preferred candidate, has been elected the president of the Nigerian Senate. Lawan defeated the People’s Democratic Party adopted candidate Ali Ndume, also of the APC with 79 votes. Ndume polled only 28 votes. Also, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the APC preferred candidate, was elected deputy senate president, defeating former […]

Foreign investors pulled out N1.77 trillion from Nigeria’s stock market in the last two years, citing insecurity and economic uncertainties. Many blue-chip companies quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) also experienced huge losses within the period. Specifically, N435.31 billion in foreign portfolio investment outflow was recorded in 2017, while foreign investors withdrew N642.65 billion […]

There is palpable tension over the nation’s capital, Abuja as lawmakers-elect gear up for the inauguration of the ninth National Assembly on Tuesday, June 11; followed by the election of the principal officers of the legislature, including the Senate president and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. www.www.aso.rocks search engine has learnt that after […]

Determined to present a united front in the race for the 9th Senate presidency scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, June 11, one of the main contenders, Senator Ali Ndume, has come under intense pressure from the Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to drop out of the contest. The National Assembly will be inaugurated tomorrow […]

The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Monday thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for accepting its recommendation on the voluntary retirement of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. The NJC’s appreciation which has been conveyed to the president was contained in a statement made available to journalists by NJC’s Director of Information, Soji […]

One of four petitions challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari during the February 23, 2019 presidential election has been withdrawn. The petitioner, Coalition for Change, (C4C) requested withdrawal of the case through its lawyer, Obed Agwu, at the resumed hearing before the presidential election tribunal on Monday. The withdrawal was not opposed by lawyers […]

Six members of the Imo House of Assembly on Monday dumped their parties for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The members made the disclosure during the valedictory session of the eighth Imo Assembly in Owerri. The decamped lawmakers include Chiji Collins of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Isiala Mbano while Mike Iheanetu (Aboh Mbaise), Ukoha […]

Immediate past Nigeria’s state for petroleum resources minister Ibe Kachikwu Monday denied saying President Muhammadu Buhari failed Nigerians by not building refinery as promised. “There is nowhere the former Minister blamed or inferred that the Buhari administration failed Nigerians for not building refineries,” Kachikwu said in a statement. “While the purpose of this misinformation is […]

Immediate past Nigeria’s state for petroleum resources minister Ibe Kachikwu Monday denied saying President Muhammadu Buhari failed Nigerians by not building refinery as promised. “There is nowhere the former Minister blamed or inferred that the Buhari administration failed Nigerians for not building refineries,” Kachikwu said in a statement. “While the purpose of this misinformation is […]