By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – It has been established that after the National Convention of the All Progressive Congress (APC) which holds on 26 March, a full media structure for the party will be unveiled in Abuja. The media structure which is part of the ongoing plans to project...
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, directed commencement of contempt proceedings against the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, following allegations that he flouted earlier court order. Justice Donatus Okorowo gave the directive after counsel for the plaintiff, Abdulhakeem Mustapha, SAN, informed the court about the development. Mustapha said...
The Senate has passed a motion seeking to appeal the judgment of the Federal High Court, Umuahia, on Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. The Senate, in the motion, seeks to follow appropriate channel and appeal the judgment for the Appeal Court to set aside the Umuahia judgment....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will not be distracted by agents of destabilisation using the media to cause crisis in the party. Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe and Chairman, APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) said this in a statement by his Director General, Press...
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi has argued that because of divisions we currently have across the country, whoever becomes the next President of Nigeria should have the spirit of forming a Government of National Unity. Makarfi, who made the call in Lagos on Tuesday at the...
By By SAM ADZEGEH, Makurdi – Following up on his momentous outings in his Jechira countryside, Professor Terhemba Shija, star aspirant of the Benue APC continued his impressive round of consultations with the party’s leadership in the State during which he formally informed them of his intention to contest...
By STEPHEN EZENDIARU –After taking an analytical look of all the contestants for the exalted position of chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forth coming national convention of the party, it is quite easy to come to some conclusions. First, that Senator Mohammed Sani Musa is...
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Bode George, has given more insight into why he is against Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, becoming President in 2023. According to Chief George, Tinubu has been in power for so long, has...
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi says the All Progressives Congress (APC) will come out stronger after a successful National Convention slated for Saturday. Bello, also the Chairman Security Committee of the party’s National Convention, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. He...
Ahead of the 2023 general election, a group of indigenes of Zamfara on Tuesday purchased the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship nomination and expression of interest forms for Malam Abubakar Gusau. The group, “Zamfara Rescue Initiative,” comprised people of diverse backgrounds cutting across party lines, including top business leaders,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, accused Paul Erokoro, SAN, counsel to James Nolan, a director in Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID), of deploying a delay tactic in the ongoing trial. EFCC lawyer, Bala Sanga, made the allegation before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Borno State, Hon Dr. Al-Bashir Ibrahim has said the former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima is the most suitable candidate for the position of the Vice President and running mate to whoever may emerge as the APC Presidential flag bearer...
No fewer than 17 members of the Imo State House of Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress are at the risk of losing their seats. The recent development comes after a court sacked Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi and some lawmakers who defected with him from the...
A High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered that a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominnikoron, be remanded in a correctional centre. The Lagos State Government charged Ominnikoron with four counts bordering on conspiracy, murder and rape. Justice Sherifat Sonaike ordered that the defendant be remanded in the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, will on Friday, deliver judgment in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River. The PDP, through its counsel Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, had filed the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021 before Justice Taiwo Taiwo to seek for an...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to the judgement of The Federal High Court Abuja, which sacked about 20 lawmakers on Monday who defected with Governor Ben Ayade from PDP to APC. This is according to a statement...
A leading APC gubernatorial aspirant for Benue State, Prof. Terhemba Shija has said that the state is wallowing in its current state of socio-economic retardation because its people have slumbered and lost control of the state to hypocritical and criminal elements who have hijacked and mindlessly plundered it. He...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The immediate past Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won the 2015 and 2019 general elections by mistake. According to him, the party wasn’t prepared for governance at the time it won the election which was evident...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Cross River State has reacted to the judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja which sacked about 20 lawmakers for defecting from the PDP to the ruling party. The state APC Publicity Secretary, Erasmus Ekpang, who reacted to...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Sen. Ajibola Basiru has faulted media report alleging that the APC caucus at the Senate has endorsed Abdullahi Adamu as its preferred aspirant for the party’s chairmanship. Basiru said this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Monday. The...