Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi has formally resumed office at the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja. Makarfi was led by his Secretary, Senator Ben Obi and supported by members of the caretaker committee including staff of the PDP secretariat. Prayers were offered for him and the …
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Some Nigerians in Abuja have expressed mixed feelings on the deleting of the National Youth Service Corps Decree from the 1999 Constitution. The development came up in the recent Senate review and consideration of 33 Bills for passage. The bills are contained in the report of the Joint Committee of the National Assembly on the …
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The Nigerian Air Force said on Thursday that the Boko Haram terrorists were back to the Sambisa Forest area of Borno State, but said its fighter jets and attack helicopters had bombed the terrorists’ hideouts 108 times between April and July, 2017. The Air Component Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, the military operation in the …
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The extent of the fatality recorded during last Tuesday’s ambush of oil exploration workers in the Lake Chad Basin by the terrorist group, Boko Haram, emerged Thursday as sources said 48 bodies of the victims of the attack were deposited at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) mortuary. The information came just as Acting …
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The Peoples Democratic Party in Langtang North of Plateau state has vowed to resist a plot allegedly being orchestrated by Governor Simon Lalong to remove Hon. Godfrey Lamdip,who is representing the constituency in the state House of Assembly. PDP Deputy Chairman for Langtang North, Ventim Tyem who spoke with newsmen in Jos on Thursday after …
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The Senate has expressed its commitment towards ensuring Nigerians are not shortchanged as the upper chamber begins work on a bill to demutualise the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE. Acting Chairman of the Senate Committee on Capital Markets, Senator Foster Ogola disclosed this at a briefing with Senate Correspondents at the National Assembly complex. The demutualisation …
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The House of Representatives has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole over his refusal to appear before them to clear suspicions on the suspension of the Executive Secretary of National Insurance Health Scheme (NHIS), Usman Yusuf. The lawmakers also said there would be no consideration of budget …
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Indications have emerged that the recent appointment of management committee chairman and their secretaries as well as part-time councilors by Governor Simon Lalong for the seventeen Local Government Areas of Plateau state is threatening the fragile peace in the State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress. Correspondent James Abraham reports that since last week when …
The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has proposed that the party’s Board of Trustees should take over the leadership of the party anytime it has leadership crisis. This was contained in the proposal for the constitutional amendment submitted to members of the party by the Chairman of its caretaker committee, Ahmed …
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The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition, yesterday, asked the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to disclose the identifies of persons who tipped them for a raid on a property belonging to the former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. The demand was made at a hearing which followed a petition recently submitted by …
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Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi last night described the recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari as “a miracle” given reports on his health in the social media. He said the social media portrayed the President’s health as “bad”. Umahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), spoke after the visit of seven governors to the President in …
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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi has spoken about putting himself up as a candidate for the next general elections in 2019. Makarfi, who defeated Senator Modu Sheriff at the Supreme Court in the party’s leadership tussle, said he was not allowing the ambition distract him at the moment. …