The member representing Ezza South/Ikwo Federal Constituency, Ebonyi State in the House of Representatives, Hon Chinedu Ogah has commended the state Governor, Chief David Umahi for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). There were rumours that Umahi has defected to the APC after meeting several leaders of the party including President Muhammadu Buhari. Ogah, […]
…..Buhari, Tinubu mourn The eldest daughter of Chief Obafemi Awolowo , Reverend Tola Oyediran, is dead. The former Nigerian Tribune chairman reportedly died in her sleep. Revd Oyediran was married to Professor A. B. O. O. Oyediran, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan. A statement signed by the family reads: “The children, grandchildren, and […]
The All Progressives Congress APC has asked the Senate to ignore what it described as “selective criticism” against the appointment of presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner in the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC. APC in a statement by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena on Friday noted that President Muhammadu Buhari’s […]
Kano Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has signed the State Emirates Council Amendment Law 2020, making the Emir of Kano permanent chairman of the council of emirs. In the former arrangement, the position used to rotate across the five first class emirs in the state. With the signing of the amended law, the Emir of Kano, […]
A pro- democracy group , Concerned Nigerians, has condemned the nomination of the Presidential Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie , as an Independent National Electoral Commission Commissioner by President Muhammadu Buhari The group has also asked the United States , United Kingdom , and other development partners not to allow the President to destroy […]
The litany of troubles for the erstwhile National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, may not be over soon, as the Edo State chapter of the party has called on the National Caretaker Committee headed by Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, to uphold the suspension of former national chairman […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced date for the 2023 presidential election in the country. INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who spoke on Thursday announced February 18, 2023 for the Presidential election. Yakubu, who spoke at the inauguration of the House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review, charged the the National Assembly to […]
Kyrgyzstan ’ s President Sooronbay Jeenbekov resigned on Thursday, saying he wanted to bring an end to the crisis sparked by disputed parliamentary elections earlier this month. “ I am not clinging to power . I do not want to go down in the history of Kyrgyzstan as a president who allowed bloodshed and shooting […]
A fresh crisis is looming in the All Progressives Congress over the decision of the Mai-Mala Buni -led Caretaker / Extra-Ordinary National Convention Committee to conduct fresh membership registration . The PUNCH gathered on Wednesday that the decision had pitted the committee and governors sympathetic to it against some elements in the party, including the […]
Honourable Tomomewo Favour, the only female member of the Ondo State House of Assembly representing Ilaje Constituency II on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been suspended and expelled from the party by the executive of her ward (Mahin ward IV). Her expulsion came on the heels of alleged anti-party activities before […]
