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The All Progressives Congress, APC, has revealed its zoning arrangement for key federal legislative and executive positions. A document ratified by the APC national leadership and national caucus members Thursday night, shows that the next House of Representatives Speaker will come from South-West. The decision confirms a DAILY POST report last Thursday that the position will go to the Yoruba …

Former Minister of Information, Senator Uche Chukwumerije on Sunday evening died in the Turkish Hospital, Abuja at the age of 75. A statement from his family signed by Chidi Chukwumerije revealed that the veteran lawmaker died suffering from lung cancer related ailment. Reacting to the death, Senate Spokesman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, described the lawmaker who until his death was the …

Boston – By Alltimepost.com, Premier Edo Organization in the Diaspora, Edo National Association Worldwide (ENAW) has urged winners of last Saturday election in Edo State to begin the task of leading and advocating for their various constituencies for the overall development of the state. The organization which made the call during the week in a congratulatory message to the voters, contestants, …

President Goodluck Jonathan spoke for the first time, yesterday, on why he conceded defeat to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), in the March 28 presidential election, saying he did so to avert a collective tragedy. President Jonathan was responding to remarks by the French ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Denis Guaer, who commended …

Benin City, Edo State Nigeria – By Oladipo Airenakho.  Edo South Senator-elect on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Pharmacist Matthew Urghoghide has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a job well done in the just concluded general elections in Nigeria. He gave the commendation on Tuesday at the Edo State headquarters of …

The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance in Nasarawa State, Mr. Labaran Maku, on Wednesday, rejected the result of the just concluded governorship election declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state. In a statement issued in Lafia, Maku said he would continue to fight for social liberty and justice. The statement read, “We will fight …

AWKA—OHANAEZE Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, said yesterday, that it had no regrets not supporting the ambition of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, who won the March 28, 2015 presidential poll. Ohanaeze also flayed the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, over the death threat he allegedly issued to Igbo people residing in Lagos before …

SENATOR-ELECT and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Chief Buruji Kashamu, has described the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as his role model. Kashamu, who is the chairman of the Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the PDP in the South-West, paid a rare tribute to the former Lagos State governor in an …

Abuja—A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, has ordered the release of former President Obasanjo’s book: My Watch, which had been in the custody of the Nigerian Customs Service. Justice Valentine Ashi had late last year granted an injunction restraining Obasanjo from publishing the book following a complaint lodged by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, …

There was pandemonium on Wednesday as the Mamman Kontagora House, owned by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, on the Lagos Island was gutted by fire. Our correspondent noted that a law firm and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation offices were also affected. The complex has two sides, each of which has 11 floors. The structure facing Broad Street was …