By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The Zamfara House of Assembly has commenced an impeachment process against the Deputy Governor of the state, Alhaji Mahadi Aliyu. The Director General, Press Affairs and Public Relations to the legislature, Malam Mustafa Jafaru-Kaura, confirmed the development in a Statement issued on Friday in...
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Sunday Zakka has charged youths to conduct themselves peacefully during the Area Council Chairmanship elections in the FCT. Mr. Zakka made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), at a voter...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Forum of Serving and Former House of Representatives members, has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to jettison the idea of zoning the 2023 presidential ticket to any region in the country. The spokesman of the Mr Mukhtar Ahmed, who made the...
Suspected armed thugs on Thursday attacked the campaign office of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in Osogbo. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited the building, popularly known as “Oranmiyan House”, located along ever busy Gbongan-Ibadan road in Osogbo, reports that empty bullet shells...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially informed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its decision to hold the convention on February 26, 2022. The Chairman of APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni disclosed this...
Dr Kayode Ajulo, a constitutional lawyer and Coordinator, Progressive Lawyers For Osinbajo, says the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo’s declaration to run for President in 2023 is non-negotiable. Ajulo stated this in Abuja, while reacting to the 30 days ultimatum given to Osinbajo by a pro-APC group, National Coalition...
Nigerian publisher and activist, Omoyele Sowore has insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot be succeed by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Yemi Osinbajo or even Peter Obi at the expiration of his tenure in 2023. Recall that Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had in January declared...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Elder Shuaibu Oyedokun and former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola to Co-Chair a committee to resolve all issues ahead of the party’s July 16 governorship election in the state. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, told journalists at...
Arraignment of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Golden Tulip Hotel, Amaechi Ndili, was on Wednesday stalled at an Ikeja Special Offences Court. Also, the court has ordered that the case file should be returned to the Office of the Chief Judge of Lagos State for reassignment. Justice Sherifat...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Councilors from Bakassi Local Government Legislative Council have impeached its leader, Emmanuel Effion for failure to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead of the by-election for Akpabuyo State Constituency It was gathered that the leader of Bakassi LG legislative council, who represent...
Sen. Mohammed Hassan, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a former senator representing Yobe South, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a statement by Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to Gov. Mai Mala Bun in Damaturu on...
Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Prosecution Counsel, to pay N200, 000 for stalling the day’s proceeding in the trial of co-defendants in Nnamdi Kanu on treasonable felony charge. Justice Nyako ordered that each of the four defendants be paid N50,000 by...
A third prosecution witness, Doctor Aghogho Owhojedo, the Oromoni’s family doctor, has testified at the coroner’s inquest investigating the controversial death of the Dowen College Student. The doctor, who treated the late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr from Nov 26th when he arrived in Warri till Nov 30th, 2021 when he...
A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Sam Ohuabunwa, says Nigeria is not yet ripe to jettison zoning system. Ohuabunwa, who is the Convener of the New Nigeria Group (NNG), stated this at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. He explained that for now jettison...
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the unfreezing of all accounts belonging to the Benue Government except one domiciled in Zenith bank. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order after adoption of Memorandum of Undertaking (MOU) by lawyers representing parties in the suit. The News Agency of Nigeria...
File photo of elder statesman, Edwin Clark Ahead of the 2023 general elections, elder statesman Edwin Clark has asked the North to allow the South to produce Nigeria’s President. Although two dominant political parties – the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe state, Alhaji Jamil Gwamna, on Tuesday, resigned his membership of the party. In his resignation letter addressed to the APC ward chairman, Jekadafari Ward, Gwamna said his decision to opt out of the party was taken after wide consultations...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed the rumours making the rounds about him being the running mate to presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Governor Wike stated this on Tuesday during a stakeholders meeting of Rivers State PDP Chapter...
The absence of John Idumange, who raised an alarm over alleged diversion of N3 billion Agriculture loan by government officials was on Monday stalled in a High Court in Yenogoa. When the case came up, the Prosecution Counsel, Mrs Iyobosa Apulu expressed disappointment over the absence of the defendant...
Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi says he will contest in the 2023 presidential election if his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), throws it open for all to contest or zones it to the south. Obi, who was PDP’S vice-presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential polls,...