Month: June 2019

  • Senate Presidency, Speakership: APC lawmakers move against party

    Senate Presidency, Speakership: APC lawmakers move against party

    Saturday Vanguard has reliably gathered that some All Progressives Congress, APC, Senators, and members of the House Representatives have concluded plans to work against the party’s candidates for the positions of the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives. The move which had been at its teething stage before now was said to…

  • Get Rid of Political Godfathers, Oyegun Tells APC

    Get Rid of Political Godfathers, Oyegun Tells APC

    Ask APC leadership not to ignore Obasanjo’s words on fulanisation and Islamisation agenda John Oyegun, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked the ruling party to get rid of godfathers. In an interview with New Telegraph, Oyegun said godfatherism is one of the major challenges the APC is facing. He, therefore,…

  • LG Funds: Amidst Governors protests, Court refuses to stop NFIU directive

    LG Funds: Amidst Governors protests, Court refuses to stop NFIU directive

    A Federal High Court, Uyo, has declined to grant a request of the Akwa Ibom State Government to stop the implementation of the guidelines on local government funds issued recently by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). PREMIUM TIMES reported how the NFIU on May 6 issued the ‘Guidelines to Reduce Vulnerabilities Created by Cash…