By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN, has said the recent endorsement of naira redesign by President Muhammadu Buhari is not sufficient to legitimize naira redesign. To this end, Mr. Falana, said the printing of the new Naira without appropriation by the National Assembly may...
POLITICS
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) are the two most dominant political parties that do not need introduction in Nigeria. The two parties have woefully piloted the affairs of the supposedly giant of Africa since 1999 to a state of regrettable moribund it is today as a...
Popular Nollywood actor, Ebun Oloyede AkKA Olaiya Igwe has taken some rather extreme measures to secure the presidency of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The veteran Nollywood actor took to his Instagram page in the early hours of Saturday, December 3, to share a clip...
Governor Nyesom Wike has told other parties to avoid campaigning in Rivers State, maintaining that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would sweep the oil-rich state in next year’s elections. He spoke during the State Honours and Awards held at the Banquet Hall, Government House in Port Harcourt on Saturday....
The Labour Party (LP) has released its manifesto tagged “It’s POssible” which will be formally unveiled to Nigerians on Sunday, December 4th, 2022. The Head of Media of the Presidential Campaign Council of the party, Diran Onifade, told Channels Television that the candidate, Peter Obi, was part of those...
The Labour Party (LP) gubernatorial candidate in Kaduna, Mr. Jonathan Asake, says he will use technology to fight insecurity in the state if elected in the 2023 general elections. Asake disclosed this on Friday at a media parley organised by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Kaduna. He...
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) presidential candidate, Kola Abiola has said if elected in the 2023 polls, he will reduce the country’s unemployment rate by half. The latest figures by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) put Nigeria’s unemployment rate at 33.3 percent as of the fourth quarter of...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the candidature and nomination of the governorship candidate of APC in the July 16 governorship election in Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, and his running mate, Benedict Alabi. Oyetola and Alabi are the immediate past governor and deputy governor of Osun. The court...
A group of mainly All Progressives Congress (APC) members of northern extraction led by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mister Yakubu Dogara, has adopted the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for the 2023 general election. The group named Northern Leaders’...
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has described as a “travesty of justice”, the judgment of an Abuja High Court that nullified the outcome of its governorship primary election in Abia. The National Chairman of the party, Chief Ike Oye, made the remark in Umuahia on Friday, when he...
The All Progressive Congress (APC), has accused Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of marginalising the people of Agbor Kingdom in Ika South Local Government of Delta. The National Publicity Secretary of APC, Dr Felix Morka said this on Friday in Agbor during the party’s ward to ward campaign in Ika South...
A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia, Chief Daniel Eke, says he will challenge the Appeal Court judgment that validated the candidacy of Chief Ikechi Emenike. Eke made the disclosure in a reaction to Wednesday’s judgment by the Court of Appeal, Owerri Division, presided over...
The Labour Party says the purported suspension of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Director-General, Doyin Okupe is null and void. Mr Umar-Farouk Ibrahim, the National Secretary of the party said this when he addressed newsmen in Abuja on Friday. Ibrahim said that the National Leadership of the party was...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule, has said that the opposition has nothing tangible to offer the state, but are merely seeking power to squander the savings made by his administration. Governor Sule stated this on Thursday in Kokona and Akwanga Local Government Areas, while...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Atiku Diaspora Support Group has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gladiators to allow rule of law prevail over sentiments in order to resolve the crisis rocking the party. The group, which is in support of the party’s Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday prayed an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan to convict a former NIHORT Director, Ademola Idowu and former NIHORT Accountant, Isiah Ajisafe of N124 million fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that EFCC is prosecuting Idowu and...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba has filed a motion before a Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge the ‘contempt proceedings and committal order’ brought against him. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja....
The Labour Party in Ogun State has expelled the party’s Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe, for failure to perform his financial membership status in the past six months contrary to the dictate of the party’s constitution. Okupe was dismissed alongside Abayomi Collins, Abel Olaleye,...
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday promised to create new jobs to ensure economic prosperity, if given the mandate in 2023 poll. Tinibu said this in Yenagoa at the APC presidential rally. He said: “Prosperity is here, that employment you yearn for...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, says Nigerians should ensure they vote in committed leaders that will take the country to the next level. Sanwo-Olu gave the advice at a special prayer session toward a hitch-free 2023 General Elections for Lagos state and Nigeria at the Lagos Central Mosque,...