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Kwara group hails Tinubu’s reconciliation committee FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInWhatsApp A group under the auspices of Harmony Progressive Forum (HPF) has hailed the establishment of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu reconciliation committee. The forum is a coalition of ex-Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) local government chairmen of the Kwara state All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state. The forum also cautioned the Tinubu-led ... Read More »

Insecurity: FG backs state police A major breakthrough may have been achieved Thursday by those agitating for the creation of state police. The Federal Government threw its back behind the agitation saying that creation of state police is clearly the way to go in the face of multifaceted security challenges in the country. Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, stated government’s ... Read More »

  Tinubu gets Presidential mandate to reconcile APC members President Muhammadu Buhari is worried over the internal crisis rocking his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He has mandated stalwart of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to reconcile all members. President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead the consultation, reconciliation and confidence building efforts toward improving ... Read More »

  Did former military President Ibrahim Babangida urge President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election and give way to a new generation of leaders in 2019? The controversy raged on last night after two statements reflecting different opinions were credited to the former military leader. Both were issued within hours. Gen. Babangida, who ruled Nigeria between 1985 and 1993, was ... Read More »

•New group in secret plot against 11 APC states •Ahmadu Ali tipped as CNM chair •Anger in PDP over Obasanjo’s overtures to aggrieved PDP leaders •Foreign missions open desks Several presidential aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are currently assessing how the Olusegun Obasanjo-inspired Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) might bolster their chances. ... Read More »

….Obasanjo playing politics with letter to Buhari National leader of the All Progressives Congress ( APC )  and former governor of Lagos State,  Bola Tinubu, yesterday said that the party will respond to the Coalition Movement launched by former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the “appropriate time “. He accused Obasanjo of playing politics with his open letter to President Muhammadu ... Read More »

Former President Goodluck Jonathan and Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, on Thursday challenged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to sincerely implement its committee’s recommendations on restructuring. Dickson led a high-powered delegation of Ijaw leaders to Jonathan to deliberate on the recommendations in Otuoke, Ogbia local government area of the state. Jonathan, Dickson and the top Ijaw leaders urged President Muhammadu ... Read More »

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday formally launched the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) in Abeokuta, the Ogun State, and declared that he would cease to be a member if the movement morphs into a political party or dabble into partisan politics. Obasanjo who stormed the Secretariat of the Ogun State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in ... Read More »

`Don’t campaign under guise of voter education’-INEC tells politicians The Independent National Electoral Commission  ( INEC ) has urged politicians in the country not to take advantage of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) to campaign. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr. Emeka Ononamadu, gave the caution in Enugu on Thursday while speaking with the Reporter. “The ... Read More »

  President Muhamamdu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with the nation’s security chiefs as part of efforts aimed at ending the spate of insecurity across the country. The meeting was held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali; and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, led the security chiefs to ... Read More »