Mr Hyacinth Dajoh(APC-Gboko West) on Monday emerged as the Speaker of the 10th Assembly of the Benue House of Assembly.Dajoh was elected by the lawmakers shortly after the inauguration of the Assembly in Makurdi.He scored 17 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mrs Becky Opin (APC-Gboko East) who polled...
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A Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, awarded a N10 million fine against Mr Festus Keyamo, the immediate-past Minister of State for Labour and Employment, for filing a frivolous suit against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate in the Feb. 25 election. Justice James Omotosho,...
A witness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Hamza on Monday told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that he signed the election results of Nasarawa State under duress. The witness said this at the continuation of hearing of petition filed by Atiku Abubakar and his Party PDP....
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – As the 7th Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA), is about to be inaugurated on Tuesday this week, a group known as ‘Nasarawa State Concerned Citizens’, wants democracy to prevail in order to have a credible and acceptable principal officers of the assembly. The...
Prof. Tai Balofin, Chairman APC USA, on Sunday in Abuja said Nigerians should trust President Bola Tinubu to work out palliatives to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. He said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), adding that the challenges that came with the...
The Kogi All Progressives Congress (APC) Guber Candidate, Mr Usmam Ododo, on Sunday unveiled a Primary School Teacher, Salifu Joel, as his running mate for Nov. 11 governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the running mate is the current Chairman of Nigerian Union of Teachers...
The member representing Enugu state in the Federal Character Commission, Hon Ginika Tor-Ijomah has congratulated Sen. George Akume over his appointment as secretary to the government of the federation. Hon Ginika praised President Bola Tinubu for the choice of Sen Akume as she described Akume as a person with...
Pastor Reuben Wilson, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa, says the emergency of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s President is the handiwork of God. Wilson, who is also the South-South Coordinator of The Asiwaju Group (TAG), made this known in a statement he issued on...
Alhaji Garba Sani, Founding Chairman, APC United Kingdom Chapter, on Friday in Abuja, implored Nigerians to support the administration of President Bola Tinubu` in spite of the challenges posed by the removal of fuel subsidy. He gave the advice while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at an...
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) witness , Nicholas Msheliza on Friday told the presidential election petition court (PEPC) that the real disaster was at ward collation centres. The witness said this when he was being cross examined by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) counsel, Kemi Pinherio, SAN. The News...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in the March 18 governorship election in Ebonyi, Chief Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, on Friday, said that at least 60 witnesses would be called to prove their case against Gov. Francis Nwifuru’s victory. Counsel for the petitioners, Chief Gordy Uche, SAN,...
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), has admitted in evidence, exhibits from the Labour Party and Mr Peter Obi in six additional states to prove their allegation of irregularities in the Feb. 25 Presidential Election. The petitioners on Thursday, tendered exhibits in six states including Rivers, Benue, Cross River,...
The Presidential Election Petition Court on Friday in Abuja, adjourned hearing of the petition filed by the Allied Peoples Movement, (APM), against the All Progressives Congress, (APC) and others to give the petitioner more time to obtain a certified true copy of the Supreme Court Judgment, delivered on May...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday in Abuja, seized an opportunity presented at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) to explain its reasons for refusing that its own documents be admitted in evidence. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP,) Mr Peter Obi and his party...
The All Progressives Congress “anointed candidates” for the positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker for the 10th House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu on Thursday met behind closed door with President Bola Tinubu. The meeting, held at the Presidential Villa Abuja, came on the heels of the inauguration...
The Labour Party in Ondo State and its candidate in the Ilaje/ Ese Odo Federal Constituency, Mr Tunji Balogun, Thursday, withdrew their petition challenging the declaration of Mr Donald Ojogo as winner . The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Ojogo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner...
Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has emerged the new Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) for the next four years. He succeeds outgone Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna. Uzodinma emerged at a joint meeting of immediate past governors, reelected governors and newly-elected governors held on Wednesday in Abuja,...
The Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted claims by People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s achievements in his first term in office was characterised by an increase in poverty and unemployment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that PDP’s Publicity Secretary , Alhaji Hakeem Amode, in...
The North East Progressives Coalition, a group of professionals from diverse fields, advocating for good governance, has endorsed Alhaji Tajudeen Abbas for the speakership position of the 10th National Assembly. During the group’s meeting on Wednesday in Gombe, the State Co-ordinator of the group, Mr. Khalid Abbas, said by...
The Accord Party in Lagos State on Tuesday felicitated Gov. Sanwo-Olu on his inauguration for a second tenure to govern the state. The Lagos State Chairman of the party, Mr Dele Oladeji, who congratulated Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat on the feat in a statement in Lagos,...