POLITICS Archives

NASS to pass new revenue-sharing formula, budget Thursday

mms plusMay 6, 2021

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Crisis looms in N/Assembly, APC caucus denounce anti-Buhari move

Members of the majority caucus of the National Assembly are set for a showdown with their colleagues in the minority,…

LCCI, ACCI, Others Raise Concerns As Buhari Seeks Nod For Fresh $6.1bn Loan

mms plusMay 5, 2021

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ACF, Ohanaeze, PDP slam Buhari as Presidency alleges coup plot

The Peoples Democratic Party, the Arewa Consultative Forum, the Pan- Niger Delta Forum and the Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, on…

South-East Governors To Ammend States' Laws For EBUBEAGU Security

mmsplusApril 26, 2021

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South-East Governors To Amend States’ Laws For EBUBEAGU Security

As part of efforts to give legal backing to the joint security outfit for the South East region, EBUBEAGU, Governors…

Defect to APC, lose your seat, Yari tells Matawalle

mms plusApril 12, 2021

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Defect to APC, lose your seat, Yari tells Matawalle

A former governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji AbulAziz Yari, has told the state governor, Bello Matawalle, to note that he…

PDP wins Delta House of Assembly by-election

mms plusApril 12, 2021

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PDP wins Delta House of Assembly by-election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, declared candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jude Ogbimi, winner of Isoko…

Hardship: Federal Government Donates 360mt Grains To Yobe State

mms plusApril 6, 2021

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APC governors’ forum DG says Buni repeating Oshiomhole’s mistakes

The Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Salihu Lukman, has said the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Convention Committee of the All…

Timetable: INEC talks tough as 18 parties fail to conduct primaries

mms plusApril 2, 2021

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Voters registration resumes June 28 – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission will commence a nationwide Continuous Voter Registration on June 28 across the 774 Local Government…

Electoral Act: INEC breaks silence on Buhari’s letter

mms plusMarch 23, 2021

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INEC plans online voter registration, targets 16 million Nigerians

In a bid to address the cumbersome process of voter registration at the various centres in Nigeria ahead of the…

Again, Obaseki floors APC, wins certificate forgery suit

mms plusMarch 19, 2021

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Again, Obaseki floors APC, wins certificate forgery suit

The Court of Appeal (Abuja Division), on Thursday, dismissed the alleged certificate forgery case filed by the All Progressives Congress,…

Govs meet on fuel subsidy, COVID-19 vaccine

mms plusMarch 16, 2021

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Govs meet on fuel subsidy, COVID-19 vaccine

GOVERNORS will on Wednesday meet to discuss the audit report of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation and the issue of…

A former Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Hosea Agboola, who is a political ally of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, is more of a liability to the Peoples Democratic Party than an asset. He said this on Thursday while welcoming some loyalists of a former governor of Oyo State and leader of the Zenith Labour Party, Rashidi Ladoja, at the Government House, Ibadan. Agboola, who is popularly called Alleluyah, said this in reaction to a video where Fayose called Makinde a ‘baby governor’. He said it was uncharitable for Fayose to call Makinde a ‘baby governor’ and described the ex-governor as an opportunist. Agboola said, “Such a statement from Fayose to a serving governor and leader of the PDP in the South-West is most uncharitable and in bad taste. “Governor Makinde before venturing into the public service had made tremendous success as a businessman. He rose from there to win a landslide victory as the gubernatorial candidate of the PDP in the 2019 election. “And the 2019 electoral victory came at a time both the state and Federal Government were being controlled by the ‘almighty’ All Progressives Congress, yet Makinde triumphed and won to prove the bookmakers wrong. “Today, Oyo State is witnessing all round development in education, health, infrastructure, economy and lots more. Makinde was able to resolve the crisis in the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, and also ensured it is now the sole property of Oyo State. “The man with such a Midas touch, whose future promises greater value to humanity, is to Fayose a baby governor? He must have woken up from the wrong side of the bed to utter such a statement. “But for posterity sake, Fayose deserves no reply, especially if one recalls how he has failed as a politician in his home state “Here is Fayose, who had only won elections when the PDP ruled at the centre. His ambition to become a senator in 2011 under the Labour Party was futile, which shows he wins only when the PDP holds sway. Makinde won when opposition was and still at the centre.” Agboola, who was recently Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Ekiti PDP, spoke further, “So, of what political value and relevance is Fayose, who failed woefully to install a successor when he was leaving as an incumbent governor of Ekiti. Ekiti PDP under him became a shadow of itself as he could not produce a single house of assembly member in that state.”

mms plusFebruary 19, 2021

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Fayose, liability to PDP, says ex-National Assembly member

A former Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Hosea Agboola, who is a political ally of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde,…

90 ships seized by EFCC rot away in Lagos, others

mms plusFebruary 17, 2021

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Without police background, Bawa becomes EFCC boss

• Appointment seals Magu’s fate • Seeking Senate’s confirmation rubbishes FG’s earlier position, lawyers declare Abdulrasheed Bawa will become first substantive…