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Mana Balagbogbo

Broadcast Journalist with LN247 (Everything Politics).

The Jostle for the Senate Minority Leadership

The jostle for the Senate Minority Leadership seat appears to be creating uneasy calm among senators who are members of the opposition parties following moves by some vested interests to impose leadership on them. Speculations that no fewer than 22 Senators from the APC are planning to defect to the PDP, potentially causing a significant shift in the Senate, according to a media report if successful, the PDP, as the main opposition party, would become the majority in the red chamber, with an increase in their seats to 58 and a decrease in the APC'S seats to 37 an unnamed source also mentioned plans to challenge the outcome of Senator Godswill Akpabio's election as Senate President, alleging manipulation and compromise of the ballot papers. Recall that the distribution of senate in the 10th senate is as follows:  APC 59 senators; PDP, 36; LP, 8; SDP, 2; NNPP, 2; YPP, 1; and APGA, 1and positions of minority leadership areMinority leader, Deputy minority leader, Minority whip and Deputy whip

Sierra Leone election holds Today

The Sierra Leonean general election holds today as 13 candidates seek election to become the next president of the West African country. About 3.4...

Government officials, judges, and others will receive a 114% pay raise – RMAFC.

Muhammad Shehu, the RMAFC's chairman, announced that the salaries of those who occupy public office, including judicial and political positions, would be raised by...

PRESS RELEASE: PRESIDENT TINUBU RETIRES ALL SERVICE CHIEFS, ADVISERS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF CUSTOMS, APPOINTS NEW ONES

PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU RETIRES ALL SERVICE CHIEFS, ADVISERS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF CUSTOMS, APPOINTS NEW ONES President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR,  has approved the immediate retirement...

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CBN Holds Interest Rate At 26.5% As MPC Cites Global Risks And Inflation Concerns

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the country’s benchmark interest rate, the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), at 26.5 per cent, following the conclusion of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja. CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso, who announced the committee’s decision on Tuesday, said the move reflected the...

144 Migrants Dead Or Missing Off Mauritania’s Coast, UN Says

The UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday that 144 migrants are dead or missing after attempting to reach Europe via the waters off Mauritania, following three separate rescue operations carried out between July 14 and 18. The heaviest toll came from a single boat that departed Bufaloto, Gambia,...

ECOWAS Demands Release Of Detained Opposition Leader In Guinea-Bissau

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called on Guinea-Bissau's military-led government to unconditionally free all detained political figures, including opposition leader Domingos Simoes Pereira, according to a statement issued after a summit of regional heads of state in Sierra Leone. Freeing the political prisoners would...