Tinubu, APC NWC Meet, Favour Akpabio As Senate President, Tajudeen As Speaker
As discussions over the zoning of the leadership position of the 10th National Assembly continue, President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu met with APC National Working Committee (NWC) leadership on Friday. According to information obtained by ABN TV, the meeting, which was held at the Defence House in Abuja, including the National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the Deputy National...
Governor Ikpeazu Meets With President Buhari (Photos)
Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu on Thursday held a close door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock villa Abuja, ABN TV reports. The Governor was accompanied to the meeting by Mr C. Darl Uzu, CEO of the Enyimba Economic City. Though details of the meeting was not disclosed to our correspondent, it may not be unconnected with...
May 29: El-Rufai Speaks On Becoming Tinubu’s Chief Of Staff
In response to rumors that he will replace Bola Tinubu as president-elect's chief of staff, Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai issued a statement. After leaving the government on May 29, El-Rufai declared he will not serve as Tinubu's chief of staff. Because of his friendship with Tinubu throughout the campaign, El-Rufai was reportedly one candidate for the role of chief of...
Donatus Nwankpa Hands Over Power To Hon. Acho Obioma As Abia APC Chairman, Says Party Not Factionalised [Photos, Video]
Hon. Donatus Nwankpa, the immediate past chairman of Abia State chapter of the All Progressive Congress has inaugurated the State Working Committee led by a former member of the House of Representativ...
Oshiomhole-led NWC Sacked To End Party Crisis – APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said its decision to dissolve the National Working Committee, led by its former National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, and replace it with a caretaker committee, was taken to end the internal crisis in the party. The party stated this in a counter-affidavit filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja in opposition to a suit...
Omehia Not A Rivers Former Governor
The Port Harcourt division of the Rivers State High Court has ruled that Celestine Omehia is not a former governor of Rivers State and as such not entitled to the pensions meant for former governors and their deputies. Ruling on the matter brought before the court by Omehia, Justice Daketima Kio in a 97-page judgment that took almost three hours...
Women Affairs Minister, Pauline Tallen Withdraws From Senatorial Race
Dame Pauline Tallen, Minister of Women Affairs, has dropped her senatorial ambition. Tallen made this known in a statement she issued on Monday. The minister had purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC) form to contest the Plateau South Senatori...
Fayose Dumps PDP
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday, announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party and also quit partisan politics. This is coming hours after his party, the PDP lost the presidential election to the All Progressives Congress. Fayose, who announced his resignation while appearing as a guest on ARISE TV revealed that the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar rejected...
“I Did Not Meet With Tinubu” – Soludo Denies Meeting With Tinubu To Stop Peter Obi, LP
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has denied reports that he met with the All Progressive Congress (APC) president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the Imo State Government House in Owerri, on how to prevent the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, from pursuing the process to reclaim his mandate through the courts. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, pronounced...
Politics Won’t Change Nigeria’s Situation – Matthew Kukah
Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese has accredited the current lack of good governance in Nigeria to a lack of knowledge among those holding the mantle of power in the country and not politics. The remark was made by Kukah when he paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina State on Tuesday. He lamented...
