Tag: All Progressives Congress
APC suspends Gbajabiamila/Wase campaign DG, Jibrin
The All Progressives Congress has handed down a 12-month
suspension on the erstwhile director general of the Gbajabiamila/Wase campaign
organisation, Mr. Abdulmuminu Jibrin for alleged anti-party...
How the Lawan senate failed its first major test
Reuben Abati
Senator Ahmed Lawan is the Chairman and President of
Nigeria’s 9th National Assembly. His emergence as Senate President was prefaced
by a lot of politicking...
Lawan allocates 49 senate committee chairmanship positions to APC, 20 to...
The senate president, Mr. Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday named 69
chairpersons for the senate standing committees.
The committee chairmen cut across party divides.
Making the announcement at...
Senate confirms Akpabio, Fashola, Amaechi, others as ministers
The senate, on Tuesday, confirmed all the 43 ministerial
nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari as “ministers of the government of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
The confirmation...
US travel restriction vindicates my stand on electoral malpractice – Atiku
Ime Akpan
The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the
2019 presidential election, Mr. Atiku Abubakar, has said that the United States
travel ban on...
Senate shelves vacation to screen Buhari’s ministerial nominees
Ime Akpan
The Senate, on Tuesday, deferred its annual vacation slated
to begin on Thursday, July 25 by one week to screen the ministerial nominees of
President...
FG releases more details on $1b security expenditure
The Presidency has given further details on how it disbursed
the $1 billion withdrawn from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) for security was
spent.
It would be...
Supreme Court throws out APC’s appeal to review Zamfara election judgment
A five-man panel of the Supreme Court on Monday struck out an
application by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking a review of the judgment
in...
PDP is under post-emotional distress – Presidency
Ime Akpan
The presidency has given a psychological explanation to the statement
issued by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) asking President Muhammadu Buhari
to explain the whereabouts...
PDP will reclaim victory through tribunal – Obi
The vice presidential
candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23
presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi has assured that the party will reclaim
its...