Borno state Governor, Kashim Shettima has revealed that his predecessor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, was broke before assuming office as governor.
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According to Dr. Adewale Omirin, the Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Governor Ayodele Fayose had ordered the sealing off of his office, following the recent events in the state's house of assembly, Punch reports:
This, the Speaker claimed, followed the action of seven PDP members of Ekiti State House of Assembly who illegally sat to attempt to change the leadership of the House, but only succeeded in approving the reconstitution of the local government caretaker committees and confirmation of the commissioner-nominees sent to the House of Assembly last week by Fayose.
A statement by his Special Advi
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Nigeria- The Nigerian Senate has turned down President Goodluck Jonathan's request to extend the state of emergency imposed on Adamawa, Yobe and Borno following the violent activities of the Boko Haram sect, DAILY POST reports.
The National Defence Council had met on Monday to review happenings in the Northeast and had decided to extend the emergency rule in the states by another tranche of six months.
President Jonathan had also on the same day forwarded a letter to the National Assembly for approval of the extension.
The Senate, at yesterday’s sitting was divided over the presidential request for the extension, which necessitates today’s decision.
The House of Representatives is also billed to reconvene for a special plenary tomorrow to deliberate on the presidential request for the extension.
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We read that tension is boiling in the Apapa/Iganmu Federal Constituency of Lagos, and it is in connection to the nomination process of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
Things reportedly came to a head when the chairman of the party locked one aspirant out of the party secretariat. Dr. Adesola Adedayo was locked out and his declaration was stopped.
Party chairman, Alhaji Morufu Gbadamsi Ojora, reportedly locked out Adedayo and his supporters and went away with the keys.
Members in the coundil wards have sent a petition to Tinubu, National APC leader.
The petition reads, in parts (as obta
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There hasn't been much to report about Ibrahim Mantu (at least, not politically) since his electoral defeat in 2007, where he contested for the senatorial seat of Plateau Central.
In an interview with Nigerian Tribune, he speaks on his plan to return to the National Assembly, and also sheds light on the (in)famous Third Term bid of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
An excerpt: "I don’t know if you know what is called principle of separation of power. Obasanjo was the president, the head of the executive. I was at the legislative arm of government and there was totally a difference between what one could do in the
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