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Red Card Movement calls the actions of PDP, APC in Ekiti an assault to Nigeria’s democracy

The Red Card Movement has queried the activities surrounding the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti. In a statement issued on Tuesday themed, “Matters arising on the legitimacy of mandate of the Ekiti election”, the movement said the election was a “brazen assault of our Democracy by the two dominant parties” due to reports of violence,... Read More

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The Late 5: Imo Assembly sacks Deputy Governor, Ortom served impeachment notice I More stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Deputy Governor of Imo, Prince Eze Madumere was on Monday impeached by 19 out of the 27 members of the assembly despite his efforts to stop the process through the court. Speaker of the House, Acho Ihim, said the impeachment followed the outcome of a report of... Read More

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2019: Is there anything to celebrate over APC-to-PDP mass defection?

By Festus Ogun It should no longer be a news to anyone that mass defection is currently rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC). Many key members of this ruling party are aggrieved and are left with no option than defecting to other political parties. It appears that the drama of defection that was witnessed during the 2015... Read More

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Nigerian parties lack ideological differences – Bode George

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Bode George, has said political parties in the country lack ideological differences. The Board of Trustees (BoT) member, said this during his appearance on Channels Television’s programme, Sunday Politics in Lagos. “For me, if you look at the Nigerian politics, all political parties don’t have ideological differences – where you... Read More

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The Big 5: Buhari departs for Togo, Nigerians should insist on a healthy President in 2019- PDP I More stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday depart Abuja for Lome, the Republic of Togo to participate in a Joint Economic Community of West African States / Economic Community of Central African States Summit. According to a statement signed on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on... Read More

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The Late 5: Don’t campaign for my re-election – Buhari, Ortom would have made us lose 2019 election – Oshiomhole I More stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: President Muhammadu Buhari has on Saturday urged his supporters across the country to halt their current campaigns for his re-election. As contained in a statement made available to journalists by Presidential Media Adviser, Femi Adesina; it read that as an administration committed to due process and scrupulous respect for rules,... Read More

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The Late 5: Gunmen reportedly kidnap Dino Melaye, Police interrogates Saraki and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye was on Thursday reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen on his way to Kogi from Abuja. Senator Ben Murray Bruce disclosed this in a tweet on his official twitter handle. I have just been informed by Moses Melaye, @dino_melaye’s brother, that... Read More

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Moghalu speaks on defections, says APC and PDP are one and the same

Former Deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and Young Progressive Party’s presidential aspirant, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has slammed the recent defections by members of the National Assembly, emphasizing that both parties are filled by the same politicians without a vision for the country. According to the Founder, Institute for Governance and Economic... Read More

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BREAKING: In an unsurprising move, Governor Ortom defects from APC

The Governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom has announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), putting to rest speculations about his stay in the party following a purported red card issued to him by the state chapter of the party. Ortom made the announcement during a meeting... Read More

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BREAKING: Buhari finally responds to predicted defections

President Muhammadu Buhari says he wishes all those who defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to other political parties on Tuesday the best in their future undertakings. Buhari who said this in a series of tweets said he is confident the defections will cause no harm to the party. He said, “I wish... Read More

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BREAKING: Kwankwaso, Melaye, 13 other senators defect from the APC to the PDP

Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso representing Kano Central, Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West, and thirteen other senators have defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The announcement of their defection was made at Tuesday plenary after the Senate president received and read a letter from the defected senators. The defection senators... Read More

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The Big 5: Police invites Saraki over Offa robbery attack, PDP considers name change as R-APC fuses into party and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Nigeria Police has invited Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki to report on Tuesday (today) to make further statements on the April 5 robbery in Offa, Kwara in which 31 people were killed. In a letter dated Monday, July 23 which was personally signed by the Inspector General... Read More

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The Big 5: LASG sets up Mobile Court over Apapa Expressway gridlock, Ogunbiyi rejects result of Osun PDP primaries and other stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The Lagos State Government has resolved to set up a Mobile Court to deal with recalcitrant drivers of articulated vehicles who park indiscriminately along the road. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Kehinde Bamigbetan, who disclosed this on Sunday, said over 2,000 articulated vehicles were removed from the... Read More

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The Late 5: Police dismiss 4 SARS operatives over robbery accusations, JAMB remits N7.8bn to FG and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Nigeria Police has approved the dismissal of four policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, Lagos, over alleged robbery and other crimes. Spokesperson for Zone 2 Command, CSP Dolapo Badmus, who confirmed the development on Sunday, said AIG Adamu Ibrahim, in charge of the... Read More

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The Big 5: Adeleke wins Osun PDP primary, ‘State Police is part of our manifesto’- APC and other stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: Senator Ademola Adeleke, representing Osun West Senatorial District has been declared the winner of the People’s Democratic (PDP) governorship primary held on Saturday. Chairman of the Osun PDP election panel, Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa who announced the results, said Adeleke scored 1,569 votes while his... Read More

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The Late 5: Dino Melaye vows to honour Police invitation, Isiaka Oyetola emerges as Osun APC Guber candidate and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Alhaji Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola has been declared winner of the Osun All Progressives Congress(APC) governorship primary, ahead of the September 22 election in the state. Oyetola, Governor Aregbesola’s Chief of Staff since 2010, polled 127,017 votes to defeat his closest rival Yusuf Lasun, Deputy Speaker of the House... Read More

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The Big 5: Senate approves payment of N348b as oil subsidy claims; Saraki, Ortom meet with PDP leaders in Ilorin and ther stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The Senate on Wednesday approved the payment of over N348 billion as outstanding oil subsidy claims to 74 petroleum marketers. The approval followed the adoption of the interim report of its Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) on the Promissory Note Programme and Bond Issuance to Settle Inherited... Read More

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The Late 5: FG unveils ‘Nigeria Air’ as new national carrier,’ Police arrests 8 suspects over kidnap of #Chibokgirls and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday unveiled a new National Carrier known as ‘Nigeria Air’. At the unveiling of the brand name and logo to investors at the ongoing Farnborough International Air Show in London, the Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, said the... Read More

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The Big 5: ‘We will never buy votes at any election’ – PDP says, Imo Assembly serves Deputy Governor with impeachment notice and other stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has denied involvement in vote buying at the Ekiti governorship election held on July 14. In a statement by the party’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP insisted that “It never bought any vote at the July 14, governorship election in Ekiti... Read More

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Demola Olarewaju: Saraki’s travails and the futility of Buhari’s war

If there ever was one corruption trial that was supposed to symbolise Mr. President’s skill and ruthlessness in fighting corruption, it was the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) case against the Senate President Bukola Saraki. Being a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), it was supposed to put to rest the idea that... Read More

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Money will flow in 2019 election, like it did in Ekiti

Interesting as the Ekiti election may seem, but for faithful onlookers and believers in a better Nigeria, it is the usual setback, the tragic fact that we are not making progress in any way, and for 2019, we can only hope that fate leads us on the path of the fabled “Nigeria go better”.

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The Ekiti 2018 elections and the impunity of PDP and APC

The much anticipated Ekiti 2018 gubernatorial election has come and gone. However, what happened on Saturday, July 14 was a public show of shame and impunity by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). The brigandage at the polls could not have been better captured than the Sunday Punch’s front... Read More

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The Late 5: PDP apologises to Obasanjo; APC, PDP induce voters with money in Ekiti and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has apologised to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, for what it termed ‘‘bad conduct and mistreatment.’’ Media Aide to the former president, Kehinde Akinyemi, who confirmed the apology in a statement issued on Saturday in Abeokuta, said the party’s National Chairman, Uche... Read More

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#EkitiDecides: Should we pretend like this election is not all about Fayose?

In less than 24 hours, the people of Ekiti would file out to elect their Chief Executive for the next four years amid a number of ‘theatrics and stage plays’ that has greeted the political arena in that state in the last one week, with the most recent being the alleged siege on the Government... Read More

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The Big 5: R-APC sues APC, Oshiomhole and 52 others, Buhari refuses assent to 4 bills passed by NASS and other stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) has sued the APC, its National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and 52 others. In the suit filed by the group on Thursday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, they urged the court to restrain... Read More

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The Late 5: Buhari commissions Abuja Light Rail system, PDP leads protest to NASS over alleged assault on Fayose and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commissioned the first Abuja Light Rail system. Describing the project as a demonstration of his administration’s commitment to address dearth of critical infrastructure, he added that the projects were the ideals of the Change Agenda of the government to ensure prudence... Read More

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The Big 5: NASS defends move to strip President of powers to order asset forefeiture, APC dismisses PDP’s coalition and other stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The National Assembly has defended its move to strip the President of his power to order forfeiture of assets held by persons facing criminal prosecution, and vest it in the judge of the High Court, who is expected to use his discretion to decide on such. Speaker... Read More

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The Late 5: PDP merges with 30 other parties ahead of 2019 elections, NYSC confirms Adeosun’s exemption letter application and other stories

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has on Monday entered into a new alliance with more than 30 other political parties in the country. The parties who announced a new name – Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) at a meeting which held at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to... Read More

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The Late 5: Former Deputy governor’s daughter found dead in boyfriend’s house, PDP to Buhari: Make public, beneficiaries of Abacha’s loot and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Adenike Khadijat Oluboyo, a.k.a ‘Princess Nikky,’ daughter of the immediate past Deputy Governor of Ondo, Alhaji Lasisi Olugbenga Oluboyo, was on Sunday found dead and already decomposing at the Akure home of her boyfriend. Khadijat, a final year Educational Management student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko was reportedly last seen... Read More

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The Late 5: PDP calls for Adeosun’s immediate sack, Buhari reacts to Saraki’s victory at Supreme court and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: President Muhammadu Buhari has on Saturday reacted to the Supreme Court’s acquittal of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, saying the nation’s judicial system is working despite the challenges it is facing and no one should be allowed to undermine or break the judicial system. Buhari... Read More

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