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Members of the All Progressives Congress caucus have suspended their plan to force Senator Bukola Saraki to resign as President of the Senate, or plot his impeachment, The PUNCH reliably learnt on Tuesday. Reliable sources disclosed to our correspondent that both the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party caucuses, who had been at daggers drawn over who controls the Senate, …

Immediate past National Secretary, Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed as unnecessary the brewing tussle for the vice presidential slot of the party, saying that the position had been zoned to the South-East. According to him, zoning the VP slot to the South-East was one of the recommendations of the Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu committee, …

Barely three days after calling out its members on a seven-day nationwide warning strike, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and affiliates on Sunday suspended the strike. National President, Ayuba Wabba, said labour decided to suspend the strike following a “firm and formal invitation” by the federal government to reconvene the tripartite committee on national minimum wage on Thursday. The strike was …

The governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared ineligible to field candidates for all elective positions in Zamfara State in the 2019 general elections, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively report today. This is because the party failed to meet the October 7 deadline for conducting primaries to elect candidates for the elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), has already notified …

Enugu—Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said that it would not support any presidential candidate in any of the political parties who is opposed to the restructuring of the country. Special Adviser to the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emeka Attamah, spoke while congratulating both President Muhammadu Buhari and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for winning the tickets of the All Progressives Congress, APC …

Some legislative aides to federal lawmakers on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest to demand unpaid allowances. The aides were positioned in the complex, at the lobby between both chambers of the National Assembly, as they sang solidarity songs and held up placards with inscriptions, “we are aides, not slaves.” Both the upper and lower chambers were expected to resume plenary …

Nikki Haley has resigned as US ambassador to the United Nations, US media reported Tuesday, in the latest departure from Donald Trump’s national security team. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Trump and Haley would meet in the Oval Office at 10:30 am (1430 GMT), while the president tweeted he would be making a “Big announcement with my friend Ambassador …

Senator representing Yobe North, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday moved a motion for the adjournment of the first plenary session of the Senate since resumption over the deaths of former House of Representatives Speaker, Benjamin Nzeribe and member, Funke Adedoyin. Lawan raised the motion after the Senate President Bukola Saraki, read 16 letters that the legislative chambers had received, while it …

The All Progressives Congress has said the failed bid of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki for the ticket of Peoples Democratic Party; was a befitting end to the “ambition of a greedy politician.” This was contained in a statement signed by the acting National Publicity Secretary of APC, Yekini Nabena, of in Abuja, on Tuesday. He said “With …

•To decide on zoning of position between South-west and South-east tomorrow •Age, knowledge of economy key criterion for nomination The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has begun earnest search for his running mate as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deadline for the submission of names of parties’ candidate expires on Monday. By the 1999 Constitution …