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Aregbesola Appointed ADC Interim National Secretary
Former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has agreed to serve as the Interim National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress. A former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufa’i, Aregbesola bemoaned the current political structure in Nigeria, saying that, “our political landscape is plagued by parties that lack ideological depth. They are empty shells, merging and splitting, not over policy or principle,...
Govs Host Reps Deputy Speaker Kalu, Vow To Support Constitutional Amendments
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has pledged to collaborate with the legislative arm of government in the ongoing constitutional amendment. The governors made the pledge after its meeting in Abuja on Wednesday night where they hosted the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, who briefed them on the progress of the amendments. According to the communique issued by the...
Niger Coup: Immigration Deploys Personnel To Checkmate Illegal Routes
The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, says following the situation in Niger Republic, it has deployed personnel to check all the unorthodox roads through which foreigners may likely infiltrate. Mr Mustapha Sani, the NIS Comptroller in charge of Jibia command, in Katsina State, disclosed this at a joint celebration with the state’s command to commemorate the service at 60. Sani said with...
Anambra Govt Under Fire For Arresting Popular Native Doctor ‘Akwa Okuko’
.....Legal Expert Condemns Detention as a Violation of Fundamental Rights Anambra State is currently embroiled in controversy following the arrest of Chief Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly known as Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki. The arrest, reportedly carried out by the state government, has sparked widespread condemnation, with legal experts and concerned citizens decrying it as a violation of his constitutionally guaranteed rights...
US lawmaker Seeks Nnamdi Kanu’s Unconditional Release
Jarvis Johnson, a United States of America (USA) lawmaker, in the House of Representatives from the State of Texas, District 139, has called on Nigeria’s Supreme Court to order the unconditional release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from his long detention. The Supreme Court is expected to deliver judgment in two separate appeals...
INEC Reveals Why Voter Registration Can’t Be Extended Further
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says extending the voter registration exercise will hamper its preparations for the 2023 general elections. This is according to the Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Mike Igini...
Senate Presidency: Constitution Silent On Zoning – Alhaji Yari
Former Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar has said that zoning in the legislature is not constitutional. He said anybody from any part of the country can assume any position. Yari disclosed this at his Talata-Mafara country home while fielding questions from newsmen, saying that the legislature is an arm of government on its own. He said that members of...
Hon Chijioke Chukwu Celebrates Rep. Benjamin Kalu On His Birthday
The member representing Bende North State Constituency, Hon. Chijioke Chukwu has felicitated with the Member representing Bende Federal Constituency, Rep Benjamin Kalu as he celebrates his birthday today. in a statement message sent to the lawmaker and made available to ABN TV, he described Hon Kalu as an astute lawmaker and a generational role model. “Our leader Hon. Benjamin is everything...
Labour Party Secretary, 14 Others Decamp To NNPP In Ebonyi
No fewer than fourteen (14) executive members of Labour Party, LP, including the State secretary have defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in Ebonyi State. DAILY POST gathered that the LP members are aggrieved over the running of the party in the State. It was also learnt that the Presidential candidate of the NNPP, Musa Kwankwaso received the former...
NLC Suspends Planned Nationwide Strike
The Nigerian Labour Congres, NLC, on Monday night, confirmed that it will no longer proceed with its nationwide strike planned for Wednesday. The resolution was announced by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and confirmed by the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, after a nearly six-hour meeting between the Federal Government and the organised...
