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The All Progressives Congress (APC) still has a majority in the Senate with 52 lawmakers, the Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, has said. Mr Lawan stated this after a two-hour meeting of the APC caucus on Tuesday. The meeting, which commenced immediately after plenary, follows defection … Read...

Following the defection of some federal lawmakers from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some to the African Democratic Congress (ADC)in the senate and the House of Representatives respectively on Tuesday, Nigerians have...

The senator representing Oyo Central senatorial district in the Nigerian Senate, Monsurat Sunmonu, has explained why she defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The senator, in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES, said she defected to the African Democratic Congress … Read...

The Benue State House of Assembly has impeached Terkimbi Ikyange as its speaker. Ikyange who is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was impeached after a motion of no confidence was moved by Honourable Richard Ujege, who represents Konshisha state Constituency. READ MORE HERE

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday she would now lead negotiations with the European Union, shifting the focus of the Brexit department towards preparing for Britain’s departure from the bloc..... Read more via U.S. – https://ift.tt/2OeVzje Get more World News

The nominees for the Best FIFA men’s player of the year award were unveiled on Tuesday. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were again nominated for the award. The shortlist also includes Tottenham’s Harry Kane, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne and Chelsea’s Eden...

Nigerians on Social Media have reacted to the invasion of the residences of the principal officers of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu by security operatives in Abuja. DAILY POST had reported that the Police blocked Saraki’s convoy at Lake Chad junction in Abuja. Similarly, the …...

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry on Tuesday declared an end to an Ebola outbreak believed to have killed 33 people, after 42 days with no new cases. The outbreak, first detected in northwest Congo in April, was dealt with rapidly by the World … Read more via Premium Times...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called Israel a “fascist” state while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Turkey was becoming a “dark dictatorship” as the rivals engaged in a new war of … Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2JPOnqr Get more World...

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday left the Monetary Policy Rate unchanged at 14 per cent. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, announced the decision of the committee at the end of a two-day meeting held at the apex … Read more via Punch Newspapers –...

The Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Alhaji Yusuf Abdullahi Ata has said that the recent defection of Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from All Progressive Congress (APC) is long overdue. Speaking to Daily Trust exclusively, Honorable Ata also...

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has said current President Muhammadu Buhari has not lived up to expectations. "If you're fighting corruption away from you and near you corruption is becoming rife, then you have to also turn your attention inward," he told DW. Read more via DW.COM...

The Nigeria senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki would be leading senators to the residence of his deputy, Dr. Ike Ekweremmadu whose house was laid siege by the Nigeria Police Force... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2v12NhX Get More Nigeria Political News

ABUJA-Decampees from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC to the opposition … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2Of0roG Get More Nigeria Political News

THE Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), has said that Nigeria cannot have a stable power supply in the next five years except the challenges confronting the power sector are addressed. Speaking during a press … Read more via Tribune – https://ift.tt/2JReDRa Get more...

President Muhammadu Buhari has praised the move by Nigeria to export crude oil from Niger Republic as well as the setting up of a refinery in Katsina state that will make use of “stranded crude” from the northern Nigerian neighbour. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to that … Read more...

THE Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola has defended his position on the challenges bedevilling the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) as well as his recent policy directive to electricity distribution companies (DisCos) on improved service delivery. Fashola also...

The lawmaker representing Adamawa Central Senatorial District, Abdul-Aziz Murtala Nyako and Senator Monsurat Olajumoke Sunmonu of Oyo Central Senatorial District have dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, to join the African Democratic Congress, a party linked to former president Olusegun...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tuesday accused the federal government of plotting to pick up its national leaders in a bid to weaken their morale ahead of the 2019 … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2OdcjYb Get More Nigeria Political News

Former President General of Onitsha Markets Amalgamated Traders Association, OMATA, Chief Pius Ozoh Anekwe Tuesday said that harassment and intimidation of Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki and his Deputy Chief Ike Ekweremadu will not save All Progressives Congress, APC from its immenent...