Jackson had claimed in a press statement that he was attacked by armed men, who shot into the air, wounded him on the head and took away his phones, accusing the opposition APC as the brain behind the attack
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The Commissioner dropped the resignation letter on Monday afternoon and later issued a press statement announcing defection to the All Progressives Congress
The National Convention is scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
This followed the decision by one of the parties to appeal the ruling of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which sacked Makarfi as the caretaker committee chairman of the PDP
Fani-Kayode said this in reaction to a statement credited to Sheriff that he begged the former Borno State Governor after declaring him as the face of Boko Haram
In your judgment, my support for you would have been democratic. Should I support another, then that same support is now to be considered dictatorial and unfair?
The former Education Minister said the PDP required a leader who has no personal baggage to be able to function effectively in opposition and upstage the ruling party in the various elections leading to the 2019 general poll
In a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka on Saturday, he thanked everyone who was instrumental in ensuring freedom for the persons
The meeting, according to Gana, was in preparation for the party’s National Convention scheduled for August 17 in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State
The Speaker had before now said no member of the National Assembly can be investigated or charged to court for performing their constitutional responsibility of law-making, including working on the budget
He said: “I was going for a vigil in the church when three armed men on a motorbike accosted me. Two of them came down with their guns and
started shooting sporadically. They seized me and hit my head against the asphalt on the road and the man on the bike ordered them to shoot me, but the men said they should leave me
A statement by Ologbondiyan’s campaign organisation said: “With his professional expertise and wealth of political experience, Ologbondiyan’s entrance into the race has raised the bar for the contest for the specialized position which requires high-level cognate professional proficiency
he appeal court’s ruling allows the committee to deny a vote to people who had been Labour members for less than six months by July 12 when the leadership contest was announced
Sheriff told journalists at a news conference in Abuja on Friday that if Jonathan had listened to him, the two states would have been PDP’s currently
Odigie-Oyegun said this on Friday in Abuja on the occasion of the 77th birthday party organised in his honour by the workers of the APC
“I have wholeheartedly joined the APC and I will honestly work for its success at the forthcoming poll.”
Also speaking, Senator Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto State) commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his tireless efforts to better the lives of Nigerians
He said the report was a follow up to an earlier report presented in 2014 where a list of those indicted was forwarded to the Attorney-General of the Federation for necessary actions
Yusuf, who is the Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology, made the call at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja on Thursday
The Deputy National Chairman of the party, Lawal Shuaibu, said this while briefing newsmen at the National Secretariat of the party on Thursday in Abuja
Mutiu Agboke, a Commissioner in the State Independent Electoral Commission, disclosed this at the screening exercise for councillorship aspirants of various political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abeokuta on Thursday