The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again alleged plots to arrest the leadership of the Senate to pave way for their impeachment.

The alleged plot to arrest the principal officers of the senate has remained a recurring fear in PDP circle.

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and concerned members of the public have asked Senate President Bukola Saraki to resign as senate president because he had defected from the party with majority members in the senate.

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Senator Godswill Akpabio, who has a pending case before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following allegations of stealing over N100bn from the coffers of Akwa Ibom State when he was governor, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress.

The APC-led Federal Government has welcomed him with open arms and political analysts believe the defection could make the former governor to evade corruption trial, raising questions about President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war.

Unsurprisingly, the senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday resigned from his position as the Senate Minority Leader. A day later, he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.

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Hundreds of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State have announced their defection from the ruling party to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), saying they left because of political patronage.

A Chieftain of the party, Chief Osamede Adun, the Aiyobahan of Bénin Kingdom, who led others in the defection, said that he and his followers left the party because of abandonment and attitude of Governor Godwin Obaseki.

Also among the defectors were a former APC Chairman for Orhionwon LGA in Edo State, Mr. Mathew Ehigie and a former Council Chairman of Ovia Northeast LGA, Mrs. Lucy Omagbon.

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Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), has alleged that some members of the National Assembly were planning to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari.

But he warned the plotters to drop their sinister move because it is not “possible for a lizard to wrestle an antelope’’.

Tinubu spoke on Wednesday at the formal defection of ex-senate Minority Leader, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, at a packed full Ikot Ekpene township stadium in Akwa Ibom.

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Senator Godswill Akpabio has formally defected to the national ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at a mega rally held at the Ikot Ekpene township stadium on Wednesday.

No fewer than 30 APC’s senators and members of National Working Committee (NWC) were on hand to receive the ex-senate minority leader, Akpabio.

The senate Majority leader, Sen. Ahmed Lawan, who introduced his colleagues spoke on Akpabio whom he described as a nationalist and patriot who believes in Nigeria’s unity.

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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has called on the United Kingdom to expel President Muhammadu, who he accused of hiding in England to allegedly undermine democracy in Nigeria.

He said that Britain should not allow its environment to be turned into what he called “a haven for anti-democracy conspirators.”

Secondus said in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Mr Ike Abonyi, that the President left the country for the UK for 10 days’ leave to enable the nefarious activities they lined out against democracy to be executed in his absence.

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Operatives of the Department of State Services are at the moment preventing Senators, members of the House of Representatives and workers from entering the National Assembly.
The operatives had been stationed there from about 2am.
This was shortly after an aide of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, raised the alarm about a meeting between the Director General of the DSS, Lawal Daura, and about 30 senators elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.

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It appeared like a scene from a movie when in September 2015, operatives of the Department of State Services stormed the Akwa Ibom State Government House reportedly confiscating arms and millions of dollars.

Although Senator Godswill Akpabio had left government three months earlier, his successor, Udom Emmanuel, had yet to move into the Government House fuelling rumours that Akpabio was still living there.

Characteristically, the Peoples Democratic Party in a statement by its then acting Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, issued a statement condemning the raid on the Government House, describing it as an attack on democracy.

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Contrary to rumours making the rounds that members of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly were planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress, the lawmakers had denied such insinuations as being peddled by the opposition in the state.

The Speaker of the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly, Mr Onofiok Luke, who led other members on a solidarity visit to Governor Udom Emmanuel at the Government House, Uyo, said they were there to show their support and solidarity based on the superlative performance of his administration.

He said, “We came here today, to show our support and solidarity to His Excellency the governor and to show that that support is based on the superlative performance that he has been able to put on the ground for the Akwa Ibom people.”

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Senate Minority Leader Godswill Akpabio, who is expected to be received into the All Progressives Congress (APC) tomorrow in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, yesterday visited Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to round off his consultation.

Akpabio arrived at Tinubu’s Abuja home at 4pm.

A source said: “Sen. Akpabio met with the National Leader of APC to brief him and for further consultations ahead of his defection. There is no going back on his defection.”

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Jose Mourinho has warned Manchester United face a “difficult season” if they do not strengthen their squad before the Premier League transfer window shuts on Thursday.

United’s build-up to the new campaign has been dominated by Mourinho’s clear frustration over transfers, which has brought his relationship with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward into the spotlight.

The only arrivals at Old Trafford this summer have been Brazilian midfielder Fred, teenage full-back Diogo Dalot and back-up goalkeeper Lee Grant.

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Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, has said that former Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Senator Godswill Akpabio, will have all his sins forgiven, if he decamps to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Reacting to Akpabio’s visit to President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, Omokri said in a tweet, that even the Economic and Financial Crimes Comission (EFCC), will “pass over” him.

“Behold Akpabio, all your sins have been forgiven. When @officialEFCC sees the broom, EFCC will Passover!” he wrote.

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Right activist- lawyer Mr. Femi Falana, (SAN) has said lawmakers who defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ought to resign from the legislature.

In a statement made available to The Nation yesterday, Falana advised the defectors, who are mostly members of the Reformed- All Progressives Congress (R-APC), to seek a fresh mandate from the electorate.

Fifty-three members of the National Assembly dumped the ruling party and moved to the opposition, with most of them citing division as their reason for leaving.

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Speculations about Senate Minority Leader Godswill Akpabio’s political future has ended.

The former Akwa Ibom State governor is set to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He completed his consultations with leaders of the ruling party at the weekend in London, the United Kingdom where he met with President Muhammadu Buhari, who is on a 10-day vacation.

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Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio met vacationing President Muhammadu Buhari in London today, four days before he crosses over to the All Progressives Congress.

Issues discussed were not diclosed.

Akpabio had met Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja on Thursday and also national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Lagos.

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Primate Elijah Ayodele of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Oke Afa, Isolo, Lagos, has predicted how the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, can emerge as the winner of the 2019 election.

In his book, ‘Warning To The Nations’, which is a compendium of his prophecies covering the 2018/2019 period, the Primate said PDP will win 2019 election if Senate President, Bukola Saraki is given the party’s ticket.

He also said that President Muhammadu Buhari will not find it easy in his bid for a second term.

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National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has told the Peoples Democratic Party that he would rather be an attack dog than be a mushroom eater.

Comrade Oshiomhole said he opted for the tactics he is deploying as National Chairman of the APC because of the party’s commitment to Nigerians.

Oshiomhole who spoke to reporters at the Bénin Airport on his way to Sapele, Delta State yesterday, said the APC would continue to engage and pro-attack, whether the opposition called him an attack dog or not.

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There were indications that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is in serious talks with the Minority Leader in the Senate, ex-Governor Godswill Akpabio; a move that has unsettled the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)

Akpabio might defect to the APC any moment from now once the “terms” are wrapped up, THE NATION learnt yesterday.

The APC is upbeat about the prospect, which analysts believe will be a major political mileage for President Muhammadu Buhari in the South-South.

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Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, have described the move by eight members of the Benue House of Assembly to impeach Governor Samuel Ortom as illegal.

In a joint statement, the two leaders, who are being expected to join the Peoples Democratic Party, from the All Progressives Congress, said the move was “a desecration of the legislative sanctity”.

In a joint statement on Monday, they condemned a situation where 22 other members, the majority, are kept away from the Assembly Complex by the police.

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Following the gale of defection that hit the All Progressives Congress recently, the Coalition for Nigeria Movement has said the development is a signal that Nigerians have rejected the ruling party because of its failure in the governance of the country in the last three years.

CNM spokesman, Mr. Akin Osuntokun, told newsmen that the APC lawmakers in both chambers of the National Assembly that defected to the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party and the African Democratic Congress must have taken the decision to do so out of frustration with the poor leadership being offered Nigerians by the APC.

Osuntokun added that the action of the lawmakers was a good development that would positively impact on the survival of the country during this critical moment it was going through in the face of poor governance by the ruling APC.

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Ridiculed for faking and diving during a disappointing 2018 World Cup campaign in Russia, Brazilian forward Neymar has admitted to “exaggerated” reactions saying he is still learning to deal with frustration.

In a 90-second video made for his sponsors Gillette and published on social media accounts and Brazilian television, Neymar sought to win back fans who criticised his behaviour.

“Studs on my calf, knee in my back, stamp on my foot,” he said.

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Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez could be fit for Sunday’s Community Shield with Chelsea despite suffering an ankle injury against Bayern Munich.

Mahrez went off in the first half of Sunday’s 3-2 friendly win in Miami after a tackle from Chris Richards and was pictured in a protective boot.

But a City statement on Monday said Mahrez has been given the all-clear to return to training later this week.

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Some members of the House of Representatives on Sunday described as “laughable,” the current moves by the All Progressives Congress to stop the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, from defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party or any other party.

The lawmakers spoke under the aegis of Parliamentary Democrats Group, dominated largely by the PDP members and other opposition party members.

They spoke after their meeting in Abuja. They expressed surprise that the APC suddenly began to appreciate the worth of Dogara amid the gale of defections that hit it since last week at the National Assembly.

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Mauricio Pochettino laughed off the idea of Tottenham signing Gareth Bale, but says he is aware of the importance of making new signings.

Spurs are yet to make a signing during the transfer window, while Bale’s Real Madrid future has been unclear this summer.

However, when asked if the Wales international could be a target for Tottenham, Pochettino said: “I think it’s not realistic.”

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Senate President, Bukola Saraki has responded to the comment credited to the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, where he was quoted as saying that Saraki leads the worst senate Nigeria ever had.

Speaking through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in an interview with Punch, Saraki described El-Rufai as a careless talker who is suffering from diarrhea of the mouth.

El-Rufai, had described the 8th senate under the leadership of Bukola Saraki as the worst in the history of Nigeria

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The Peoples Democratic Party has asked the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, to stop behaving like what it called an attack dog.

The PDP said it noted with utter dismay that since assuming office as chairman of the ruling party, Oshiomhole had allegedly abandoned the path of wisdom expected of him and “has become noisy, loquacious, rapacious and completely immodest in all his actions and utterances.”

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Saturday, said the former governor of Edo State had also accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being indolent.

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The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu Saturday described the recent defection of federal lawmakers and Benue State Governor, Mr. Samuel Ortom to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a genuine movement to rescue Nigeria.

Ekweremadu berated those personalising the mass defection across the federation from the All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting that it was no longer about anybody’s individual political ambition.

He expressed the view during in Enugu yesterday, noting that what had happened so far was “a tip of the iceberg” as so many other top political office-holders would soon dump the ruling party.

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Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has declared that the recent gale of defection that hit the All Progressives Congress (APC ) was due to the fact that the APC government has failed Nigerians.

He declared that the APC government runs on vindictiveness, intimidation and illegality, whilst denying Nigerians the dividends of democracy.

Addressing journalists after projects inspection yesterday in Port Harcourt, Wike stated that more high profile defections were in the offing across the country.

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Manchester City’s World Cup players have decided to return to training early and help aid manager Pep Guardiola’s attempt to defend the Premier League title.

The English champions had 16 players playing in Russia with the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Vincent Kompany, John Stones, Kyle Walker, Fabian Delph, Raheem Sterling not due back until next weekend.

All players were given three weeks off from the moment their involvement in the tournament ended.

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Cristiano Ronaldo could pay almost £17m after settling a tax evasion case with Spanish tax authorities but he is unlikely to serve a prison sentence.

Ronaldo, who moved from Real Madrid to Juventus for a fee of around £105m in July, will be fined £2.8m and sentenced to 24 months in prison, the prosecutor said on Friday, although under Spanish law a sentence of under two years for a first offence can be served on probation.

The Portuguese international is accused of evading £5.1m in taxes. He has denied the allegations.

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A faction of the All Progressives Congress loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari in Kwara State has urged the national leadership of the party to expel Senate President Bukola Saraki.

The Chairman of the faction, Mr. Bashir Bolarinwa, on Friday called for Saraki’s expulsion from the party, accusing him of being behind the recent mass defection of senators and members of the House of Representatives from the APC to other parties, mainly the PDP.

He said, “As for me, he is no longer a member of the APC. He is just hiding behind one finger deceiving himself and thinking that he is deceiving Kwara people.

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National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole said Friday that Benue State that the exit of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom from the party was a blessing in disguise to the APC, saying his three and half years as governor in the stage was a waste as he had no single project to show for the mandate given to him by the party.

Addressing a news conference at the party secretariat, Comrade Oshiomhole said even though the party leadership had attempted to wade into the conflict between the governor and leaders of the party in Benue State, he could not successfully defend the weighty allegation leveled against him by the leaders of the party in the state.

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