The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday adjourned proceedings to Monday, February 10, for the Edo State Governor, Monday Okphebholo, to open his case. This development followed the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission, which was ...
Read More »Retired generals connive with foreigners to steal solid minerals – Oshiomhole
Adams Oshiomhole, chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, has doubled down on his allegation that some retired military generals, in connivance with foreigners, are stealing Nigeria’s solid minerals Oshiomhole clarified his initial claim on Arise TV’s Prime Time ...
Read More »Edo: Witnesses allege over-voting as APC, Okpebholo’s counsel disagree
Witnesses who testified on Friday before the Edo State Election Petition Tribunal alleged instances of over-voting in their polling units as the respondents’ counsel, vehemently disagreed. The petitioners, the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate in the 2024 ...
Read More »Ned Nwoko resigns from PDP, cites party conflict
Senator Ned Nwoko, representing Delta North, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, a political group he has served since its foundation in 1999. In a resignation letter addressed to the party leadership in Ward 8, Aniocha North Local ...
Read More »Lagos Assembly insists Obasa’s removal legal as DSS grills lawmakers
The Department of State Services on Thursday grilled members of the Lagos State House of Assembly in connection to a petition reportedly written by the former Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa. According to reliable sources, more than half ...
Read More »Matawalle slams Amaechi’s ‘reckless’ claim that politicians kill for power
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has criticised the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over his recent comment that Nigerian politicians are in power to steal, kill, and retain power. Amaechi made the remark at a two-day National ...
Read More »PDP govs plan summit as leaders exchange blows at BoT meeting
The Peoples Democratic Party’s elected governors have called for an emergency meeting on Friday in Asaba, Delta State, to redress the challenges plaguing the party. This comes as the party’s BoT meeting on Wednesday in Abuja was marred by ...
Read More »Farotimi: Afenifere, Obi hail Afe Babalola for withdrawing defamation suit
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation, Afenifere and ex-Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday, commended legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), for agreeing to withdraw the defamation cases instituted against human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi. ...
Read More »Aregbesola’s group quits APC, cites members’ expulsion, suspension
The Omoluabi Progressives, a political group led by ex-Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has said its members have resolved to quit the All Progressives Congress. A statement signed by the Organising and Publicity Secretary, Omoluabi Progressives, Oluwaseun Abosede, obtained ...
Read More »Wike, serial betrayer, threat to PDP – Bauchi gov
Bauchi State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Governors Forum, Bala Mohammed, has labelled the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, a serial betrayal and a threat to the survival of the PDP, calling on ...
Read More »Obasa: Assembly tightens security as police promise peaceful plenary today
The Lagos State House of Assembly has tightened security at the Assembly Complex as lawmakers hold plenary on Monday (today), The PUNCH reports. There are speculations that there might be a showdown at the House as the former Speaker, ...
Read More »Don’t heat up polity, Lagos Assembly warns impeached Speaker Obasa
The Lagos State House of Assembly has warned its impeached Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, against actions capable of destabilising the legislative arm and heating the polity. This comes after Obasa, on Saturday, while addressing his supporters on his arrival from ...
Read More »LP crisis: Obi, Otti’s caretaker panel drags Abure before S’Court
The 29-man caretaker committee set up by Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, and Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, announced on Sunday that it will drag the embattled National Chairman of LP, Julius Abure, to ...
Read More »PDP withdraws from Ondo LG poll, questions electoral transparency
The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has announced its withdrawal from the local government elections scheduled for Saturday, January 18, 2025. The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission had earlier screened 13 political parties, including the PDP, ...
Read More »I remain authentic PDP national secretary – Anyanwu
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Samuel Anyanwu, has said he is the authentic National Secretary of the party. The major opposition party is embroiled in a fresh crisis as both Anyanwu and another party chieftain, Sunday Ude-Okoye, ...
Read More »Edo PDP kicks as councillors impeach Oredo LG chairman
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has expressed displeasure over the impeachment of Oredo Local Government chairman, Tom Obaseki, by alleged councillors of the council. Chairman of the Edo PDP Caretaker Committee, Tony Aziegbemi, who stated ...
Read More »PICTORIAL: Commissioner sacked by Kano gov dumps NNPP for APC
A former Kano State Commissioner for Rural and Community Development, Abbas Abbas, has dumped the New Nigeria Peoples Party for the All Progressives Congress. Governor Abba Yusuf had in December 2024 sacked Abbas and five other commissioners during a ...
Read More »Ganduje tackles Obi as APC spokesman receives 200 death threats
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje on Wednesday threw his weight behind the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka. Ganduje also described claims attributed to the Labour Party presidential candidate in ...
Read More »PDP drags Ibori’s daughter to court
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Delta State have dragged the member representing the Ethiope-East/Ethiope-West Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Erhiatake Ibori-Sueni, daughter of former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe, the Speaker, House of Representatives ...
Read More »Mexican Mayor mur.der.ed alongside 3 others
A mayor in Mexico’s central San Luis Potosi state, who was a member of the ruling Morena party, has been shot de.ad. He was shot de.ad on Sunday alongside three other people, local authorities have said. Jesus Eduardo Franco, ...
Read More »Labour Party to sue four lawmakers over defection to APC
The Labour Party has announced plans to take legal action against four of its House of Representatives members who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The defecting lawmakers—Chinedu Okere, Mathew Donatus, Akiba Bassey, and Esosa Iyawe—were announced ...
Read More »It’s better to have 774 thieves than one big thief – Oshiomhole
Senator Adams Oshiomhole, representing the Edo North senatorial district, has expressed strong support for the financial autonomy of local governments in Nigeria. Oshiomhole’s comments came in response to the July 11, 2024, Supreme Court ruling that upheld the financial ...
Read More »INEC presents Certificates of Return to Lucky Aiyedatiwa
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has awarded Certificates of Return to Ondo State’s Governor-elect, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and his deputy, Dr. Olayide Adelami. The ceremony, held at INEC’s headquarters on Tuesday, was attended by notable figures, including the ...
Read More »Allow Ubah’s widow replace him as Anambra senator, Ndume tells Senate
The lawmaker representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has appealed to the Senate to allow the widow of the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah to replace him as the representative of Anambra South Senatorial District. Ndume made this appeal during the ...
Read More »Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy campaigners
A Hong Kong court has sentenced key pro-democracy leaders to years in jail for subversion, following a controversial national security trial. Benny Tai and Joshua Wong were among the ‘Hong Kong 47 group’ of activists and lawmakers involved in ...
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