The Peoples Democratic Party has described the All Progressives Congress as a “waste basket.” Reacting to the primaries recently conducted by the APC ahead of the 2015 general elections, the ruling PDP stated that the majority of the candidates who have emerged on the platform of the opposition party were “expired substances.” Writing on its […]
President Goodluck Jonathan The Presidency and the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party have adopted subtle ways to tackle the impeachment threats against President Goodluck Jonathan, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. This is coming after some members of the two chambers of the National Assembly have reportedly been collating signatures to impeach the President. A […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal The Peoples Democratic Party has filed a fresh suit seeking an order compelling the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, to declare himself as no longer fit to represent the Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency. The suit is filed while the one instituted by […]
Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-EgbaThe Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, who is representing Cross River Central Senatorial District in this interview with SUNDAY ABORISADE defends criticisms against the Nigerian senate and the recent police invasion of the National Assembly Some Nigerians believe that the executive has been taking the federal parliament for a ride because […]
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Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal | credits: File copy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to summon the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, to explain why he should not be jailed for disobeying the court order. Tambuwal accused Abba of consistently disobeying the court […]
There was commotion at the National Assembly on Thursday as a plot to stop the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, from entering the assembly complex failed. Riot policemen tear-gassed angry lawmakers, who were protesting against the development. Although the general belief was that the security operatives were deployed in the assembly […]
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress may queue behind Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) as the preferred presidential candidate of the party for the 2015 election, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. The governors are suspecting that those asking the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, to pick the presidential form are enemies […]
Members of the Senate Committee on Defence grilled the Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on Thursday over the increasing rate of insurgency in the North-East. Trouble started when the senators asked the Army chief to tell them the stage of the ongoing Boko Haram war but Minimah refused, insisting that he would […]
National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party have faulted the alleged agreement made by President Goodluck Jonathan with members of the PDP in the Senate to curb the overwhelming influence of state governors in the affairs of the party, particularly its primaries. At a meeting at […]
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