By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, sympathized with the family of Chief Bala Kona, a former state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who died on Sunday. The governor’s condolence message is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Jalingo by...
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The governorship candidate on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Benue in the 2023 general elections, Prof. Bem Angwe, has withdrawn his membership from the party. Angwe’s resignation was contained in a letter he personally signed and addressed to the NNPP Ward Chairman of Mbatyu in Gboko Local...
The Sokoto Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has reserved judgment in the petition against Gov. Ahmed Aliyu and Dep. Gov. Idris Gobir, filed by Sa’idu Umar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Tribunal Chairman, Justice Haruna Mshelia, reserved judgment after parties adopted their final written addresses on Saturday, adding that...
The Fulani community in Kogi have reportedly endorsed the candidature of Alhaji Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Nov. 11 governorship election. The endorsement, according to a statement issued in Lokoja by the state Information Commissioner, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, took place at Gegu Beki...
Julius Abure faction of the Labour Party (LP), says the claim by Lamidi Apapa that the court has affirmed him as the authentic National Chairman of the party is false. Malam Umar Farouk, the National Secretary of the faction said this at a news conference in Abuja on...
Chairman, Kogi All Progressive Congress (APC) Alh. Abdullahi Bello, has denied reports that Gov. Yahaya Bello has conceded the positions of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) on appointments of some national officers. Bello, who made the rebuttal in a statement in Lokoja on Friday said: “It’s falsehood...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Borno on Friday, upheld the election victory of Dr. Midala Balami, a member of the House of Representatives representing Askira-Uba/ Hawul federal constituency. Dr. Balami is the only federal Lawmaker elected on the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has assured of his administration’s commitment to conclude a thorough review of the salaries and allowances of judicial officers in the country. Tinubu said this on Thursday when he received the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)...
The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating the utilisation of N1.017 trillion accrued into Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) on Friday said it preferred to continue its assignment without media coverage. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the media covered the sitting of the committee on...
Elections are over: A call for Governor Godwin Obaseki to show more statesmanship, By MOHAMMED IDRIS
Elections are over: A call for Governor Godwin Obaseki to show more statesmanship, By MOHAMMED IDRIS
The statement credited to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, which was used as the lead front page story in Thisday Newspaper of today (Thursday, August 24, 2023) did not come to anyone as a surprise. However, it is essential to clarify certain narratives for a more informed public discourse....
The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Lagos has nullified the return of the Labour Party (LP) ’s candidate, Seyi Sowunmi as the House of Representatives member for Ojo Federal Constituency in Lagos State. Instead, the three-man panel led by Justice Abdullahi Ozegya declared the candidate of...
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council for Bayelsa governorship election, says the party will retain the state in the Nov. 11 election, going by recent developments. Kefas stated this at the meeting of the council on Thursday in Abuja. “Our campaign is...
Labour Party (LP) factional leader, Lamidi Apapa, says only candidates endorsed by him can feature in the Nov. 11 Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo governorship election. Apapa said this when he spoke at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, saying that the judgement of the Court of Appeal in...
The National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Jos on Thursday dismissed the petition challenging the election of Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Simon Mwadkon (PDP/Plateau North). Justice Mohammed Mohammed, who delivered the judgement, said that the petition against the senate minority leader lacked merit and had been dismissed...
The Kogi Chapter of the APC has rejected the choice of persons by the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) as replacements for the former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party and the former Zonal Organising Secretary, who resigned recently. The State APC Chairman, Abdullahi Bello in a...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the appointment of Alhaji Ali Dalori, the former Borno chairman of the party as the Deputy National Chairman. Sen. Ajibola Bashir, the APC National Secretary, said this when he spoke with newsmen at the end...
Sen. Adams Oshiomhole (APC Edo-North Senatorial District) says President Bola Tinubu-led administration will leave a legacy of being the one that turned the socio-economic and political fortunes of the nation around. Oshiomhole, former National Chairman of the APC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on...
The arraignment of the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Gov. Godwin Emefiele and two others before an FCT Court failed to hold on Wednesday. Though the court sat to hear other cases, no reason was given for the failure of the arraignment of the embattled Emefiele and...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Otunba Segun Sowunmi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu for appointing 48 ministers in his cabinet, saying it is a waste of public funds. Showunmi said this when he addressed a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that Nigeria was...