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3 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Bolaji Ogundele |Jide Babalola |Gbenga Omokhunu |Frank Ikpefan |Alao Abiodun
The one-party state controversy, which arose after a spate of defections into the All Progressives Congress (APC) since the tsunami in Delta State, deepened at the weekend. Many commentators and opposition figures have accused the APC of plotting a one-party state by wooing and winning over opposition political office holders – governors, federal and state lawmakers.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Jide Orintunsin |Jide Babalola |Ekaete Bassey
More governors to join APC, says GandujeParty chair receives NNPP senator, othersThe defection of Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and other key Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is shocking and painful, Acting National Chairman Ambassador Umar Damagum said yesterday. Acknowledging the decimation of the chapter, he said the PDP’s fate is in God’s hands.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Okungbowa Aiwerie |Jide Orintunsin |Jide Babalola |Gbenga Omokhunu |Alao Abiodun
A political tsunami swept through the landscape of Delta State yesterday. The entire political structure of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dissolved into the All Progressives Congress (APC). Governor Sheriff Oborevwori led the immediate-past Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, all political appointees, all elected public office holders and all party executives in a mass defection to the APC.
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2 months ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Jide Babalola |Bolaji Ogundele |Alao Abiodun
The people of Southern Kaduna in Kaduna State are excited about the Tinubu administration because of the development it has brought to them, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese Dr. Mathew Kukah said yesterday. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently established a federal university in the zone as part of efforts to increase its access to tertiary education and foster development. Rev.
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2 months ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Eric Ikhilae |Jide Babalola |Damian Duruiheoma |Chris Njoku |Alao Abiodun
Senator Samuel Anyanwu stormed the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abuja yesterday to resume work as National Secretary of the party moments after the Supreme Court set aside the December 20, 2024 majority judgment of the Court of Appeal in Enugu sacking him from the position. Anyanwu addressed some party staff. But his colleague on the PDP National Working Committee (NWC), Bode Ologunagba, disputed Anyanwu’s claim to victory at the apex court.
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2 months ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Gbenga Omokhunu |Jide Babalola |Alao Abiodun
Titles of landed properties belonging to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were among 4, 794 revoked by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike, it was learnt yesterday. The titles were revoked over non-payment of ground rent, in some cases, for over 40 years.
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2 months ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Jide Babalola |Simon Utebor |Alao Abiodun
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday inaugurated a caretaker committee to oversee the affairs of its Southsouth zone. The party’s acting National Chairman Umar Damagum inaugurated the committee at PDP national secretariat in Abuja. He pronounced the February 22 Southsouth congress of the party, which re-elected Chief Dan Orbih as its chairman, as dead on arrival.
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Mar 10, 2025 | 
thenationonlineng.net | Jide Babalola |Ekaete Bassey |Alao Abiodun
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has criticised Senate President Godswill Akpabio for what he called a deliberate attempt to politicise and trivialise the serious concerns Nigerians have expressed about due process in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
thenationonlineng.net | Jide Babalola |Alao Abiodun
Former governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, through his lawyer, Mr. C.T. Mue, has threatened to sue the PDP disciplinary committee headed by High Chief Tom Ikimi over alleged violation of the party’s constitution and the cybercrime act. In a letter addressed to the committee and dated February 11, 2025, Mue also demanded a written apology and withdrawal of statements made against the former governor within 48 hours.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
thenationonlineng.net | Jide Babalola |Tony Akowe |Gbenga Omokhunu
Featured Former House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara yesterday reflected on how the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike, funded the 2019 election of Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed. He rejected Mohammed’s description of Wike as a transactional politician and serial betrayer, saying that the governor turned around to bite the finger that fed him.
