President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for the patience and understanding of Nigerians, particularly the youths, assuring them that the hardships of the moment will eventually give way for a more prosperous, equitable and inclusive economy. President Tinubu gave the assurance on Thursday at the State House while...
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The Kogi Government on Tuesday described the Nov. 11 governorship election in the state as a referendum on the administration of Alhaji Yahaya Bello. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, made this known while receiving the leadership of the Ododo Support Organisation led by its Director...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, deserves the fullest protection of the law as a Nigerian citizen. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja while reacting to the recent...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Dr Olumuyiwa Adu, has advised President Bola Tinubu to reduce the cost of governance by cutting down the earnings of political appointees instead of bogus palliatives. Adu, who made the advice while speaking to newsmen on Sunday in...
Mr Bola Babarinde, a former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), South Africa, says government palliative measures to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal should not be limited to cash distribution. Babarinde in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Sunday, urged the...
The Edo chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will coast to victories, if the 2023 local government election in the state is free, fair and credible. The state Secretary of the party, Mr Lawrence Okah, stated this on Sunday in Benin during an interview with the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, and President Bola Tinubu are engaging in bitter words over alleged plot to undermine the country’s judiciary. Alhaji Atiku had accused the current administration of the governing APC...
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in the last governorship election in Adamawa, Sen. Aishatu Binani has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of frustrating her petition at the tribunal. Binani is at the Adamawa Governorship Election Petition Tribunal challenging the declaration of Adamu Fintiri ...
Gov. Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has closed his defence against the All Progressives Congress (APC), with the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Abdullahi Baffa-Bichi, as a sole witness. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the petitioner, APC is challenging the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
The Action Alliance (AA) in Abia has asked the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia to annul the election of the House of Representatives Deputy Speaker, Mr Benjamin Kalu of APC. The party hinged its demand on the alleged exclusion of its name and logo from the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The All Progressive Congress (APC) has dismissed allegation by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, that it is plotting to intimidate members of the judiciary towards unduly influencing the outcome of pending cases before the court. The APC National Publicity...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, says the state government has saved N1.2bn from the uncovered 2500 ghost workers on teachers and Local Government Councils staff payrolls. Alia said this in Makurdi on Friday during the All Progressives Congress (APC) Extraordinary Stakeholders Meeting. He said the government saved the amount...
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the report of the resignation of a member of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), Justice Moses Ugo, describing it as false and misleading. Speaking to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, the Chief Registrar of the Court, Mr Umar Bangari dismissed the report...
The National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Kogi on Wednesday reserved judgment in a petition filed by Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Abubakar Sadiku-Ohere of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akpoti-Uduaghan, who lost the Kogi Central...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied the alleged telephone conversation between the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola and President Bola Tinubu over the outcome of the presidential election petition currently before the court. APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr...
The Police Command in Zamfara says it will investigate the arrest and detention of the vehicle and driver of the state Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Tukur Danfulani by some policemen. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, ASP Yazid Abubakar said on Sunday in Gusau that...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, restrained Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi and the acting Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, from arresting or detaining Alhaji Murtala Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s candidate for the Nov. 11 governorship election in the state. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Thursday, received PDP defectors from Olamaboro Local Government Area, led by Sen. Attai Aidoko-Ali, to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor, while receiving the defectors in Government House, Lokoja, the state capital, expressed satisfaction with the level of unity existing among the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (lNEC) on Wednesday objected the adoption of the deposition made by one of its staff who appeared as witness before the Governorship Election Petition Court in Kaduna. The witness, Mr Bonet Gwaza, a Senior System Analyst with INEC, had on July 11 presented some...
In the next few weeks the firepower at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) will ebb as the five-member panel of the court, headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani, has sent lawyers and petitioners back to their chambers to produce their final written addresses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...