Truth Is Treasure
By Tseaa Armstrong, Abuja Fear and anxiety have gripped some of the nation’s politicians standing trials for various corruption charges following the conviction yesterday of former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. Prominent politicians among them former Ministers, Governors and National Assembly Assembly members in both the main opposition-Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and the ruling-All Progressives
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The Speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Francis Okiye, on Wednesday, declared vacant the seats of 12 members-elect for deliberately refusing to present their certificates of return to the Clerk of the Assembly for inauguration. Also during plenary, the seats of Messrs Uyi Ekhosuehi and Henry Okaka, representing Oredo East and
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Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, has revealed how the All Progressives Congress(APC) allegedly colluded with security officials and the Indepenent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) out of victory in the November 16, governorship election in the state. Dickson who spoke exclusively to DAILY
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By Martin Paul, Abuja Fifty-five of the 91 registered political parties in the country have jointly disowned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to resign his appointment. The 55 party chairmen said they would not be part of action
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By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Presidency has expressed revulsion over a statement by a former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Alexander Ogomudia (retd) that “Nigeria may be restructured violently”. In his keynote address yesterday at the Good Governance Lecture organised by the Catholic Church of Warri’s Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC), Ogomudia warned that the continued
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Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, in Kogi West Senatorial district rerun election, Dino Melaye, has given reasons why he will not congratulate, Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Olayinde Lawal, the returning officer of the Saturday’s supplementary election had on Saturday declared Smart Adeyemi of the All
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Plateau state Governorship Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in the 2019 elections, Lt-Gen. Jeremiah Useni, on Friday instructed his lawyers to proceed to the Supreme Court to challenge the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which affirmed the victory of Gov. Simon Lalong. Useni gave the
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The Kaduna House of Assembly yesterday, confirmed two more women as commissioners. The Assembly also confirmed the nomination of a board member of the state Fiscal Responsibility Commission. Their confirmation followed a letter sent to the House by the Acting Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe. Those confirmed include Dr Amina Baloni as Commissioner
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Candidate for Kogi West Senatorial election, Sen. Dino Melaye, has called for the postponement of the supplementary election scheduled for November 30. Melaye made the call while addressing newsmen at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja, where he
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National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),Prince Uche Secondus has advised governors elected on the platform of the party to expand their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) base to meet the needs and aspirations of the people. Secondus, who was represented by the PDP National Financial Secretary, Abdullahi Maibasira,
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