Following the defeat of Senator Ademola Adeleke in the suit challenging the vicroty of Gboyega Oyetola in the Osun State governorship elections, at the Supreme Court. Deji Adeleke, his elder brother and the scion of the Adeleke family, has released a statement, where he stated the position of the Adeleke family. Deji, who is the Founder and Pro-Chancellor of Adeleke
In fulfillment of his election promise to accelerate his administration’s development agenda, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, transmitted a list of Commissioner-designates to the House of Assembly for ratification. The list contained twenty five names, who are to assume duty as Commissioners and Special Advisers upon ratification by the legislature. A statement by the Governor’s Deputy Chief Press
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Nigeria’s have been expecting the ministerial list and subsequent announcement of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet members. All this could happen today, if the Senate President, Lawan is to be believed. As he announced that they would be receiving the list from the president. If this happens then Buhari, who was re-elected four months ago, will now have people to work
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The 2019 elections have come and gone, but are parties keeping up with the post-election requirements given by the law? Not yet. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has revealed that only one political party has so far submitted its audited report on 2019 general elections expenses, three months after the poll. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this while speaking
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There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari may send the list of his ministerial list to the Senate next month being July. A minister who served in President Buhari’s first term, revealed that Buhari would send the list earlier than he did in the past administration. Also, according to the source, the President was aware that the senate would resume
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Embattled former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha is in the news again, as he received his Certificate of Return from INEC, yesterday after the inauguration of the NASS members. INEC acting in compliance with the ruling of an Abuja High Court, which directed it to issue the certificate to Okorocha, has however vowed to appeal the judgement as soon
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It has been a long and exhaustive process in the selection of the new senate president and speaker House of Reps, which held amongst the NASS members. Ahmad Lawan (Yobe North – APC), who keenly contested with Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South-APC), eventually became the winner by a ratio of 79/28 votes. And with that victory, Lawan is now the
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Nigeria’s immediate past Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who was always in the eye of the storm during his reign has once again made news, but this time, very good news. Saraki magnanimously donated his entire severance allowance to some victims of insurgency and also opened a trust fund for the children of late senators. Severance allowance, which runs into millions
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