Politics

Bayelsa

Gunshots as Bayelsa Speaker impeached, Obolo takes over

Tonye Isenah, speaker of the Bayelsa state house of assembly, has been removed. Isenah was removed shortly after gunshots rocked the assembly over the crisis that broke out as a result of the refusal of Isenah to step down. Isenah had been under pressure to resign following the emergence of Douye Diri as gubernatorial candidate […]

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Osinbajo

FIRS denies giving Osinbajo N90bn for election

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it did not make N90 billion available to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo for election campaign. Timi Frank, a former deputy spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had alleged that Osinbajo started having issues when the presidency discovered that he mismanaged N90 billion allegedly made available by the FIRS

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ministerial list

Ministerial list: I was shocked Buhari didn’t reappoint me ― Shittu

The immediate-past Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has said he was shocked when his name was not included on President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list. Shittu revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. He said although he did not expect that he would not be reappointed, as a Muslim, he

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Dino Melaye

Jubilation over my sack will be short-lived, says Dino Melaye

The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District,  Senator Dino Melaye, on Friday described the ruling of the Kogi West National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal nullifying his victory in the March 22 election and ordering a fresh election as a total miscarriage of justice. In a statement, he said his legal team was already studying

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Interior ministry

Aside from what I read in newspapers, I don’t know much about Interior ministry ― Aregbesola

Rauf Aregbesola, the newly appointed minister of interior, says he does not know much about the ministry beyond what he has read in the newspapers. The minister, who with others was inaugurated on Wednesday, said this when he visited the ministry. Addressing officials, Aregbesola admitted that he had no idea of the ministry’s policies and

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Yunus Usman

Results transmitted to server is the century’s greatest lie ― INEC

Yunus Usman, counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the claim that results of the February presidential election were transmitted to a server is “the greatest lie of this century”. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate, are challenging the outcome of the election and asking the presidential election

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commissioners

Oyo: Seyi Makinde swears in 14 new commissioners

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Thursday sworn in 14 commissioners to kick start his long-awaited executive cabinet. The governor had earlier appointed 14 permanent secretaries who he advised to see the appointments of their appointment as a huge task which they should strive to execute diligently. Below is the list of the new commissioners

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Oyo Assembly

Oyo Assembly confirms 14 commissioner nominees, 3 others

The Oyo State House of Assembly on Thursday screened and confirmed 14 commissioner nominees sent by Governor Seyi Makinde. Their names were contained in a message earlier sent to the House by the governor and read at plenary by the Speaker, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin (PDP/Ibarapa East) on July 25. The Commissioner nominees are four former

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