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• NASS invasion: We demand an apology — Okonkwo

  09-08-2018 23:45
  A pro-youth campaigner and  Social Democratic Party, SDP, aspirant to the House of Representatives for Idemili North & South constituency of Anambra State, Mr Uche Annie-Okonkwo, has demanded an apology from the Department of State Security, DSS, to the Nigerian public over its unprovoked invasion of the National Assembly, the sacred heart of our democracy.
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• Breaking: Police report confirms Daura acted role by politicians to invade NASS

  09-08-2018 23:13
  The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has released a report from findings on the disgraceful event that occurred at the National Assembly facilities on Tuesday the 7th of August where operatives of the Department of State Services barricaded the entrance of the complex, barring lawmakers from entering.
  Continue reading Breaking: Police report confirms Daura acted role by politicians to invade NASS at Vanguard News.
  
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• Sack Magu, Wike begs Osinbajo

  09-08-2018 22:34
  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to sack the ActingChairman of the EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu for overthrowing the Governments of Benue and Akwa Ibom StatesContinue reading Sack Magu, Wike begs Osinbajo at Vanguard News.
  
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• Why I’m running for Senate — Agbajor

  09-08-2018 22:06
  —A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic, PDP, in Delta State, Chief Olivia Agbajor has stated she want to go to the senate to attract federal Government presence to the Senatorial district that yield so much revenue to the federation in general and the state in particular.
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• Vote out parties that have failed Nigeria, Falae counsels

  09-08-2018 21:21
  
  The National Chairman, Social Democratic Party, Chief Olu Falae, on Thursday urged Nigerians to vote out political parties that failed the country in its 19 years of democratic governance.
  Falae made the call in Lokoja at the grand finale of the campaign rally for the election of Umar Ahmed Imam, the SDP candidate in Saturday’s Kogi-Koton-Karfe/Lokoja Federal Constituency bye-election.
  He urged that the rejection should start with Saturday’s bye-election as a prelude to the 2019
  
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• Imo residents get two-day public holiday for registration, PVC collection

  09-08-2018 21:15
  
  Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has advised residents and citizens of the state to collect their Permanent Voter Registration Cards to ensure political relevance in the forthcoming general elections.
  Okorocha, who gave the advice in Owerri on Thursday during a news briefing, decried the poor response of Imo residents to the call for PVC collection.
  He said that Imo had the least number of registered voters and number of PVCs collected when compared to other states of the federation.
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• Ortom vs Ikyange: Court fixes August 15 for ruling on jurisdiction

  09-08-2018 20:59
  
  A Makurdi High Court on Thursday fixed August 15 for ruling on a preliminary objection filed by impeached Speaker, Benue House of Assembly, Mr. Terkimbi Ikyange, challenging the competence of a suit filed by Governor Samuel Ortom.
  Ortom had dragged Ikyange and seven others to court to halt their alleged move to impeach him.
  Justice Theresa Igoche fixed the date after listening to the arguments from counsel to the parties on whether the court has the jurisdiction to entertain the matter.
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• Tinubu’s claim of Impeachment attempt on Buhari fabrication – Sen. Misau

  09-08-2018 20:25
  The Senator representing Bauchi Central and chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Isah Hamma Misau, has debunked the claim made in Uyo yesterday by former Governor of Lagos State,  Ahmed Bola Tinubu that the National Assembly was planning to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari.
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• Tinubu’s claim of impeachment attempt on Buhari an empty talk, says Misau

  09-08-2018 20:25
  CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isa Hamma Misau, PDP, Bauchi Central, yesterday took a swipe at former Lagos State Governor and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Tinubu over his claim in Uyo that the National Assembly was planning to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that it was mere fabrication and far from the truth.Continue reading Tinubu’s claim of impeachment attempt on Buhari an empty talk, says Misau at Vanguard News.
  
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• PHOTOS: APC caucus meets, says Buhari innocent of NASS occupation

  09-08-2018 20:18
  
  John Ameh, Abuja
  The All Progressives Congress caucus of the House of Representatives has absolved President Muhammadu Buhari of any complicity in the Tuesday occupation of the National Assembly by security operatives from the Department of State Services.
  The caucus had met for over four hours on Thursday, having commenced the meeting at 2pm to review Tuesday’s invasion of the National Assembly by the Department of State Service operatives.
  The Majority Leader of the House and leader of t
  
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• UN appoints Amaechi as Board Member UN Road Safety Trust Fund

  09-08-2018 19:40
  The United Nations on Thursday inaugurated Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, as an Advisory Board Member of the United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund (UNRSTF), at the UN Secratariat in Geneva, Switzerland.
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• Vote The Right Candidate As Governor, Zotter Calls On Osun State People.

  09-08-2018 19:29
  UNITED STATES Consulate public affairs officer in Lagos, Mrs. Darcy Zotter on Monday 25th June, 2018 expressed America rsquo;s support and commitment for a peaceful, free, fair and credible election in the 22nd September 2018 go ...
  
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• I am not running for any office in 2019 – Lai Mohammed

  09-08-2018 19:12
  The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says his mission as new All Progressives Congress (APC) leader in Kwara is not to contest any elective position in 2019 but to rescue the state from hawks.
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• 45 political parties meet Saraki, raise alarm over plot to freeze Senate, Saraki’s account by EFCC

  09-08-2018 19:01
  CHAIRMEN of forty- five (45) registered Political Parties in the country, Thursday met with Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, raising the alarm over alleged moves by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) to freeze the account of the Senate and that of Saraki.
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• Breaking : We want a full scale probe of NASS siege -APC Reps

  09-08-2018 18:49
  THE House of Representatives caucus of the All Progressives Congress, APC on Thursday endorsed President Muhammdu Buhari as its 2019 general election consesus candidate and demanded for a full scale probe into the invasion of the National Assembly by men of the Directorate of State Security Service, DSS last Tuesday.
  Continue reading Breaking : We want a full scale probe of NASS siege -APC Reps at Vanguard News.
  
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• I can’t descend into the gutter with these characters, Saraki replies APC

  09-08-2018 18:47
  SENATE President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has lampooned the All Progressives Congress, APC, saying that he cannot descend into the gutter with those he described as characters in the party.
  Continue reading I can’t descend into the gutter with these characters, Saraki replies APC at Vanguard News.
  
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• NASS siege: Saraki has no pact with sacked DSS DG Daura – Frank

  09-08-2018 18:39
  Contrary to the insinuation that the sacked Director General of the Department of State Security (DSS) Lawal Daura, was indirectly working for the Senate President Bukola Saraki, a former chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has asked the public to dismiss what he discribed as "misinformation and a cheap blackmail."
  Continue reading NASS siege: Saraki has no pact with sacked DSS DG Daura – Frank at Vanguard News.
  
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• Bukola Saraki not fit to remain as Senate President, APC insists

  09-08-2018 18:37
  The All Progressives Congress APC has again restated its earlier declaration regarding the suitability of Sen. Bukola Saraki to continue to preside over the affairs of the Nigerian Senate.
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• Senate President, Bukola Saraki, visits IBB

  09-08-2018 17:50
  Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Wednesday, visited former President General Ibrahim Babangida.In a tweet, Dr Saraki posted a picture of himself and the former military Head of State with a caption.ldquo;Dropped in to pay my respects to Gen ...
  
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• Political happenings in Nigeria battle between good and evil –Osinbajo

  09-08-2018 17:29
  
  Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo has described the current political happenings in Nigeria as a battle between the good and bad elements whose aim was to continue suffocating the nation by milking it dry.
  He said that the Federal Government “would not compromise” in the ongoing war against corruption and protection of national interest.
  Osinbajo made the declaration in Daura on Thursday while addressing thousands of All Progressives Congress loyalists at a campaign rally for Saturday&
  
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• Breaking: EFCC confirms arrests of ex-DSS boss, Ekpenyong

  09-08-2018 17:28
  The former Director General of the Department of State Security, Mr. Ita Ekpenyong, has been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes in Abuja.
  Continue reading Breaking:EFCC confirms arrests of ex-DSS boss, Ekpenyong at Vanguard News.
  
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• Don’t ‘see me’ ahead of Osun poll, REC warns politicians

  09-08-2018 17:11
  
  Femi Makinde, Osogbo
  The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun State, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, has warned politicians against coming to “see” him or any of the INEC officials as the momentum gathers for the governorship election in the state.
  The REC said this in Osogbo on Thursday at a meeting held with the governorship candidates, their running mates and party officials as part of the preparations of the commission ahead of the September 22 poll.
  He did not elaborate further on what
  
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• There is pull him down syndrome in Igboland – Okorocha

  09-08-2018 17:01
  The Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, Thursday advised that Presidential aspirants should not rely on the Igbo to become President of Nigeria.Continue reading There is pull him down syndrome in Igboland – Okorocha at Vanguard News.
  
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• EU commends FG’s action against NASS occupation, promises support for democracy

  09-08-2018 16:38
  
  The European Union has commended the swift response of the Federal Government against the blockade of the National Assembly Complex on Tuesday by operatives of the Department of State Services.
  In a statement issued on Thursday by the Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and Economic Community of West Africa on their website, the EU restated its commitment to support democracy in Nigeria.
  READ ALSO: BREAKING: Security officials seize ex-DSS boss Daura`s passport
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• ICYMI: Akpabio, four lawmakers, two commissioners, others defect

  09-08-2018 16:34
  
  •We haven’t closed case against senator —EFCC
  Olusola Fabiyi, Eniola Akinkuotu and Etim Ekpimah
  The Senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West in the National Assembly, Godswill Akpabio, who officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday, said his defection was done to link Akwa Ibom State to the centre.
  Four lawmakers consisting two from the House of Representatives and two from the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly
  
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• Detention: DSS to review position on Dasuki, other detainees – Acting DG

  09-08-2018 16:31
  The detained former National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki, may get a reprieve after nearly two years in detention under the Acting Director of the Department of State Security, Matthew Seyifa.
  Continue reading Detention: DSS to review position on Dasuki, other detainees– Acting DG at Vanguard News.
  
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• 2019: Lawmaker, others pass vote of confidence on Ambode

  09-08-2018 16:09
  A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Rasheed Makinde on Thursday passed a vote of confidence on Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state for outstanding performance.
  Continue reading 2019: Lawmaker, others pass vote of confidence on Ambode at Vanguard News.
  
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• UPDATED: Osinbajo meets Emir of Daura, attends APC rally

  09-08-2018 14:52
  
  Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday arrived the ancient town of Daura in Katsina State for the All Progressives Congress grand rally for Saturday’s Katsina North Senatorial District bye-election.
  The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Osinbajo arrived in Daura at about 12.45 p.m. in company with the Secretary to the Federal Government, Mr. Boss Mustapha; and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State.
  According to Osinbajo’s Senior Special Assistant-Media & Publicity,
  
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• BREAKING: Osinbajo meets Emir of Daura

  09-08-2018 14:52
  
  Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, met the Emir of Daura, His Royal Highness, Farouk Umar Farouk at his palace in Katsina State.
  According to Laolu Akande, the media aide of Osinbajo on his Twitter handle, @akandeoj, the Acting President went to the state to headline the State Senatorial election campaign rally in Daura and paid a visit to the Emir.
  During the visit, Osinbajo said, “the purpose of the APC and President Buhari is to uphold the common man.”
  He
  
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• UPDATED: Saraki meets chairmen of 45 political parties

  09-08-2018 14:45
  
  President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Thursday reiterated the resolve of the Eighth Senate to continue to protect and defend the nation’s fledgling democracy.
  A statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu in Abuja on Thursday, notes that Saraki said this during his meeting with chairmen and leaders of 45 registered political parties who had paid him what they called “solidarity visit.”
  At the meeting which was broadcast live on Facebook,
  
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• BREAKING: Saraki meets chairmen of 45 political parties

  09-08-2018 14:45
  
  Senate President Bukola Saraki is meeting with chairmen of 45 political parties in his office at the Senate.
  This was contained in a message on his verified Twitter handle, Bukola Saraki @bukolasaraki.
  He had tweeted: “I am now meeting with the National Chairmen of 45 political parties at my office in the Senate.”
  See the tweet:LIVE VIDEO: I am now meeting with the National Chairmen of 45 political parties at my office in the Senate.https://t.co/Y0QrxpKxc9
  — Bukola Saraki (@buk
  
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• Zambia deports top Zimbabwe opposition leader Biti

  09-08-2018 14:43
  
  Zambian authorities on Thursday deported top Zimbabwe opposition figure Tendai Biti, rejecting his claim for asylum after he fled allegations of inciting post-election protests.
  “As I am speaking to you right now he has been handed over to the Zimbabwean police,” Biti’s lawyer Gilbert Phiri told AFP, charging that his client had been deported in defiance of a court ruling.
  A veteran figure in the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Biti fled to Zambia on Wednesday,
  
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• EFCC unfreezes Benue Govt accounts –Finance commissioner

  09-08-2018 14:36
  
  …as Ortom thanks Nigerians
  John Charles, Makurdi
  Benue State Commissioner for Finance, Hon. David Olofu on Thursday  declared that the Economic andFinancial Crimes Commission, had unfrozen the state accounts.
  Olofu told our correspondent on Thursday that the affected banks had late on Wednesday informed him of the directives vacating the earlier order.
  The Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Terver Akase had on Wednesday confirmed the frozen of the state accounts.
  The financ
  
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• EFCC unfreezes Benue Govt accounts

  09-08-2018 14:36
  
  The Benue State government on Thursday revealed that the Economic Financial Crimes Commission has unfrozen its bank accounts.
  The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom, Mr Terver Akase, confirmed the new development on Thursday, reports Channels Television.
  READ ALSO: BREAKING: Again, Dino Melaye fails to appear in court over gunrunning charges
  EFCC had frozen the accounts of the state government domiciled in three banks on Tuesday, saying it was investigating alleged abuse of the
  
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• Ruling party expels official for alleged obsession with divination

  09-08-2018 13:51
  
  China will prosecute a former official who was “obsessed with divination” for corruption, the top graft-buster said on Thursday, in the latest warning to bureaucrats not to engage with what the Communist Party views as superstition.
  Wu Dehua, who worked in the southwestern city of Chongqing’s Yubei district, had been expelled from the party and handed over to legal authorities after a probe found serious discipline violations, theCentral Commission for Discipline
  
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• 2019: APC govt planning to freeze Atiku, Saraki, Wike, other’s accounts, says Timi Frank

  09-08-2018 13:45
  Immediate past Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has revealed that current administration was planning to freeze accounts of major opposition leaders ahead of the 2019 general elections to render the opposition party incapacitated.
  Continue reading 2019: APC govt planning to freeze Atiku, Saraki, Wike, other’s accounts, says Timi Frank at Vanguard News.
  
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• 'Who are we?' Big donors battle for Democrats' future in Florida

  09-08-2018 12:09
  Andrew Gillum, the son of a bus driver who became the mayor of Florida's capital, is struggling to gain traction with voters in his bid to become the state's first black governor.
  
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• Manafort trial focus shifts to bank fraud as prosecutors near end of case

  09-08-2018 12:01
  The trial of Paul Manafort, U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, is expected to shift focus on Thursday from his alleged tax evasion to bank fraud as the prosecution's case heads into its final two days.
  
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• PDP: One week, many returnees

  09-08-2018 10:41
  There are growing concerns among party stalwarts that, in the bid to accommodate all interests, party leadership may give undue advantage to the returnees.
  Ndubuisi Orji, AbujaThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in a celebratory mood for most of last week. For the party, the week was perhaps one of its best weeks in recent times. It was a week it will relish for very long time.
  It was a week many of its former members, who had defected to the all Progressives Congress (APC) returned to the f
  
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• National Assembly invasion: APC makes a U-turn, defends DSS’ action

  09-08-2018 10:40
  
  The All Progressives Congress, which had on Tuesday absolved itself from the invasion, on Wednesday defended the action of the Department of State Services’ operatives.
  The APC claimed that the action of the DSS officers was taken to prevent a plot by Saraki to incite violence.
  READ ALSO: As EFCC’s broom sweeps PDP states
  This was contained in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena, in Abuja.
  The APC’s new position is in sharp contrast to
  
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• NASS invasion: Obasanjo, Jonathan, Buhari used force against legislature, alleges TI

  09-08-2018 09:26
  
  The Transparency International, a global watchdog, on Wednesday condemned the siege to the National Assembly by operatives of the Department of State Services.
  It noted that the administrations of former Presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, also used force against the legislature.
  READ ALSO: Rufai knocks Ahmed Musa over Saudi move
  The TI said the sacking and subsequent arrest of the former Director-General of the DSS, Lawal Daura, were commendable, adding that the police mus
  
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• Court clears Adeleke as PDP candidate for Osun gov poll

  09-08-2018 08:35
  
  Femi Makinde, Osogbo
  The Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo has dismissed the suit filed by two members of the Peoples Democratic Party seeking to stop Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governorship candidate of the party in the coming election in the state.
  The plaintiffs, Rasheed Olabayo and Idowu Oluwaseun, had filed the suit praying the court to restrain Adeleke from being presented as the governorship candidate of the party because he did not have the basic educational qualification requi
  
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• EKITI POLL: Tribunal gives PDP nod to serve petition on APC, Fayemi

  09-08-2018 08:34
  Ado-Ekiti—The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ado Ekiti, yesterday, approved the prayers of the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate in the July 14 poll, Kolapo Olusola to serve notice of Petition on Governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.
  Continue reading EKITI POLL: Tribunal gives PDP nod to serve petition on APC, Fayemi at Vanguard News.
  
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• This is not the change we fought for – Saraki

  09-08-2018 08:02
  Statement by the President of the Senate, BUKOLA SARAKI, at a world press conference held at the National Assembly complex yesterday.
  It is a matter of record that yesterday (Tuesday), lawmakers and staff of the National Assembly were prevented from entering the National Assembly Complex by heavily-armed security agents of the Department of State Services (DSS). All entries to the complex were blocked. The National Assembly, the seat of democracy in Nigeria, was under lockdown. Senators and mem
  
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• National Assembly invasion: Saraki, APC Reps demand full probe

  09-08-2018 07:38
  
  John Alechenu, John Ameh, Olalekan Adetayo, Olaleye Aluko, Success NwoguBuhari, Osinbajo agreed on Daura’s removal – Aide
  Daura to remain under house arrest — Security sourceThe Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, and the All Progressives Congress caucus in the House of Representatives have called for a full investigation into the invasion of the National Assembly on Tuesday by the operatives of the Department of State Services.
  Saraki, who made the call at a press conference i
  
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• We can’t afford to lose any S’West state to opposition — APC

  09-08-2018 07:33
  Ibadan—THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in South West has said it cannot afford to lose any of the six states in the zone to the opposition.
  Continue reading We can’t afford to lose any S’West state to opposition — APC at Vanguard News.
  
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• Senators planning to impeach Buhari, Tinubu alleges

  09-08-2018 07:12
  
  The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has alleged that some members of the National Assembly are planning to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari.
  He, however, warned the plotters to drop their sinister move, saying it was not “possible for a lizard to wrestle an antelope.’’
  READ ALSO: Customs seize N2bn contraband in two weeks
  Tinubu spoke on Wednesday at the formal defection of ex-Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, at a packed Ik
  
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• Congressman Collins, son charged with insider trading

  09-08-2018 06:43
  Christopher Collins, a Republican U.S. congressman from New York who was one of President Donald Trump's earliest supporters, was criminally charged on Wednesday with taking part in an insider trading scheme involving an Australian biotechnology company on whose board he served.
  
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• Alliance of parties to sack Buhari, not a PDP show – Falae

  09-08-2018 06:33
  Akure—NATIONAL Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Chief Olu Falae has said that the joint alliance of 40 political parties should not be seen as a Peoples Democratic Party’s affair.
  Continue reading Alliance of parties to sack Buhari, not a PDP show – Falae at Vanguard News.
  
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• Ibori, Okowa, holding me in PDP — Uduaghan

  09-08-2018 05:42
  IMMEDIATE past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has frontally addressed rumours of his imminent defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC saying that he remains.
  Continue reading Ibori, Okowa, holding me in PDP — Uduaghan at Vanguard News.
  
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