There could be a face-off between leaders of the 10th Senate and some members of the opposition, as eight opposition senators have warned against an alleged plot to foist principal officers on the minority caucus of the red chamber. In a statement released on Saturday and signed by Mohammed Aliero, …
Read More »Just In: Gombe Gov dissolves cabinet, inaugurates transition committee
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, has dissolved his cabinet with a caveat that they would still remain handy till May 29 inauguration. Yahaya made this disclosure during a valedictory meeting at the council chamber, Government House. He said, “I hereby announce this cabinet is dissolved as of today. This is …
Read More »Senate decries abandonment of Waya’s corpse in London morgue
The Senate on Tuesday frowned on the continuous stay in the mortuary of the remains of a former Senate President, Joseph Wayas, 14 months after he died in a London hospital. Wayas, who was a senator in the Second Republic, died on November 20, 2021 after hospitalisation at the London …
Read More »Presidential transition council debunks fake Twitter handle
The Presidential Transition Council has debunked a fake Twitter handle created by unethical persons since 2020. The fake Twitter handle @TransitionNgr (https://twitter.com/TransitionNgr.) according to PTC was created before the establishment and inauguration of the council. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director, Information for the Secretary to …
Read More »Lagos gov election disgraceful – Bode George
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has described Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State as a disgrace to the country. The governorship election was a three-horse race among incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress; Olajide Adediran …
Read More »Tinubu, Shettima arrive Niger for town hall meeting
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, arrived in Minna, Niger State, on Monday to attend a town hall meeting with agro-allied and commodity groups. In a video posted on Twitter by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Lagos …
Read More »Political campaigns: PWDs group requests sign language interpreters
The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities has urged political parties to provide sign language interpreters during their campaigns for 2023 polls. The Gombe Zonal Coordinator, JONAPWD, Mr Yusuf Yahaya, said this in a statement in Gombe on Wednesday. Yahaya said the use of sign language interpreters would ensure …
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