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An argument between two All Progressives Congress Senators, Kabiru Marafa and Tayo Alasoadura, degenerated into a physical combat on Tuesday as a last minute attempt by the party’s caucus in the Senate to select the principal officers ended in a stalemate. The meeting of the caucus was convened in Abuja by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to unite members of his group, the Like Minds Senators and those loyal to Senator Ahmad Lawan, the Senate Unity Forum. The meeting was also aimed at arriving at a common position on the selection of principal officers. ADVERTISEMENT Trouble was said to have started immediately after Saraki had delivered his speech and urged his colleagues to dissolve into zonal caucuses to produce their representatives for the posts of Senate Leader, the Deputy Senate Leader, the Chief Whip and the Deputy Whip. It was at that stage that Senator Suleiman Hunkunyi, got angry on hearing Saraki’s call on members to dissolve into zonal caucuses. Hunkunyi di...

Dogora, Gbajabiamila The chances of a former House Minority Leader, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, emerging as the Majority Leader of the 8th House of Representatives looked grim on Tuesday as his backing among the majority northern lawmakers began to drop. The PUNCH gathered that except the All Progressives Congress stamped its foot on the matter by insisting that the Lagos lawyer should take the seat, he was likely to be out of reckoning for the job. “Regarding the issue of the House Leader, there is a big problem. ADVERTISEMENT “It is not that Gbajabiamila is not qualified; he is eminently qualified, just like his qualities were recognised during the contest for the position of the Speaker. He is the most qualified. “But, you see, a South-West person (Mr. Yussuf Lasun) has already been elected as the Deputy Speaker. “We cannot afford to allow the same zone take the House Leader again. That will be too much legislative powers in one area”, a senior member from the North confided in The PUN...

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari may shock state governors and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress by the time he releases the list of his ministerial nominees, investigation has revealed. THE PUNCH learnt on Tuesday that indication that Buhari was keeping matters relating to the appointment close to his chest emerged during a meeting he held with state governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. A governor who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent that one of his colleagues raised the issue at the meeting. ADVERTISEMENT He said the governor had asked the President when the names of ministerial nominees would be sent to the Senate for screening. He said Buhari however refused to answer the question posed by the governor. This, he explained, was an indication that the President did not want to talk on the matter. “During the meeting today, a governor asked the President what is delaying the list of his ministerial list. “The President did not answer t...

Manchester United are set to propose a straight swap deal of David De Gea for Sergio Ramos with Real Madrid.

Nigerian singer, Rotimi (currently signed to 50 Cent‘s G-Unit), collaborated with 50 Cent on the remix to “LOTTO“. The two acts, who currently star in the Starz original series POWER, have been working together lately, with 50 Cent bringing out Rotimi during his performance at the “New Kids On The Block” Concert at Madison Square Garden, New York last night. Listen & Download Rotimi ft. 50-Cent – Lotto (Remix) Audio Player DOWNLOAD MP3

An Osun State judge, Justice Oloyede Folahanmi has called on the state House of Assembly to investigate the alleged mismanagement of the state’s financial resources by the governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola and his deputy in accordance with Sections 128 and 129 of the 1999 constitution, saying there is no moral justification for their continued stay in office. Folahanmi, in a 30-page petition urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Amnesty International, Transparency International among others, to investigate any other person found to be responsible for what he described as ‘’ deliberate mismanagement of the economy of Osun State.’’ The petitioner further accused Aregbesola of acting in defiance of some sections of the constitution which bordered on the welfare of Osun indigenes. The petition reads in part: ‘’I am propelled by the desire to see the pains of my fellow human beings ameliorated and to possibly, help take away the rep...

Seven youths have been accused of raping a trader inside a plaza in the Alaba Market, Lagos State. Two of them, ─ Abeeb Busari, 22, and 18-year-old Lawal Gbolahan ─ who were nabbed and arraigned in court by the police, have been remanded in custody by an Apapa Magistrate’s Court. PUNCH Metro learnt that the police had launched a manhunt for the other fleeing offenders while the arrested suspects have owned up to the crime. The victim, 24-year-old Bola (pseudonym), sells fairly-used clothes in the area. It was gathered that the woman was hawking her wares around 4.30pm on May 27, when Busari, who works as a bricklayer on a construction project at the market, summoned her under the pretext of buying a jacket for which he agreed to pay N500. He reportedly told her to follow him to a room in a plaza at the market ─ where he had lodged ─ to collect the money for the item. Busari, it was learnt, was acting on the order of one of his accomplices, identified as Tunde, who reportedly orchestr...