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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 …

What seems like the longest annual recess of the National Assembly is expected to be over Tuesday. Federal lawmakers are expected to resume plenary on October 9 if the recess is not postponed again. The recess is ideally a few weeks break lawmakers embark on every year. It gives them time to proceed to their constituencies to interact with their …

…Pedophile father to spend 14 years in jail for defiling, impregnating daughter   Six people, accused of child sexual molestation have been sentenced to various jail terms by Evbuoriaria Magistrate Court in Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria. The Chief Magistrate, J. O. Ejale, sentenced Friday Moses, a commercial motorcycle operator, to 14 years in prison with hard labor, without …

Residents of Edo State have applauded Governor Godwin Obaseki’s approval for the deployment of tech-based revenue collection scheme to automate and boost Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the state. The residents including traders, commercial vehicle operators, business owners, among others, who spoke to journalists said that the use of technology-based revenue collection scheme will ease payment of taxes, levies and …

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Sunday, faulted the manner in which some of the primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress were conducted. She particularly took a swipe at the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, who she accused of allowing impunity under his watch. Mrs Buhari made her position known in a series of tweets she posted …