Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo on Friday secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket for his second term bid. Uzodinma, who was the sole contender in the primary election that took place in Owerri, polled 63,618 valid votes. The Chairman of the seven-member 2023 Governorship Primary Election Committee,...
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Some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State with their supporters have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The defectors, led by Mr Smart Oloye, a former Deputy Chairman of PDP in Akure South Local Government, were received...
A corps member in Oyo State, Ukanwa Ikechukwu, was Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court for allegedly swindling a police officer of N235, 000. The police charged the defendant with false pretence andtheft. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Olufemi Omilana,...
An Abuja High Court on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking the nullification of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates lists for the governorship primaries scheduled to hold on Friday. Mr Abayomi Awoniyi ,Abdullahi Haruna, SAN, Ruben Atabo , SAN, Mohammed Usman, Musa Wada, Kingsley Lona , Gedion Ojata, Dr...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has described the petition filed by Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against his election victory as “a gross abuse of court processes.” Tinubu, in a reply to the petition through his team of lawyers led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, told...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says he has no preferred candidate for the speakership of the 10th Assembly. Media reports on Thursday said Hon. Gbajabiamila was allegedly against the aspiration of his deputy, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase, and some other...
Friday’s governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi took a dramatic turn on Thursday as the deputy governor, Mr Edward Onoja, stepped down for the state’s Auditor-General, Ahmed Usman-Ododo. Seven other aspirants, including a former Commissioner for Finance, Mr David Adebanji-Jimoh, Asiwaju Ashiru Idris and...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Thursday urged voters in Adamawa and Kebbi to vote for the party at the April 15 supplementary elections. INEC fixed April 15 for supplementary governorship elections in the two states and in five...
Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has issued a 30-day ultimatum to a construction firm, Julius Berger, to complete the permanent site of National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS). Gbajabiamila, who visited the site on Thursday in Abuja, issued the ultimatum after expressing disappointment with the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Rep. Francis Waive (APC-Delta) has joined the race for Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly. The lawmaker said this in a notice to the 10th House of Representatives members-elect, on Thursday in Abuja He said that his aspiration, aside from overriding...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna on Thursday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Hassan Yusuf, who allegedly defiled a seven-year-old girl be remanded in a correctional centre pending legal advice. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the plea of Yusuf, ordered the police to duplicate the case file...
Alhaji Muktar Lugga, Zamfara State Acting Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on Inspector General of Police (IGP) to transfer the petition before him against some party chieftains to Zamfara Command Lugga made the appeal at a news conference in Gusau on Wednesday, saying that the current...
Rep. Abdulganiyu Johnson (APC-Lagos) says his bill that seeks to bar Nigeria-trained medical doctors and dentists from travelling abroad to practice unless they have put in a minimum of five years in Nigeria is informed by the crisis in the nation’s health sector. The lawmaker, who sponsored the bill,...
A former Assemblyman in Cross River, Mr Cletus Obun, has said that the Presidency of the 10th Senate should be zoned to the South South geopolitical zone. Obun, who was member of APC 2023 Presidential Campaign Council, South South Coordinator of the Public Affairs Directorate, said this in an...
Governor Douye Diri has emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary to contest the Bayelsa governorship seat on Nov. 11. With this development, the coast is clear for Diri to seek a second tenure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Diri, who was the...
The National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, has described his victory at the party’s Imo governorship primary election as divinely orchestrated. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Anyanwu emerged unopposed as the PDP Governorship Candidate at Wednesday’s primary election conducted in Owerri....
The Federal High Court (FHC) will on Thursday mark 50 years of justice delivery in the Nigerian judicial system. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that FHC, which was established on April 13, 1973, was formerly known as Federal Revenue Court. It was established by the Federal Revenue Act...
The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Anyanwu has emerged the PDP governorship candidate for the November 11 Imo State Governorship Election. This followed the PDP’s primary held on Wednesday the party’s primary in its state secretariat along the Okigwe Road in Owerri, the Imo...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi on Wednesday says the party has adopted the direct mode of primary for the conduct of its governorship primary election ,slated for April 14. Alhaji Abdullahi Bello, the State APC Chairman, made the disclosure in a telephone interview with the News Agency...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, nullified and set aside the ward and local government congresses conducted on Feb. 7 by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the congresses were conducted for the purpose of nominating a governorship candidate...