by EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The North Central All Progressives Congress (APC), stakeholders have endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in office. The endorsement followed a motion moved by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume and supported by Niger State Governor,...
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Lagos State chapter of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has said it will adopt consensus mode of primaries to choose its candidates for the July 12 Local Government election in the state. The Lagos State Publicity Secretary of NNPP, Mr Richard Benson, disclosed this in an interview with...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, fixed June 27 to deliver judgment in the contempt claims filed by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in the suit filed by the embattled lawmaker. Justice Binta Nyako would also deliver a judgment on the preliminary objection...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, fixed July 2 for the trial of 109 foreigners, over alleged involvement in high-level cybercrime and hacking activities said to be threatening the nation’s security. The matter could not go on due to the absence of the trial judge, Justice Ekerete...
The All Progressives Congress(APC) Local Government chairmanship primaries are currently underway at the party secretariat in Ikeja,amid heavy security. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has fixed July 12 to conduct elections into the 20 Local Governments (LGs) and 37...
Some APC chairmanship aspirants in the upcoming Lagos State local government election have backed the use of consensus in selecting the party’s candidates. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the party has fixed its chairmanship primary election for Saturday at the Lagos APC Secretariat. Party leaders on...
A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a request by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to allow it to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans living in the United States. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), has warned against what it perceives as plans by some “self-appointed” leaders of the North “to blackmail” President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and prematurely return the presidency to their region. The Yoruba socio-cultural group, in a statement on Monday by...
The National Assembly has urged the Supreme Court of Nigeria to dismiss the suit filed by 11 governors from the Peoples Democratic Party, challenging the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. In its response, it contended that the suit was procedurally flawed and lacked merit. It...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has reaffirmed his commitment to supporting Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso’s political decisions. Governor Yusuf pledged to follow Kwankwaso’s political lead, stating, “wherever he goes politically, his supporters will follow.” The governor made this declaration while addressing 484 local government Councillors from the 44 Local government...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the prescribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), until Friday for cross examination of the Federal Government’s witness. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the case after the FG’s counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, led the...
On the evening of 5 April 2012, the prime-time bulletin on the television news of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), announced to the country that the president, Ngwazi Professor Bingu wa Mutharika, “had been taken ill and had been flown to South Africa for specialist treatment.” At another end of the capital city,...
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is too important to be left in the hands of opposition political parties. Ganduje said this on Thursday in Abuja while receiving some members of the opposition political parties, including the Peoples Democratic...
Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu, is up and about; touring Nigeria from north to south, east and west. The First Son of Nigeria has been full of doings. He has done welfare and other humanitarian services. If he wasn’t paying school fees, he’s offsetting hospital bills...
By 2027, when Atiku Abubakar is expectedly going to make what hopefully would be his last ditch effort at striking gold in the presidential election, he would have qualified for pensions in his career of the search, having spent 35 years looking for that slippery trophy. By now, Atiku...
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered top US law enforcement agencies to release confidential information generated on President Bola Tinubu during a “purported federal investigation in the 1990s.” The judge, Beryl Howell, made the order on Tuesday, saying that protecting the information from...
By PAUL EJIME – Since forming the Alliance of Sahel States, AES, in 2023, followed by their controversial decision to quit the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in January 2024, the military juntas in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have thrown caution to the wind, ignoring the dire consequences of their ill-advised actions on the estimated...
A group of APC Governors under the auspices of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) on Monday visited former President Muhammadu Buhari at his residence in Kaduna. The governors stated that the APC was growing stronger as the largest political party in Nigeria, insisting that it would remain stable and...
Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja recognising Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the Court of Appeal lacked the jurisdiction to...
Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Mr Asue Ighodalo, challenging the outcome of the Sept. 21 governorship election. Delivering judgment in Abuja, the tribunal upheld the election of Gov. Monday Okpebholo of the...