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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his erstwhile deputy, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, clashed, again, yesterday, after the former, said God will not forgive him if he supports Atiku’s presidential bid ahead of 2019 elections. Atiku, not one to shy away from a battle, immediately responded that his former boss should tidy up his relationship with God, instead of hanging his judgment …

All things being equal, former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, may leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) this week and join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a presidential aide has disclosed. Special Assistant on Prosecution to President Muhammadu Buhari, Okoi Obono-Obla, posted on Facebook, Saturday night, a message saying Akpabio will be received into APC on Thursday by …

… ‘How we are repositioning economy, TVET in Edo’ Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the absence of a robust, well-modelled quality technical and vocational education is responsible for the frightening national unemployment figures. Governor Obaseki said this while delivering the 2018 National Alumni Lecture of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association, in Trenchard Hall, Ibadan, on …

Edo State Government created the Ward Development Committees to spread developmental projects and improve the wellbeing of the people so as to discourage human trafficking and irregular migration. The State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki disclosed this at an International Conference organised by the Edo State Taskforce Against Human Trafficking, to examine the root causes of human trafficking in the state …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Friday that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar should not count on him for support in his latest bid to actualise his life-long ambition of being elected the president of Nigeria. The former president, one of the most influential of his living peers, hinged his blistering position on the unsavoury corruption perception of Mr Atiku …

As the competition for the presidential ticket of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party gets stiffer in the run-up to the 2019 general elections, the party has said that it will rely on Nigerians to help the party choose its candidate for the presidential election. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in an exclusive interview with Saturday …

A source in the Peoples Democratic Party has confirmed that the Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, is considering leaving the party. Some media organisations (not PUNCH) had reported on Friday that Akpabio met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Aso Rock for two hours and that the senator was planning to leave the PDP for the ruling …

The former National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, party, Bolaji Abdullahi has, Friday, also resigned his position as the Chairman of the Sugar Development Council. Abdullahi had, on Wednesday, resigned his publicity position in the APC and as well decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP after alleging, among several other reasons, insubordination of his powers and …

…Thanks party for accepting returnees …Attempt to impeach Saraki’ll be resisted— Tambuwal Saraki, Ortom, Kwankwaso, others attend PDP NEC meeting National Executive Committee, NEC, of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, appointed Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, as its National Leader. The appointment came on a day Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State said any attempt to remove Saraki as Senate …

About 15 presidential aspirants for the 2019 election say they are considering a united front to challenge the current situation. The aspirants stated this in a communique after their meeting on Tuesday. The signatories include Omoyele Sowore, Fela Durotoye, Tope Fasua, and Kingsley Moghalu. They condemned the current ethnic tension across Nigeria. “The ties that bind us together are today …