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By: Jumoke Olasoji In a joint letter to the Senate Pre sident, 15 APC Senators have officially declared their defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday to the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Content of the letter: Dear Senate President, After due consultation, with our constituents and stakeholders in our constituency, in proper recognition section 16 (1G) of the 1999 constitution, and for the fact of our party, The All Progressives Congress, we hereby inform the Senate that we the undersigned; Senators: 1. Dino Melaye - Kogi 2. Barnabas Gemade - Benue 3. Ibrahim Danbaba - Sokoto 4. Shaaba Lafiaji - Kwara 5. Mohammed Shitu - Jigawa 6. Rafiu Ibrahim -Kwara 7. Suleiman Hunkuyi - K a duna 8. Isa Misau - Bauchi 9. Monsurat Sunmonu 10. Soji Akanbi - 11. Usman Nafada - Gombe 12. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso - Kano 13. Suleiman Nazif - Bauchi 14. Lanre Tejuosho - Ogun We hereby inform you that we are changing our po...

By: Dele Omojuyigbe I could spot danger on the horizon! The bug of politics has infested all professions in our land and lured away our experts from their seats of relevance. National development is the sure casualty here! Our professionals are rushing into politics, very few for altruistic reasons, but the majority for power, riches and comfort, almost certainly, and concerned authorities are watching the exodus with disinterest! Brain drain has no other name; this is its true copy. Government must devalue politics quickly to contain the dangerous trend. If people haven’t asked you to join a political party yet, whatever your profession, they surely will, shortly, because politics is everything in Nigeria, elevated to the level that it asks all questions and answers all questions. So, people jettison their fields of expertise to embrace it for the much it offers, but at the expense of what the country could gain from the expertise of the professionals involved. The two major gove...

By: Admin President Muhammadu Buhari has apologised to the family of the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, for his travails after the election. The president gave the apology in Abuja on Tuesday after conferring the title, Grand Commander Of the Federal Republic on Abiola. “On behalf of the Federal Government, I tender the nation’s apology to the family of late MKO Abiola, who got the highest vote [in the election], and to those that lost their loved ones in the course of the June 12 struggle,” President Buhari said before getting guests to observe a minute’s silence in honour of those who died . The decision to honour MKO Abiola and to declare June 12 Democracy Day followed years of clamour by the activists, statesmen, groups as well as the family, associates, and friends of the late businessman and politician. And President Buhari believes it is important for Nigerians to accept the decis...

By: Olajumoke Olasoji   The All Progressives congress (APC) has commended the president, Muhammadu Buhari, for his decision to honour late Moshood Abiola.  Mr Buhari announced the award on Wednesday and also declared June 12 as democracy day starting from 2019, shifting the date from May 29. This decision has drawn mixed reactions from Nigerians.Mr Buhari also honoured late activist, Gani Fawehinmi, and Mr Abiola’s vice presidential candidate, Babagana Kingibe. The APC, in a statement by its publicity secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the president should also honour Kudirat Abiola wife of Abiola who fought alongside her husband. The party believes Kudirat Abiola paid the supreme price when she was assassinated in Lagos on June 4, 1996 in the struggle to restore her husband’s mandate as the winner of the 1993 presidential election. “While joining Nigerians from all walks of life in commending President Muhammadu Buhari for declaring June 12 as Democracy Day...