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  • Only Tambuwal Can Reconvene Plenary, House Spokesperson

    The House of Representatives adjourned sitting of its plenary on 28th October to 3rd December 2014 to allow members of the House carry out pre-budget oversight activities in preparation for the 2015 Budget and also to meet the political calendar of all the political parties. This adjournment was unanimously approved by all the Principal Officers […]
  • NLC Prepares for Showdown with FG over Tambuwal

    The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to fight anyone, who it described as “small mind” who threatens the country’s democracy. The NLC, through a statement by its President, Abdulwahid Omar, also warned the Federal Government and the acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba that nothing must happen to Tambuwal following the withdrawal of his […]
  • APC, ACF Say Boko Haram Ceasefire is Fake

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday called for an independent inquiry to unravel the circumstances surrounding the apparently fake ceasefire deal announced by the Goodluck Jonathan administration on 17th October, now that the sect’s leadership has described the man with whom the phantom deal was negotiated as an impostor. The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) […]
  • FG Has Created over 1m Jobs in Transport Sector – Minister

    The Federal Government has created over one million direct and indirect new jobs from the resuscitation of rail transportation by the Jonathan administration in the last four years.  Minister of Transport Senator Idris Umar disclosed this while speaking on the sidelines of Public Affairs Forum, a programme organised by the Office of the Senior Special […]
  • Boko Haram Threatens to Kill Danladi Ahmadu, its Alleged Negotiator

    The Boko Haram sect has declared that it would decapitate Danladi Ahmadu, the man who claims he negotiated a ceasefire with the government on behalf of the group. The sect also said it had converted all the Chibok girls abducted over 200 days ago adding that with their present conditions, their parents would either covert […]
  • Mubi Invasion: A Bad Omen for Nigeria – Atiku

    The former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the recent Boko Haram overrun of Mubi and the hoisting of their flag in Adamawa State’s second largest town, as a tragic act and a worrisome affront to the corporate integrity of Nigeria. Atiku who was abroad when the incident took place in his home State on Wednesday, told a group of […]Read More
  • Fire Razes Rivers PDP Secretariat

    An early morning fire on Friday got the Rivers State secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital razed down. The secretariat is located along the Port Harcourt/Aba Expressway in Port Harcourt, and is believed to have been set on fire by some  unknown people. To enable them perfect their […]
  • Tambuwal Institutes Court Action to Protest Withdrawal of Security Aides

    Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, whose security aides were withdrawn on Thursday by the Police Inspector General, Suliaman Abba, has challenged the withdrawal at in the court. Tambuwal was seen in company of his legal luminaries and colleagues from the House on Friday afternoon at the Federal High Court in […]
  • PDP Approves Automatic Tickets for Governors

    As continued grievances in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) heightens with feelings of a possible mass defection, the party has approved automatic tickets for all its governors seeking second terms in office. According to findings by www.www.aso.rocks search engine, the party had earlier insisted that there would not be automatic tickets for the governors and […]
  • Husband of Nigeria’s UN Representative Dies

    Dr. Aloysius Ogwu, the husband of Prof. Joy, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), is dead. He died on Monday at the age of 77. The death was confirmed on Thursday in a statement issued by the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN, New York. Before his demise, Aloysius was a retired […]
  • Tambuwalgate: Condemnation Trail Removal of Security Aides

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to show better understanding of democracy by immediately restoring the police security details the Inspector General of Police unlawfully withdrew from the Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Rt Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its […]
  • Police Remove Tambuwal’s Security Aides

    The Acting- Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, Thursday, ordered the removal of security aides attached to Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal,Speaker of the House of Reps. Announcing the removal, Emmanuel Ojukwu, Police Public Relations Officer, said,  “In view of the recent defection by the Right Honourable Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives […]