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June 12: Why I fled Nigeria for asylum in US – Senate Leader, Bamidele
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Senate considers raising Supreme Court judges to 30
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Constituents ask lawmakers for naming ceremony, housing funds – Senate Spokesman
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Obidient Movement slams Tinubu over ‘opposition’ in disarray’ comment
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1,150 Nigerians studied in France, says French envoy
Amaechi’s attack on Tinubu about power grab – Presidency
The Presidency has described the recent criticisms by former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as nothing more than the desperation of a politician driven by a thirst for power rather than c...
15th June 2025
June 12: Why I fled Nigeria for asylum in US – Senate Leader, Bamidele
The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, speaks with ADEBAYO FOLORUNSHO-FRANCIS about his encounter with the military junta and other circumstances that forced him into exile after the June 12, 1993 presi...
15th June 2025
Senate considers raising Supreme Court judges to 30
The Nigerian Senate is considering a legislative proposal that would increase the number of Supreme Court Justices from the current 21 to 30 in a bid to tackle the mounting backlog of cases and improv...
14th June 2025
Constituents ask lawmakers for naming ceremony, housing funds – Senate Spokesman
The Senate spokesperson, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, has lamented that many constituents now expect their representatives to function as personal benefactors, funding naming ceremonies, building homes, an...
14th June 2025
Obidient Movement slams Tinubu over ‘opposition’ in disarray’ comment
The Obidient Movement, a group loyal to the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s recent remarks celebrating the division among opposition pa...
14th June 2025
1,150 Nigerians studied in France, says French envoy
The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Marc Fonbaustier, has disclosed that more than 1,150 Nigerians have studied in French universities and higher institutions over the years, praising their creativity a...
14th June 2025
Bill for South-East sixth state passes second reading in Senate
A bill seeking the creation of a new state in the South-East geopolitical zone of the country has passed its second reading in the Senate and is now under consideration by the Senate Committee on Cons...
13th June 2025
Senate urges FG to regulate cryptocurrency
The Senate Committee on Capital Market on Friday called on the Federal Government to regulate and formalise cryptocurrency trading in the country to protect investors and tap into Nigeria’s booming ...
13th June 2025
Only Tinubu can revive Nigeria - Tompolo
The Chairman of Tantita Security Services, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, on Friday threw his weight behind President Bola Tinubu, insisting that he remains the only visionary lead...
13th June 2025
Envoy hails impact of Nigerian graduates from French Institutions
The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Marc Fonbaustier, said that more than 1,150 Nigerians have studied in French universities and higher institutions over the years, praising their creativity and contri...
13th June 2025
Rivers crisis: Tinubu suppressing democracy – Ex-Bayelsa gov Dickson
The lawmaker representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, on Thursday, knocked President Bola Tinubu over his silence on the deepening political crisis in Rivers St...
13th June 2025
Democracy Day: Dickson slams Tinubu for silence on Rivers political crisis
The lawmaker representing Bayelsa West, Senator Seriake Dickson, on Thursday, slammed President Bola Tinubu over his silence on the deepening political crisis in Rivers State — accusing the Federal ...
12th June 2025
Senate introduced 844 bills in two years - Akpabio
The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday announced that no fewer than 844 legislations have been passed since the inception of the 10th National Assembly. Akpabio disclosed this at ...
12th June 2025
National Assembly complex wears new look ahead of Tinubu's visit
The National Assembly building on Thursday wore a new look ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s joint session with the Senate and House of Representatives. Our correspondent observed that sections o...
12th June 2025
Amaechi slams Tinubu’s policies in fresh outburst
Former Minister of Transportation and two-time governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has asked the coalition opposition to kick President Bola Tinubu out of office if Nigeria is to escape its deep...
12th June 2025
Air Peace extorting Nigerians, Oshiomhole speaks on airport incident
The lawmaker representing Edo North, Senator Adams Oshiomhole has debunked the allegation by Air Peace that he disrupted operations at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, insisting instead that ...
11th June 2025
Emulate MKO Abiola's legacy, SDP chairmen charge El-Rufai
The Forum of Social Democratic Party Chairmen on Wednesday charged a former Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, SDP presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Adewole Adebayo and other chieftains to dr...
11th June 2025
Obi, LP leadership clash over 2027, blackmail claims
The crisis in the Labour Party and its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has escalated amid fresh accusations and counter-accusations over the party’s direction ahead of the 2027 general elect...
11th June 2025
Obi failed in providing leadership - LP
The Labour Party has issued a stern warning to its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, urging him to desist from what it described as a sustained campaign of media blackmail against the party’s ...
10th June 2025
Peter Obi calls for change in 2027, says Nigeria a crime scene
Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to look beyond flashy campaign promises and focus on electing credible and compassionate leaders into the National Assembly...
10th June 2025
Abia APC rejects Kalu's endorsement of LP's Otti
The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has openly disowned Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s recent visit to Governor Alex Otti, declaring that the lawmaker acted in his personal capacity an...
10th June 2025
Fear of one-party state baseless, says APC chieftain
A member of the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee, Tolu Bankole, says President Bola Tinubu remains fully focused on delivering his mandate. The National Leader of Persons with Disa...
10th June 2025
Obi sparks firestorm over Tinubu’s subsidy figures
The criticism of former Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over subsidy savings sparked firestorm on Monday, as the Presidency described him as a ‘shallow’ personality who is not ...
10th June 2025
Buratai town was attacked, not Ex-COAS, Ndume clarifies
The lawmaker representing Borno South, Senator Ali Ndume, on Monday clarified that an earlier report attributed to him regarding an attack on former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen.Tukur Buratai (retd.) ...
9th June 2025
Obi desperate for power, ignorant about governance - Presidency
The Presidency, on Monday, reacted to the criticism of former Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, describing him as a ‘shallow’ personality who is not well grounded in the ...
9th June 2025
Tinubu’s aides deceiving him, damaging his image - Ndume
A former Senate Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, has alleged that presidential aides who are meant to assist President Bola Tinubu are deceiving him on national issues. He added that some of them are ev...
9th June 2025
Boko Haram attacked ex-Army chief Buratai’s convoy in Borno - Ndume
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd), narrowly escaped death on Friday after his convoy came under a heavy gunfire attack in Borno State. The assault, believed to be orchestrated ...
9th June 2025
Jonathan had 22 govs and still lost, Ndume warns Tinubu
Former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, has expressed fear that an upset awaits President Bola Tinubu at the next poll if he fails to learn from the defeat of former President Goodluck Jon...
9th June 2025
Ex-Ekiti senator hails FG for investing in drones
Former Senator representing Ekiti North, Ayodele Arise, on Sunday applauded President Bola Tinubu for his administration’s investment in drone technology and digital infrastructure as part of effort...
8th June 2025
2027: APC, PDP plot Kingibe’s ouster amid LP crisis
Ahead of the 2027 general election, the ruling All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party are seeking to take advantage of the leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party to reclaim the...
8th June 2025
Implement electoral reform to immortalise Uwais, LP urges FG
The Labour Party has urged the Federal Government to immortalise the late former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Uwais, by implementing the far-reaching electoral reform recommendations he ...
7th June 2025
