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A group of legal practitioners identified as Trust Africa Initiative has slammed the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over statements made against the chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli, retired during his media chat on Wednesday. In a press conference in Port Harcourt, the group challenged Wike…
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Bauchi State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, Bala Mohammed, has declared the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as the leading voice of opposition politics in Nigeria. Speaking after a closed-door meeting with Obi at the Government House in Bauchi on Thursday, Mohammed lauded the former Anambra governor’s…
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As the Anambra State governorship election approaches, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is confident of securing victory. Party chieftain Hon. Obidike Chukwuebuka has assured that the APC candidate will complete the four-year zoning formula, which favors the Anambra South Senatorial District. However, the APC has publicly distanced itself from any zoning arrangement. The party’s Publicity…
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The House of Representatives on Thursday adopted the recommendations of its Committee on Finance on the Nigeria Tax Reform Bills transmitted to the National Assembly in October 2024 by President Bola Tinubu. This followed a clause-by-clause consideration of the proposed amendments as presented by the House Chairman, Committee on Finance, James Abiodun Faleke, during Thursday’s…
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The Nigerian Senate has passed a vote of confidence in Senate President Godswill Akpabio, reaffirming its support for his leadership amid recent controversies. Disclosing this in a statement signed by the Communications and Strategy team office of the President of the Senate, the resolution, moved by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele under Orders 40 and 51,…