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Four members of the Edo State House of Assembly have defected to the All Progressives Congress. The lawmakers, Donald Okugbe (Akoko Edo Constituency II), Bright Iyamu (Orhionmwon South Constituency II), Richard Edosa (Oredo West Constituency), and Sunday Ojezele
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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo has said it was unfortunate for the APC-led administration to accuse its members of being responsible for the rising insecurity in the state. PDP Chairman Anthony Aziegbemi said, in a statement on Wednesday in Benin City, that the accusation was an attempt to use the rising insecurity to…
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The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says allegations by the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) caused its crisis are false and condemnable. The party spoke on the backdrop of the recent allegations by El’Rufai that the crises in the PDP, Labour Party and NNPP were caused…
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Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau says that the zoning arrangement in the state will remain even after his tenure. Mutfwang declared this during a colloquium tagged “Leadership and Transformation: the Renaissance of Plateau Economy”, organised in his honour on Wednesday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the colloquium, organised by a…
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the crisis-ridden Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose from its first meeting in over five months on Wednesday, creating the impression of a quick return to peace. However, the security situation around the Wadata Plaza national secretariat, where the closed-door meeting was held, painted a different picture. A few hours…