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The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, is meeting with the Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, in a closed-door meeting. Obi, who arrived in Bauchi, the state capital, early Thursday morning, was received at Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport at about 9:45 a.m. and proceeded to a meeting inside the…
7 hours ago
The Senate has unanimously passed a vote of confidence in its leadership, defending it against allegations of sexual harassment. This comes barely two days after suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) addressed the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in New York, claiming she was suspended for raising sexual harassment allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The Senate…
8 hours ago
The House of Representatives is currently considering the report on the four tax bills transmitted to the National Assembly in October 2024 by President Bola Tinubu. Chairman of the Committee on Finance, James Abiodun Faleke, presented the report during Thursday’s plenary, presided over by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas. As of the time of filing this report,…
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Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that former President Muhammadu Buhari is aware that he has left the All Progressives Congress (APC), a party of which he was a founding member. The former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister announced on his social media page that he has joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP).…
10 hours ago
The Director General of the Labour Party’s Directorate of Mobilization and Integration, Marcel Ngogbehei, has said that internal wrangling over campaign funds frustrated the efforts of the late Dr. Doyin Okupe in stabilising the party during the 2023 presidential election. In a statement mourning Okupe’s passing, Ngogbehei described him as a statesman, political strategist, and…
