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The former governor of Kano state and the leader of Kwankwasiyya Movement, Sen. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has sought the support of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) national leadership for the review of Kano governorship election petition at the supreme court.

A statement... Read more at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2020/02/19/pdp-seek-review-kano-judgement/

In continuation of the 60th birthday anniversary of Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufa’i, his lawyer, AbdulHakeem Mustapha SAN has said that the Governor has 83 certificates from Havard.

Mustapha SAN said...https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2020/02/17/elrufai-83-harvard-certificates/

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Senator Duoye Diri, has been sworn in as governor.

His sweraing-in comes a day after...Read more at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2020/02/14/diri-sworn-in-bayelsa/

The Supreme Court has nullified the election of Bayelsa State governor-elect, David Lyon and his running mate Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo.
The Court said...Read more at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2020/02/13/supreme-sacks-lyon-bayelsa/

If Nigeria is able gets the $500million loan it requires for the upgrade of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), the station will soon start competing with stations likes Cable News Network (CNN), says Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister pof Information and Culture.

He said...Read More at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2020/02/10/nta-compete-cnn-lai/

Kano state government has unveiled plan to recruit about 7,000 primary and secondary school teachers to enable it perfect its recently introduced free and compulsory education policy, the state’s Commissioner of Education, Alhaji Sunusi Sa’id Kiru has said.

He stated...read more at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2020/02/08/kano-recruit-7000-teachers/

Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje says the rift between the Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi ll, and Kano State Government is a constitutional issue which will be resolved amicably.

Ganduje said...Read more at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2020/02/07/ganduje-sanusi-shege-ka-fasa/

The annual platform that celebrates gifted Nigerian campus writers and journalists, Campus Journalism Awards, CJA, has opened its portal on Friday for submission of articles and nominations by interested applicants.
A statement signed by the convener of the award...Read More at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2020/01/10/2020-campus-journalism-awards/

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President Muhammadu Buhari discribed 2019 as a very successful year for the nation, thanking Nigerians for believing in him and supporting his administration.

He said this on Wednesday when he received residents of Abuja led by Muhammad Bello, minister of federal capital territory (FCT) during the traditional Christmas Day homage.

Buhari said his administration would continue...Read more here: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/26/history-kind-to-me-buhari/

Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has justified why the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria was not released along with former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki and the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore.

Abubakar Malami insisted that the Nigerian government...Continue Reading at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/26/fg-cant-release-zakzaky/

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has retained his position as the best performing Governor of the Progressive Governors Forum’s Progressive Strides Tracking Developmental Initiatives in APC states... Continue reading at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/25/ganduje-best-apc-governor/

Former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, has reacted to his release saying that he has no feud with President Muhammadu Buhari who ordered his incarceration for four years despite meeting bail conditions.

Mr Dasuki spoke on...Read more at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/25/no-feud-with-buhari-dasuki/

The Bauchi State House of Assembly Speaker, Abubakar Suleiman, has said that budget padding is legal.

Suleiman, who said this... Continue Reading here: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/25/padding-legal-bauchi-speaker/

The Federal Government has ordered the release of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki and convener of #RevolutionNow protest Omoyele Sowore, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami has said

Read more: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/24/malami-release-dasuki-sowore/

The glaring rift between Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and the Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II, appears to have escalated as the governor released a public statement, stating that he has received requests from “unnamed” civil societies to dethrone the Emir.

In the statement by the governor’s spokesperson...Read more https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/20/ganduje-requests-dethrone-sanusi/

The 36 states Governors of Nigeria have ended their meeting Wednesday night, stating that there would be no controversy on the payment of the N30,000 minimum wage, but insisted that payment would depend on each state’s ability to pay as all fingers are not equal.

Briefing newsmen Wednesday night, the chairman of the Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum, who is also the governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi, said...Read more at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/19/minimum-wage-states-discretion/

President Donald Trump has been impeached by the United State’s House of Representatives.

For the third time in the nation’s history, the House of Representatives voted to impeach a sitting president after a daylong debate.

Trump was impeached following...Continue Reading at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/19/why-was-trump-impeached/

The Chairman, Northern Elders’ Forum, (NEF), Professor Ango Abdullahi has said that if truly President Muhammadu Buhari is fighting corruption in the country, our prisons ought to be full by now.

Ango Abdullahi stated categorically that....Read more: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/17/prisons-buhari-fighting-corruption/

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, said he is no more contesting the forthcoming Akwa Ibom North West senatorial rerun election.

Akpabio who was a former Minority Leader of the Senate, in a letter...Read more: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/11/akwa-ibom-akpabio-apc/

If a Bill seeking to set aside 20 per cent of the nation’s annual budgets for constituency projects becomes law, Members of the National Assembly would be allocated N2.1trillion in 2020.

The Senate on Wednesday passed for second reading a bill which seeks to legalize...Read more at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/11/nass-gulp-2020-budget/

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A Kaduna based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Abubakar Gumi, has advised Nigerians on the kind of leader that should succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

He noted that the north had learnt its lesson...Read more at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/09/2023-dont-elect-leaders-who-revenge-kill-imprison-sheikh-gumi/

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State Governor has appointed the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, as the Chairman of Kano State Council of Chiefs.

The governor’s spokesperson, Abba Anwar, in a statement on Monday said the appointment is...Continue reading Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State Governor has appointed the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, as the Chairman of Kano State Council of Chiefs.

The governor’s spokesperson, Abba Anwar, in a statement on Monday said the appointment is

I have no hesitation in admitting that I have a personal, formative interest in the health of the Nigerian judiciary, deeper perhaps than the average Nigerian. At a critical junction in the life of this writer, a judge resolved to give primacy to the call of conscience, affirm his professional integrity and defend the supremacy of law in defiance of state interference.

He refused to bow to external pressure in adjudicating a case whose conclusion, had this accused been found guilty as charged, would have been life imprisonment. That individual,...Continue Reading at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/05/between-thuggery-and-state-disobedience-wole-soyinka/

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently haviing a closed-door meeting with governors of All Progressives Congress (APC) states at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Also in the meeting with the President and governors are...Read more at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/05/breaking-buhari-apc-governors-in-closed-door-meeting/

Former governor of Imo State and the Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District in the Senate, Senator Rochas Okorocha has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023 should not be determined by ethnicity.

Okorocha stated this...Read more on: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/05/2023-buhari-successor-shouldnt-determine-ethnicity/

The People’s Redemption Party (PRP), an opposition party in Nigeria has rejected the 76% Recurrent Expenditure in the proposed 2020 Budget, saying no nation develops that way.

Disclosing this at a press briefing in Abuja...Read more: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/04/prp-rejects-76-expenditure-budget-says-no-nation-develops-way/

It has been observed that the current closure of Nigeria’s land borders is among the best decisions of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) and AgroNigeria/AgroAfrica said on Tuesday... Read more: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/04/border-closure-among-buharis-best-decisions-afan/

Niger state government has said there was no arrangement in place which compels it to pay pension to former governors and their deputies who served the state.

The government says...Read more: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/03/niger-doesnt-pay-ex-governors/

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed that he was able to conceive and facilitate three different projects courtesy of the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC).

He said the projects...Read more at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/12/03/how-i-secured-daura-university-csr-ccecc/