Kogi State Police Command has confirmed that Sheikh Ibrahim, the Director-General, Social Democratic Party (SDP) Campaign Council, is alive. The state Police Commissioner, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Tuesday. Sheikh Ibrahim’s Anyigba residence was...
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All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday called on the massive security operatives drafted to Kogi for the Nov. 11 election to be fair to all political actors in the state. The party’s Spokesperson/Director, Media and Publicity, Kingsley Fanwo, made the call in a statement issued in Lokoja on...
The Court of Appeal on Tuesday nullified the participation of the PDP and its Senatorial candidate in the Feb.25 National Assembly Election, Napoleon Bali for the Plateau South Senatorial District of Plateau State on grounds of refusal to carry out the order of Court.Pdp The Appellate Court in...
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has begged politicians in Kogi to give peace a chance for a peaceful, successful and credible governorship election on Nov. 11. The INEC made the appeal during a one-day stakeholders meeting on Tuesday in Lokoja. Yakubu, who was...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed confidence of winning the Saturday’s Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship election. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, said this at news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that apart from being PDP strongholds, the party’s governorship candidates in...
Lagos State and National Appeal Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday reserved ruling in the appeal filed by the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) against the re-election of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Labour Party candidate, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and Mr Abdulazeez Adediran of PDP, are...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the principal opposition party, should have had the simplest time winning the Nigerian presidential election in 2023. Muhammadu Buhari’s unprecedentedly bad and divisive leadership served as a powerful campaign against the All Progressives Congress, APC. To effortlessly retake control of the centre, the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted claim by Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, that the Supreme Court judgment on 2023 presidential election was doctored in favour of President Bola Tinubu. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Motka said this in a statement in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency on Monday called on the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to “prove his belief in Nigeria.” Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga stated this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja....
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, says he is still committed to building a new Nigeria in spite of the Supreme Court ruling on the 2023 Presidential Election, which is not in his favour. Obi said this when he addressed a news...
A group, Peace and Good Governance Advocates (PEGGA), has called on politicians to leave the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, out of the conflicting court judgments on election petitions in Plateau. The group’s National Coordinator, Mani Imman, who made the call in a statement...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, made an order of perpetual injunction restraining the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from further disclaiming the certificate of national service number: A808297 issued to Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, also awarded N5 million...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State to challenge his removal by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. During Monday’s proceedings, Wole Olanipekun, the Counsel to Governor Abba, asked that the judgment of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take a cue from the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and immediately redeploy the Imo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Sylvia Agu. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba,...
The Igbo Community Association (ICA), an umbrella of the Igbo Community in Kogi, has pledged massive votes for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Usman Ododo in the Nov. 11 governorship poll. Chief Sunday Nwachukwu, the President, ICA, said this when he met with Gov...
Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of an FCT High Court has again ordered the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to either produce or release the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Nov. 8. Justice Adeniyi gave the the first order on Friday...
Chief Mike Onyeze, Zonal Chairman of People Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu North Senatorial District of Enugu State, says the party will reach out to Sen Chukwuka Utazi to return to the party. Onyeze said this in Nsukka on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of...
Justice Nyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has confirmed the authenticity of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State as validly issued by the corps. Delivering judgment on Monday, Justice Ekwo held that the evidence before the court...
The Coalition for Social Justice and Good Governance (CSJGG) has called on the President of the Court of Appeal to set up a panel to review the judgment in the Abia Central Senatorial seat dispute. The co-Convener of the coalition, Mr Ciroma Ahmed, made the call in a...