Day: 10 February 2019

At least 41 serving senators have lost the opportunity of returning to the Red Chamber for the ninth assembly in June, Daily Trust on Sunday reports. This is based on the list of Senate candidates released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday. The list showed that only 68 out of the 109 senators have chances of returning as they have obtained return tickets of their various political parties. The 41 senators who have lost the opportunity of returning represent 38 per cent of the total number of…

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It was a harvest of political jabs for former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the Mega Rally of the ruling All Progressives Congress at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos as chieftains of the party threw jabs at their ex-ally for his endorsement and support for the opposisition ruling presidential candidate’s Atiku Abubakar. It was the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, that threw the first jibe at the former President when he said President Muhammadu Buhari doesn’t have time to write letters. Obasanjo has been known for…

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