The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that there is pressure on him to leave Nigeria. Mr Obi, in a statement on Wednesday night, accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and some government agencies, of trying to divert the country’s attention from the ills...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the Benue State Governor-elect, Hyacinth Alia, at the Presidential Villa Abuja on Wednesday. Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting with the president, Alia frowned at the condition of the Benue State civil service. According to him, the state’s civil...
The Diaspora Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in South Korea on Thursday, endorsed Sen. Orji Kalu for the position of President of the 10th Senate. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by the APC South Korea Chairman, Mr Yuccee Uwah and the Secretary, Chief Charles Mokwe....
A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, remanded a leader of Igbo community in Lagos State, Eze Ndigbo Fredrick Nwajagu, for allegedlly threatening to bring the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to the state. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Peter Nwaka, ordered that the defendant, aged...
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abass who has sponsored the highest number of bills in the current Assembly is set to declare for Speaker. of the 10th Assembly Hon Abass who represents Zaria Federal constituency of Kaduna state is the chairman of the House committee...
An Abuja High Court has stopped the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Julius Abure; National Secretary, Alhaji Farouk Ibrahim and two others from parading themselves as national officers of the party. Others also affected by the order are the National Organising Secretary, Mr Clement Ojukwu and Treasurer of...
By DAPO ALAOSEBIKAN – It is an open secret that the race for the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly is on. It is equally a national knowledge that the race is literally between the South-South and South-East geopolitical zones of the country though the North-West is lately...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Fr Alia Diaspora Support Group (FADSG), has expressed delight over the victory of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 18, 2023 Benue State governorship election, Fr Hyacinth Alia and his deputy, Dr Sam Ode. In a congratulatory message...
Chief Edozie Njoku, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),to recognise him as National Chairman citing a Supreme Court judgment . This is contained in a statement signed by the National Secretary of APGA, Muhyideen Imam, on...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The executives of the Kukadi/Gundari Ward of the All Progressives Congress in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State, have expelled the State Chairman of the Party, Babayo Misau, for alleged engagement in anti- party activities during the March 18th governorship election. The Ward...
The National Young Progressive Forum (NYPF) has thrown its weight behind the aspiration of Sen Osita Izunaso (APC-Imo) to be elected as the 10th National Assembly Senate President. Alhaji Sulaiman Talba, National Coordinator, NYPF made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday He said the endorsement was...
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Mr Hudu Arim the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Adamawa to recuse himself from conducting the April 15 re-run governorship election in the state. The party made the call at a news conference addresses by the...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom says he is not deterred from advocating for equity, justice and fairness despite losing his senatorial bid in the February 25th Presidential and National elections. Governor Ortom spoke on Tuesday, while commissioning Government Secondary School, Kpor in Gokana Local...
Sen. Osita Izunaso (APC-Imo-West) met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday to intimate the president with his interest in the seat of the Senate President. He told newsmen after the meeting that there was the need to zone the Senate Presidency to the Southeast geopolitical zone. Izunaso...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday told a Federal High Court, Abuja that six aggrieved applicants who challenged the party’s Feb. 7 election to nominate delegates for Kogi governorship primaries were not its members. Counsel to APC, Abdulwahab Mohammed, SAN, who told Justice James Omotosho in a preliminary...
A Magistrates’ Court in Abakaliki on Tuesday refused to grant the bail application filed by Mr Chukwuma John, a politician, who is charged with alleged possession of firearm and attempted murder. John is charged with attempted murder, conspiracy, unlawful possission of firearm and intimidation with weapon. The Prosecuting Counsel,...
The trial of the former Lagos Attorney-General, Olasupo Shasore, charged with alleged 200,000 dollars corrupt offers before an Ikeja Special Offences Court suffered a set back due to discrepancies in the proof of service. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Oct.21, 2022, arraigned the former Shasore on a...
Mr Oyakhilome Bello, APC U.S.A National Youth Leader, has called on the American President, Joe Biden, to defend Nigeria’s democracy from those calling for an Interim National Government or military take over. According to a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, Bello made the call at a rally organised by...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday refused to re- admit an ex-convict, Kolawole Erinle to bail in an alleged 1.4 million dollars internet fraud . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Ramon Oshodi denied the defendant bail owing to the fact that he had a...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted an appeal panel to consider appeals arising from the conduct of ward congresses in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo. Its National Organising Secretary, Mr Umar Bature stated in Abuja on Monday that the party’s National Working Committee approved the appointment of Sen. Idris...