Members of the Osun State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners on Thursday continued with their protest over the alleged non-payment of their gratuities and pensions by the state government. Hundreds of aged pensioners, who assembled at the Olaiya Junction and armed with placards with
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The Gun running trial involving the Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye and two others was stalled on Thursday as the senator failed to appear in court. His lawyer, Barrister Yemi Mohammed who stood in for Chief Mike Ozekhome SAN told the trial magistrate Suleyman Abdalah that he had it on good authority that Senator […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the defection of some lawmakers from the All Progressives Congress (APC) is an indication that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has failed. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, made the claim on Wednesday in an interview with Channels Television, one day after dozens of lawmakers in the National
Senior legislative aide to Senate President, Douglas Baye-Osagie, on Tuesday decried excessive spending by politicians in election processes declaring that money politics is shrinking the nation’s political space. Baye said money politics is fast becoming “a key variable in determining who participates in electoral politics and used to garner votes and voices in Nigeria as
ABIODUN JIMOH, BENIN CITY Stakeholders in Edo State have insisted that only free air and credible elections were the necessary ingredients that can guarantee vibrant and acceptable democratic growth in Nigeria. This was contained in a communiqué issued by the stakeholders at the end of a symposium organized by Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union […]
People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter, has congratulated the newly defected Senators and members of the House of Representatives to the party. This is coming aftermath of the political Tsunami that rocked the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday whereby over a dozen Senators and 36 House of Representatives members defected to the […]
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