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Does holding a political office substitute for participation in the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program? The minister of communication, Adebayo Shittu, who dodged the NYSC is claiming that he is exempted because he won election into the state... Read more via The ScoopNG –...

Labour and Productivity Minister, Dr. Chris Ngige has responded to the threats by the National Chairman of the … Read more via The ScoopNG – https://ift.tt/2uZEpx2 Get More Nigeria Political News

Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, was one of the speakers at a sit-out session held on Valentine’s Day, February 14, which was put together by a group ‘Nigerians United for Democracy’.... Read more via The ScoopNG – https://ift.tt/2uCyfDc Get More Nigeria Political News

Last week was a good one for the senate president, Bukola Saraki. He got positive reviews for the empathy shown to the family of a youth corps member who was killed in Abuja by a policeman. He was also applauded for the senate’s resolution to open conversations and … Read more via The...

Even though former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was given a rousing welcome when he visited Delta state this week, the state governor Ifeanyi Okowa, has said he is yet to endorse anyone. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is expected... Read more via The ScoopNG – https://ift.tt/2Ks7Ezk...

Senator Dino Melaye, a lawmaker elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform to represent Kogi West Senatorial District, did not attend.... Read more via The ScoopNG – https://ift.tt/2KkxZlS Get More Nigeria Political News

Ekiti governor, Ayo Fayose, believes that his deputy and PDP candidate, Kolapo Olusola, would win the July 14th gubernatorial election in the state. Immediately after the emergence of Fayemi..... Read more via The ScoopNG News – https://ift.tt/2wE3Ubz Get More Nigeria Political News

The drama involving Kogi Senator Dino Melaye is still ongoing. Melaye is reportedly at the National Hospital in Abuja after attempting to evade arrest and arraignment on Tuesday. He was visited at the hospital on Wednesday by senators led by senate president Bukola Saraki. While that situation...

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Daura, his hometown, said all mismanaged and misappropriated national assets recovered will be sold off and proceeds paid to the treasury for the benefit of the country. President Buhari who gave the assurance when he received representatives of social groups...

It was always predictable that, given his notoriety on that score, it was a matter of time for former President Olusegun Obasanjo to resume his pastime of undermining his military and civilian successors, by making President Muhammadu Buhari his latest victim. Amusingly, the rabble Obasanjo...

Second Republic Vice President, Alex Ekwueme, was buried on Friday at his hometown, Oko in Orumba local government area of Anambra state. Below are three takeaways from the event: READ: Simon Kolawole: Alex Ekwueme in the eyes of history Pres. Buhari is truly locked up inside the presidential …...

Two things happened in December 2017 that do not appear linked to each other on the surface. Senior lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba, announced at a press conference that a group of Nigerians tired of the “failed governance” of the PDP and APC political elite have formed the National Intervention Movement...

Former Pres. Olusegun Obasanjo and all those opposed to a second term bid for President Muhammadu Buhari may say and write all they wish but the federal cabinet – for now – is marching on with overt campaigns for the president. On Wednesday at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, …...