The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has refused the bail application of the Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for Ankpa II Constituency, Ismaila Atumeyi, and two others. The trio was arraigned before the court on Monday by the Economic &...
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A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to go ahead with its judgment in a suit filed by Mr Akanimo Udofia against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that Sen. Ita Enang was an affected party in the suit, hence,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has lauded the recent judgment of the Supreme Court confirming him as the duly elected candidate in the June 18, governorship election in the state. The Supreme Court had on Monday dismissed the case instituted by one of the...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has challenged the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar to point at any meaningful legacy project initiated and completed by his party in 16 years in office. The group said this in response to claims by the former Vice President...
They come to you like saints from Heaven’s most treasured haven. They dance around like free radicals, wearing toga of piety. They move from door to door searching for recognition and relevance with jaw-breaking nuances. They gallivant about from house to house, busybodying but indeed pursuing their own selfish...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has called on the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to engage Nigerians through media debates and town hall meetings organised by some relevant institutions in the country. Its National Chairman, Prof. Rufai Alkali, gave the advice on Monday...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Governor Samuel Ortom has assured the people of Benue South senatorial district that the continuity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration in the state will further work for the improved conditions of the state. The Governor spoke Monday, at the flag-off of the...
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has slammed the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, over his criticism following the former’s backing of Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Wike on Monday had said Dogara lacked integrity having backed Atiku after his initial insistence...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi says the vast number of unemployed youths in the North-East region is the biggest contributing factor to insecurity in the region, as thousands of youths wake up every morning without food or shelter. Obi stated this on Monday when...
Ndigbo in Nigeria owe to themselves a sincere and unemotional answer to this question before it is too late: what if Peter Obi does not win the 2023 presidential election? This is precisely the question the governor of Anambra state, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, courageously confronted in his piece which...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu on Monday insisted that his birth, academic, and professional records are consistent, adding that his critics are only wasting their time and money. Tinubu, 70, stated this during an appearance at Chatham House in London, the United Kingdom....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), for Ankpa 11 Constituency, Mr Ismaila Yousuf Atumeyi, before the Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos. He was arraigned on 18 counts alongside two others in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In his usual way of appreciating hard work, the Deputy Governor of Borno State, His Excellency Hon Umar Usman Kadafur has donated 4 new brand cars to supporters of ZulKad administration in Biu Local Government Area. The beneficiaries are, Hon. Bala Mohammed, Bello Mohammed...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has commissioned the Atiku Abubakar /Okowa campaign office in Cross River State. Governor Okowa while commissioning the campaign office in Calabar over the weekend in company of other South-South Governor, declared...
Jokes apart, I am a fan of Nyesom Wike, the current Governor of Rivers State. He is a visionary and a revolutionary. He is also bold and sincere! Like Rauf Aregbesola, the amiable former Governor of Osun State, Wike has capacity and a bias for action. He is also...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has charged Nigerians to rise above parochial considerations and work together for the progress of the country. Governor Ortom gave the charge on Saturday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State shortly after he received the highest honours in the state,...
I have just read a piece of news that says Yakubu Dogara and his co-travellers are endorsing Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 election. My first impression was to question why a gentleman of Idris Wada’s orientation would fall prey to this needless profiling of religion and politics; two mutually...
The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Datti Baba-Ahmed says the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are as good as gone as political parties. “APC is as good as gone. PDP’s votes do not exist. There is only one political party genuinely standing:...
The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Datti Baba-Ahmed says the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), means nothing to President Muhammadu Buhari. According to him, Buhari has finished with Nigeria and he is going to “unmake Tinubu after all his political successes”....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has announced former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, as member with “immediate effect”. The Director-General of the party’s PCC, Aminu Tambuwal, in a statement on Sunday, said Dogara’s appointment “is part of our continuous effect in joining...