Politics

  Yesterday, the suspension of Omoyele Sowore as the National Chairman of the African Action Congress, AAC, and Malcom Fabiyi as the Deputy National Chairman was validated by a Federal High Court which sat in Abuja. Reacting to the court ruling in a series of posts on Facebook, Sowore said, ‘a compromised judiciary is perhaps one of the greatest tragedies that could happen to a nation state. ...

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said he will not be a “rubber stamp” to the executive.   Mohammed Isa, a media aide to Lawan, quoted the senate president as saying this when he received Women Parliamentarians, a group led by Joy Emordi, former senator representing Anambra north.   Lawan said it is “laughable” that he is being referred to as ...

The suspension of Omoyele Sowore as the National Chairman of the African Action Congress, AAC, and Malcom Fabiyi as the Deputy National Chairman, has been validated by a Federal High Court which sat in Abuja on Friday.   Also ruling on the suit which was instituted by Dr. Leonard Nzewa, Justice Inyang Ekwo affirmed his (Nzewa) appointment as the Acting National Chairman of the party following ...

  The Election Tribunal in Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday, July 13, 2019 dismissed a petition filed by Durodola Muftau Adelani of the Providence People’s Party (PPP) challenging the validity of the election that brought in Hon. Shina Abiola Peller of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a House of Representatives member representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency.   The petitioner was ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State has replied Davido’s father, Dr Deji Adeleke, over claims that his brother, Ademola Adeleke was deprived of his victory in the 2018 Osun State election.   Adeleke had said that the ”day light robbery” that deprived his brother of the mandate freely given by the good people of Osun State, had brought shame ...

The witnesses the Peoples Democratic Party and Atiku Abubakar were hoping to present at the Presidential tribunal today, were allegedly attacked by gunmen.   Following the attack, Justice Mohammed Garba adjourned hearing on the PDP and Atiku /Obi Petition to Monday, the 15th of July 2019.   Raising an alarm over the alleged attack on its verified Twitter page on Friday, the PDP tweeted; ...

Aliyu AbubakarJa’afar as , one of the commissioners nominated by Governor Nasir el-Rufai, was rejected by the Kaduna State Assembly over his criticism of Nasir El Rufai’s policies in 2017.   Speaker of the House Assembly, Aminu Shagali, during the screening exercise which held at the state house of Assembly complex, told his colleagues that Aliyu Ja’afar in 2017 criticized ...

  President Buhari has asked members of the National Assembly to give him more time to compile the names of those who will serve as Ministers in his yet-to-be-formed cabinet. President Buhari assumed office for a second term on May 29th and is yet to announce those who will be working as Minsiters and Special advisers. On Wednesday July 10th, ...

The Court of Appeal will today rule in a suit filed against President Buhari, challenging his qualification for the 2019 presidential election.   A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal presided over by Justice Atinuke Akomolafe-Wilson, had on July 8, reserved judgment in the suit after listening to the argument canvassed by counsel to parties in the matter. The court ...

  Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State has disclosed that when he took over from Owelle Rochas Okorocha as Governor of Imo State in May of 2019, he met an abandoned and neglected state secretariat powered by different hues and contraptions of small generators, popularly referred to as ‘I better pass my neighbour’ in Nigerian parlance. Ihedioha made the revelation ...

Emma Ibediro, the All Progressives Congress’ national organizing secretary, has stated that Igbo Presidency is not a right.   Condemning the outright call for Igbo Presidency from the South-East region he is also from, Emma Ibediro said only a zone that has worked within party lines to convince other regions can actualise their dream of ruling Nigeria. “In 2015, only 198,000 votes came in ...

  The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) made a surprise appearance on Monday at the hearing of the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar. This is the first time the APC Chair will be attending proceedings at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) which commenced siting ...

  Some of the women who contested for various political offices as candidates during the 2019 general elections in Bauchi State have lamented that they were tagged and labelled as ‘prostitutes’ for daring to participate in party politics.   Some of the women who spoke at a Women Candidates Dialogue Forum, organized by the Young Leaders Network (YLN) held in ...

  The presidency has described as “very ridiculous, and even comical’’, the reaction of former vice president Atiku Abubakar, to the Supreme Court ruling affirming the election of Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun state.   Atiku, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election, had in a statement expressed reservation over Friday’s Supreme ...

Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the latest supreme court ruling in the Osun State governorship tussle.   The Supreme court this morning declared Gboyega Oyetola as the rightful winner of the disputed election thus putting an end to the legal battle.   Atiku in his reaction said, ‘I join with people of goodwill all over Nigeria to ...

  Former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri has just declared that he’s now in apossesion of  incontrovertible proof that INEC has and had a server. According to him, his proof is in form of a signed confession by INEC’s spokesperson. See his tweet below…

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused former Senate President Bukola Saraki of diverting N12 billion from the treasury of the Kwara State Government illegally while he was governor of the state between 2003 and 2011. The commission said the money was withdrawn in cash, the Punch Newspaper reported. The money, EFCC said, was allegedly used by ...

  Peoples Democratic Party has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to publicly declare their assets to prove to Nigerians and the world that they are not corrupt. The main opposition party also asked President of the Senate, Mr Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, to make public their assets to convince Nigerians that ...

  The PDP candidate in the last Guber election in Osun state, Senator Adeleke has said he would become the governor of the state by July 5th. He expressed that he is confident that the Supreme Court judgment slated for July 5 in the appeal filed against the Court of Appeal ruling that declared incumbent Governor Gboyega Oyetola would be ...

Mohammed Abubakar the former governor of Bauchi State, has slammed claims that he spent N2.3 billion to organise funerals for some of the indigenes of the state. According to Abubakar, he only spent N1.2 billion on funeral materials and not N2.3 billion as alleged. This was made known via a statement released by his media aide, Mukhtar Jibril. Abubakar released ...

  Ahmad Lawan, President of the Senate, has claimed his monthly salary as a Nigerian senator does not exceed N750,000. A former senator, Shehu Sani, in 2018 had disclosed that lawmakers received N13.5 million every month for running costs, apart from their basic salary. Lawan made the claims when members of the Senators’ Forum paid a courtesy visit to him ...

  The 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday said the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal did not reject his request to check the purported central server of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as “prematurely” claimed by the Presidency. Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, had in a ...

  The Senator representing Enugu-West, Ike Ekweremadu has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to revisit the Nigerian constitution and be guided on the subject of de-registering underperforming political parties. In a statement, the Senator noted that INEC already has the constitutional power to de-register any political party in Nigeria that is not performing to a certain level. Recall ...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday, shared a video of his visit to Lagos via Twitter. He also thanked the Lagos state government and the people of the state for the rousing reception he received during his visit. He said : “I thank my good people and government of Lagos State for the rousing homecoming ...

  The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Monday dismissed an application filed by Atiku Abubakar and the PDP to inspect INEC server allegedly used in collating the Feb. 23 general election. Justice Mohammed Garba, Chairman of the panel held that granting such application at this interlocutory stage would preempt the substantive petition. The petitioners insisted that results from the presidential ...