Reps Reject Bill To Put 70 Years Age Limit For President
The House of Representatives has forced down a bill to amend the constitution to put an age limit on some elective posts. The bill sought to put a cap of 70years for anyone running for the office of the President and 65years for the National Assembly. The bill was sponsored by Bede Eke from Imo State. However, members of the House rejected...
Ex-National Assembly Members Urge Tinubu To Run For President
A group of former senators, House of Representatives members and other politicians across the Southwest geo-political zone has urged the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to contest as president in the 2023 election. They spoke on Tuesday at the unveiling of the group’s logo in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The group is christened South...
Kano Shuts Down All Schools Over 2nd Wave Of COVID-19
The Kano government has directed that all schools — private and public — in the state be shut down. The directive was in a statement issued by Sanusi Kiru, Kano commissioner for health, on Tuesday evening. “Parents whose children are in boarding schools are to also arrange and convey their children/ wards back home from tomorrow, Wednesday, 16th December 2020,” Kiru...
If Not For God, I Would Have Been Buried Politically – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the corruption allegations levelled against him could have sent him into political oblivion but God did not allow that happen. Speaking at a book presentation in Abuja on Tuesday, Jonathan said officials of the current administration tagged him and some members of his former cabinet as corrupt. Jonathan was in charge of the country between 2010...
Russian Leader Putin Congratulates Biden On Election Victory
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Joe Biden on his election victory shortly after the U.S. Electoral College handed him 306 electoral votes to President Trump’s 232. Reuters reported that Putin has held off on congratulating Biden in the days after the Nov. 3 election. The Kremlin issued a statement that read, “Putin wished the president-elect every success and expressed confidence that Russia and the U.S.,...
Kano Assembly Speaker, Majority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader Resign
The Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly, Abdulaziz Gafasa, and two other principal officers of the legislative body have resigned from their positions. Mr Gafasa conveyed his decision through a letter to the Clerk of the House, dated December 14. The speaker did not state the reason for his resignation in the letter. He, however, thanked his colleagues in the 40-member...
ACB Agbazuere: Please Show Mercy, Again Group Begs Ikpeazu [VIDEO]
Following the suspension of Dr ACB Agbazuere as Chief of Staff to Abia governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, a group Abia Youth Forum has appealed to the governor to exercise leniency and recall the Chief of Staff. This is one of the many bodies that have in recent days urged the governor to forgive Agbazuere of his wrongdoings and recall him...
Abductors Of Students Have Contacted Us – Masari Tells Buhari
Governor Bello Masari of Katsina State on Monday told President Muhammadu Buhari that the abductors of students in Kankara Local Government Area of the state have contacted the state government. “The Governor, who was accompanied by the Deputy Governor of the state, Manir Yakubu, said the kidnappers had made contact and discussions were already on pertaining to safety and return...
I Won’t Allow PDP To Die – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said his criticism of the National Working Committee of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP should not be misunderstood to mean that there is an irredeemable crisis in the party. The governor maintained that since he “lacks the capacity to decamp to another political party, particularly, the All Progressives Congress”, he will “continue to speak out...
Ex-Abia Gov, T. A Orji Insists On Leaving Politics In 2023
Senator Theodore Orji representing Abia Central Senatorial district and a former Governor of Abia State has insisted on his avowed commitment to quit politics in 2023 for younger ones to take over. The Senator said this, weekend, at a function held at Umuajatta Olokoro in Umuahia South Local Government Area, LGA, of the State. According to Orji, “it is the same...
