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3 weeks ago | 
guardian.ng | Seye Olumide |Terhemba Daka |Oluwole Ige
• Atiku urges leaders to prioritise Nigerians’ wellbeing• You won’t regret voting Tinubu, says Ganduje• Oki calls Tinubu to task over economic hardship• Don’t heat up polity, Asiwaju Musulumi urges politicians• Egba Muslim leaders to mark Eid today
As Muslim faithful worldwide mark the end of Ramadan, President Bola Tinubu has called on all Nigerians to carry forward the values of kindness, charity, and selflessness embraced during the 29 days of fasting.
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3 weeks ago | 
guardian.ng | Seye Olumide |Kehinde Olatunji |Leo Sobechi
The House of Representatives, yesterday, set the nation’s polity agog with some signature constitutional amendment proposals, including a bill seeking to shift the country from a presidential democracy to the parliamentary system of government.
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4 weeks ago | 
guardian.ng | Seye Olumide |Leo Sobechi |Adamu Abuh
CUPP hails stipulations on State PoliceNigerians have continued to react to some constitutional amendments proposed by the House of Representatives, especially those that stipulate the establishment of State Police and Local Government Police, FCT House of Assembly and Court of Appeal as the final arbiter in governorship, and national and state Houses of Assembly election petitions.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Seye Olumide |Adamu Abuh |Sodiq Omolaoye
• House of Reps considers Local Council Electoral Commission for LG polls• ‘Court of Appeal as final arbiter of governorship tussles’• Stakeholders laud ‘cost-saving’ move, wary of INEC’s capacity
The proposed bill by the House of Representatives to simultaneously conduct all elections into the offices of the president, state governors, National Assembly, State Houses of Assembly and Local Government Areas (LGAs) on the same day has elicited mixed reactions among stakeholders.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Seye Olumide |Adamu Abuh
• Ata: Coalition mere gathering of political jobbers • Idris: FG open to objective criticism, won’t stifle opposition • Mixed reactions over viability of coalition to unseat Tinubu In a repeat of the 2013 coalition of opposition forces that coalesced to the All Progressives Congress (APC) which terminated the administration of Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi and the immediate...
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Seye Olumide |Kehinde Olatunji
• APC refutes allegation of planting Jandor to destabilise PDP• Adewale, Pearse blame Bode George for party’s woes in Lagos
A former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Lagos State during the 2023 general election, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has officially returned to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Jandor announced his readiness to return to APC, yesterday, during a media briefing held at Liberty Place, Ikeja, Lagos.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Seye Olumide |Kehinde Olatunji |Rotimi Agboluaje
Whenever intellectualism, consistency and the urge for anything best for Nigeria are discussed, Dr. Doyin Okupe stands out among his contemporary politicians.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Seye Olumide |Terhemba Daka
Obasa, others mum over outcome President Bola Tinubu might have succeeded in resolving the Lagos State House of Assembly crisis following yesterday’s meeting with the 40 legislators, including the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, and Mojisola Meranda, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Sources in the Villa said the discussion was fruitful as Tinubu calmed all nerves with the assurance that everybody’s interest would be protected.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Seye Olumide |Leo Sobechi |Azimazi Momoh Jimoh
His exit has no impact, Kaduna APC insists
After months of speculations, the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday, finally announced his resignation from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), just as he decamped to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). el-Rufai cited irreconcilable political differences with the current leadership of APC as his reasons for dumping APC.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Seye Olumide |Gbenga Salau |Kehinde Olatunji |Shakirah Adunola
• Meranda becomes Deputy Speaker; Fatai, Chief Whip; Setonji, Deputy Chief Whip • Lawmakers divided between tears, triumph, pledge harmony • APC spokesman hails resolution as victory for democracy, Lagos politics • PDP leaders call for urgent measures to ‘save soul of Lagos’ • Rhodes-Vivour decries events as ‘disgraceful state capture’ In an unexpected twist that reshaped the political dynamics of Lagos State, the House of Assembly witnessed a rare and dramatic leadership transition...
