By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Working Committee has unanimously confirmed, Alhaji Aliyu Bello, as the substantive party chairman in the state. Our correspondent gathered that the state Working Committee of APC, took the decision during its emergency meeting on Wednesday,...
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The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has upheld the election of Abubakar Sani-Bello as Senator representing Niger North Senatorial District. Justice Angela Otaluka delivered the judgement in Minna on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Sani-Bello...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has refuted the purported suspension of Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, the 2023 Presidential Candidate from the party. Mr Ladipo Johnson, the NNPP National Auditor, stated this at a news conference on Wednesday the party’s National Headquarters...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has embarked on a protest in Calabar, over the appointment of Asu Okang as the Commissioner representing the State on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The protesters displayed placards...
Police in Lagos State arraigned a 31-year-old, Eghiewe Aigotsua before a Badagry Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday for alleged obtaining N6.04 million from a complainant under false pretence. Police prosecutor, ASP Clement Okuoimose, told the court that Aigotsua fraudulently obtained N6.04 million from one Adewale Adebiyi claiming that he...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara has raised concern that the All Progressives Congress (APC) allegedly planned to influence in its favour the awaited outcome of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Sokoto. The Acting Chairman of the PDP in Zamfara, Alhaji Mukhtar Lugga, raised the concern...
A faction of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Tuesday expelled the Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), Dr Boniface Aniebonam, and several other national officers over alleged anti-party activities. The National Publicity Secretary, Mr Agbo Major, and a host of other officials were affected by the sweep. Its...
By SUNDAY AYAMI, Abuja – Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has disclosed that he inherited an empty treasury when he assumed office as governor in May 29, 2023. The governor said, civil servants and pensioners were being owed several months of salaries as well as pensions. ...
Imo chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated its campaign council ahead of the Nov. 11 governorship election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the council was inaugurated by the party’s Chairman, Mr Charles Ugwu, in Owerri, on Tuesday. Ugwu announced that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The All Progressives Congress (APC) has disowned a purported national campaign council lists for Nov. 11, 2023 governorship elections for Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo States in circulation in sections of the media. APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Felix Morka stated this in a statement on...
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has suspended its candidate in the Feb. 25 presidential election, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for alleged anti party activities. The BoT also suspended the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. It also appointed new...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, says the Judiciary is critical to the fight against corruption in the country. He made the remark on Monday in Abuja at the annual reunion and award of the members of the Class of ’85’ of the...
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu, are creating disconnection between the Federal Government and the citizens. The PDP said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba in Abuja on Monday. Ologunagba questioned the sensitivity of the government toward...
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that a 20-year-old student, Austin Ife be remanded in a correction centre for alleged murder and belonging to a cult group. Ife who lives at No 22 Solomon Akaahan Street in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue was charged with criminal conspiracy,...
The Presidential Election Tribunal has finally fixed a date to make public its verdict. This is coming barely four weeks after it adjourned for judgment. A usually reliable source disclosed Sunday that the five-member tribunal which sat at the Court of Appeal complex in Abuja from May...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has tasked residents of the state to vote for Alhaji Usman Ododo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election. Governor Bello said this on Sunday in a radio and television broadcast to celebration the 32nd anniversary of the creation...
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...
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...