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Nine lawmakers in the Imo House of Assembly, including its minority leader, have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) days after the ruling party clinched the governorship position via a Supreme Court ruling. The Deputy Speaker of the assembly, Okey Onyekamma (Mbaitoli, PDP) also, on Tuesday, resigned his position as a principal officer of the Assembly. The minority …

Oxford English Dictionary has added 29 Nigerian words and expressions in its January updates to the dictionary. This was confirmed in a blog post on the dictionary’s website. OED, in the post, said some of the words were borrowed while others are coinages. “The majority of these new additions are either borrowings from Nigerian languages, or unique Nigerian coinages that have only …

The Deputy Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Okey Onyekanma, has resigned. His letter of resignation was read by the speaker of the house during plenary on Tuesday. Onyekanma equally resigned as the Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business. PUNCH

President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the cooperation of the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom in the investigation of fugitives from Nigeria finding accommodation in that country. Femi Adesina, the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja, said the Nigerian leader made the call during a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson in …

A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mrs Daisy Danjuma, on Monday said she had no regret supporting the second term bid of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. Danjuma, had on Sunday in Lagos at a town hall meeting organised for Obaseki, threw her weight behind the second term bid of the governor. She …

It was necessitated by collapsing security apparatus — DicksonSays it’s a component of restructuring It’s way to go in addressing security challenges —Labour Nigeria can’t engage enough manpower to police entire countrySupport outfit, Yusuf Ali tells FG Organised Labour has thrown its weight behind South West Security Initiative, Operation Amotekun, contending that such outfits were the way to go for the …

It was tears, as United States Army, family and friends on Saturday December 14, 2019 paid their last respect to Military veteran, late Lt. Col  Valerie Doughty-Iyawe, wife of U.S.-based Nigerian American businessman, Mr. Roy Iyawe, who succumbed to the will of God on December 6, 2019 at the age of 60. Funeral service in her honor was held on …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has congratulated the Governor of Sokoto State, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, on his victory at the Supreme Court. He described the victory as a confirmation of the overwhelming support given to him by the people of Sokoto. “I enjoin Governor Tambuwal to work for the unity and growth of the State through an all-inclusive governance,” …

Vows not to reopen border until committee submits report President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in London, the United Kingdom, said the partial closure of Nigeria’s borders was not done mainly to forestall the smuggling of only food items, notably rice but also to fight the influx of arms and ammunition, and hard drugs into the country. Special Adviser to the President …

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated his party, All Progressives Congress (APC), over the Supreme Court judgements that upheld the elections of governors Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and Simon Lalong of Plateau State on Monday. The president, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja, felicitated with APC National Executive Council, …