A Constitutional Lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo, says the consensus arrangement by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for its national executive officers is a violation of the Electoral Act 2022. Ajulo made this assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, making reference...
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The Supreme Court has upheld the de-registration of 22 political parties carried out by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The parties were among 74 others scrapped by INEC in 2020 following their poor performance in previous general elections. Justice Ejembi Eko on Friday set aside a judgment of...
Nnamdi Kanu has demanded a compensation of N25 billion from the Nigerian Government over his arrest and repatriation from Kenya. Kanu is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. He made the demand before a Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State. He explained that the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has shifted the judgment in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River to April 6. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had, on March 22, reported that Justice Taiwo Taiwo fixed today, Friday, for the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed the 418 million dollars Paris Club debt suit filed by the 36 state governments against the Federal Government. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgement, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit. “I do not see any merit in this case on...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants met on Thursday in Abuja to work out the possibility of producing a consensus candidate ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The immediate past Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and governors of Sokoto and Bauchi states, Aminu Tambuwal and Bala Mohammed, met...
Dr Garba Abari, the Secretary, All Progressives Congress (APC) Pre-Convention Conference Committee, says the party has planned a policy conference to discuss approaches required to achieving an inclusive and coherent policy trajectory. He said this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, the conference, themed:...
Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi on Thursday declared his intention to run for President in 2023. He made the declaration in Awka at a gathering of traditional rulers in Anambra State. Mr Obi was running mate to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 presidential election. On...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged leaders and members of All Progressives Congress (APC) to channel their energies toward improving the fortunes of the party in the coming elections by avoiding squabbling that easily distract and create disharmony. The president made the call when he received APC National Assembly leadership...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abudulahi Sule has said the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC), will be guided by the Electoral Act in the conduct of Saturday’s National Convention. Governor Sule, who is the Chairman of the APC Sub-Committee on Media and Publicity for the National Convention said this at...
There are clear indications that the public debates that will emerge during the campaigns leading up to the 2023 governorship elections in Delta state will be issues-based. Apart from an assessment of the social and economic achievements recorded in the last twenty three years of the People’s Democratic Party...
Founding member of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has expressed regrets that the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demonstrated monumental lack of foresight even in opposition. Okechukwu said as a major opposition party PDP has continued to entertain Nigerians with tales by moonlight as if...
Mrs Susan Waya, wife of Benue billionaire, Terry, has joined the 2023 governorship race in the state, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Susan, who spoke with newsmen shortly after obtaining her nomination and expression of interest forms at the PDP secretariat in Abuja, said she...
Ahead of the March 26th National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party’s governors have said they will back whoever President Muhammadu Buhari supports. The governors came up with this resolution on Wednesday after a meeting with President Buhari at the State House in Abuja. Led by...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the Muhammadu Buhari-led presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are running from their shadows and haunted by their failures in governance. PDP’s position is predicated on a statement by the Presidency on Tuesday, suggesting that the PDP is predicting a...
The PDP Governors’ Forum has urged Nigerians to reject the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying it is impossible for a party so “disorganised” to offer good governance to the people of Nigeria. The governors’ appeal was disclosed in a communique after their meeting in Abia State on Wednesday. Among...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja A leading aspirant for the Chairmanship seat of the All progressive Congress (APC) Senator Abdullahi Adamu has insisted that he is the best man to lead the party better than it is doing at the moment. Sen. Abdullahi, who said this in a chat with...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC), Hon Ali Bukar Dalori has inaugurated the newly elected State Executive Council members of the party ahead of the forthcoming national convention slated for Saturday 26th, 2022 in Abuja. Inaugurating the new excos, the state...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says his enduring persistence in contesting for the office of the president of Nigeria is borne out of his passion to rekindle the Nigerian dream. Abubakar stated this while making his official declaration for the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples...
Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola has said his achievements in more than three years in office in the state will speak for his reelection in the July 16 governorship poll. Governor Oyetola said this during an engagement programme with State Barbers Association on Wednesday in Olorunda Local Government Area...