Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has described the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress, as a “pandemic” in politics. He also accused Dogara of contract inflation in the project he was executing in his constituency. He said these when hundreds of his supporters from...
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Akpabio names lawmakers on NDDC contracts’ list
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has linked some members of the National Assembly to some contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission. Akpabio, however, did not state if the lawmakers were directly awarded the contracts or they nominated the projects under their Zonal Intervention Projects, also known as constituency projects. The...
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ONDO DEPUTY GOVERNOR ASKS COURT TO JAIL 26-LAWMAKERS FOR CONTEMPT
The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi, has asked the Federal High Court in Akure to jail the 26 members of the state House of Assembly for contempt. Ajayi, in his suit filed on Friday, specifically asked the court to impose one-year imprisonment on the 26 lawmakers for “deliberately plotting and executing plans to...
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BREAKING: ONDO POLL: APC CLEARS 11 ASPIRANTS
The Tijjani Tumsa-led All Progressives Congress Screening Committee for Ondo State Governorship Primary Election on Friday cleared eleven out of twelve aspirants to contest for the sole ticket. Chairman of the Committee, Alhaji Tijjani Tumsa, made this public while presenting the committee’s report to the National Secretary of the APC Caretaker/ Extra Ordinary National Convention...
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WIKE WITHDRAWS FROM THE PDP, EDO STATE CHAPTER RECONCILIATION PANEL
The executive Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has withdrawn from the reconciliation of the Edo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party. In his terms, he referred to some members of the National Working Committee of the PDP as sycophants and tax collectors who would never tell the truth. According to a statement by...