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Some former ministers of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari are completing consultations to move en masse to the Social Democratic Party. According to Saturday Punch, a senator in the ninth Assembly, who spoke on condition of anonymity. He said at least 10 former members of the Buhari cabinet were moving to the SDP. “What they’re waiting for…
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… S-S Leaders Divided Opinions have been divided in the South-South geopolitical zone since Tuesday when President Bola Tinubu commanded the leaders of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), who visited him in Abuja, to return and tell the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, to tow the path of peace in the political…
The Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, Gov Bala Mohammed has expressed his willingness to work with Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections. Speaking after a ”consultation visit” at the state’s presidential lodge in Bauchi state on Thursday, Mohammed said collaborating with Obi would bring…
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Umar Damagum, acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has disowned the south-south zonal congress held in February. BACKGROUND On February 22, the south-south zone of the PDP re-elected Dan Orbih, an ally of Nyesom Wike, as its chairman. Orbih was re-elected at the zonal congress held in Calabar, the Cross River state capital….
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The Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi has met with Bala Mohammed, chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum. The meeting, held at Ramat House in Bauchi state on Thursday, has fueled speculation over potential political realignments ahead of the 2027 general election. Details of their discussions…
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The national leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has faulted Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, for attributing the party’s crisis to the federal government. In a statement on Wednesday, Oginni Olaposi, the NNPP factional national secretary, said el-Rufai does not understand the root causes of the NNPP crisis. In a recent video…
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President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with members of the Lagos state house of assembly at the Presidential Villa Abuja as part of efforts to resolve the ongoing crisis within the legislature. The meeting, which began on Wednesday afternoon, follows weeks of political turmoil in the Lagos assembly. In January, 36 lawmakers voted to impeach…
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Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has described as “cheap politics and trivialising of a serious issue” the claim by incumbent Senate President, Godswill Akpabio that the call on him to ensure that transparent and open process is instituted to investigate the accusation levelled against him by one of his colleagues, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is…
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One time Senator representing Kaduna senatorial district, Sen. Shehu Sani and some other key political figures in the state has been welcomed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) by Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani. The Governor assured Shehu Sani and the 49 other political leaders who joined the party that they would enjoy the same…
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Controversial former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has claimed that the relationship between President Bola Tinubu and the northern region has worsened in less than two years of his presidency and warned that Tinubu could face a fate similar to that of former President Goodluck Jonathan in the lead-up to the 2027 elections….
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