Tag: election
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BREAKING: Obaseki dissolves cabinet, sends all SAs, SSAs packing
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has dissolved the State Executive Council, thanking members of the council for their service to the government and people of the State. The governor said the dissolution of the council takes immediate effect. The state’s cabinet was dissolved during the Weekly Executive Council meeting on Wednesday. The governor…
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SPEAKERSHIP: Minority members-elect caucus to set up 11-man Cttee to source credible candidates for speaker, deputy in their fold
The minority caucus of Members-elect in the House of Representatives, after a meeting on Tuesday resolved to set up an eleven-man committee to fish out credible candidates within their fold to produce a body of principal officers for all key positions. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports these resolutions were contained in a communique issued at the end…
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10th NASS: Group rubbishes Ahmad Lawan’s ultra vires move to plant puppet Senate President
A group under the aegis of Defenders of Constitutional Democracy (DCD) has accused Senate President Ahmad Lawan and his deputy, Ovie Omo-Agege of a secret plot to alter the subsisting Senate Standing Orders and Rules on ranking to facilitate the emergence of a green horn senator-elect as Senate President. National convener of the group,…
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Just in: 26 days to inauguration, 18 Abia lawmakers impeach speaker Orji
Barely 27 days to inauguration members of the Abia State House of Assembly have voted to impeach its Speaker, Hon. Chinedum Orji. The impeachment was carried out by 18 out of 27 members of the Assembly who sat at an undisclosed location. Channels Television gathered that the motion for the impeachment was moved by Chukwudi…
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Just In: Confirmed, embattled Adamawa REC arrested
Suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa Ari is in police net. The REC was arrested by the police in Abuja, Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi said in a statement on Tuesday. The development comes hours after Ari said in a BBC Hausa interview that he would surrender himself to the police two…
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JUST IN: Oborevwori inaugurates transition Cttee of men of proven integrity
Delta State Governor-Elect and Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, has inaugurated a Transition Committee of men of proven integrity that will enable the next government to hit the ground running. Deputy Governor-elect of the state, Chief Monday Onyeme was among dignitaries who witnessed the event. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports that…
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Speakership: Top contender Betara places demised Taraba member-elect son on scholarship
…as 60-member-elect accompany him to Hon Maihanchi hometown Top contender for the Speakership of the 10th House of Representatives, Hon. Muktar Betara Aliyu on Sunday vow to train first son of late Hon Ismaila Maihanchi to any level of his choice. This came to bear when Betara in company of about 60 colleagues stormed Jalingo,…
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Speakership: Take advantage of Betara’s acceptability, legislative group advises APC
A civil society group, Movement for Effective Legislature and Sustainable Democracy in Nigeria (MELSDN), has called on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to take advantage of the general acceptability of the current Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Hon. Muktar Aliyu Betara across political parties and throw its weight behind him as the…
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Witches and wizards promise to provide 300 members to protect Tinubu during inauguration
White Witches and Wizards Association of Nigeria, has urged aggrieved politicians not to scuttle the inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on May 29 at the Eagle Square, Abuja. The group also which said Tinubu will be provided with no fewer than 300 witches and wizards to ensure that no harm comes his…
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Electoral violence: SERAP sues INEC over failure to probe governors, deputies
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over “the failure to investigate allegations of electoral violence and other electoral offences including bribery against some state governors and their deputies during the 2023 elections.” According to reports, the recently concluded presidential and national assembly elections…