Politics

  The Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday nullified the victory of Sen. Abubakar Ohere as the winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial election. The court further declared Natasha Akpoti- Uduagan as the actual winner of the February Senatorial election ...

  Hours into the proceedings, many chieftains of the APC who were in the courtroom in solidarity with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shettima, were captured on camera ”sleeping”. National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), ...

The National/ State House of Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, of the APC, challenging the victory of Tijjani Abdulkadir Jobe of NNPP for Rimin Gado/Dawakin Tofa/ Tofa/ Federal House ...

  The Kogi East Senatorial Election Tribunal on Tuesday sacked the senator representing the district, Jibrin Isah, on the ground that elections were cancelled in 94 polling units. The tribunal also ordered Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a ...

  Tribunal to deliver judgement on Obi, Atiku’s petitions against Tinubu on Wednesday The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has fixed Wednesday, September 6, 2023, to deliver judgment on petitions challenging the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu in ...

  In a scathing attack that would certainly reopen healing wounds between the pair, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has gone on the offensive describing his erstwhile boss, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso as one ...

  Rwanda retires 12 generals, 1,013 military officers   Rwanda President, Paul Kagame has approved the retirement of 95 military generals and senior officers as well as 930 junior soldiers. This is coming barely 48 hours after the military coup that ...

  Rwandan President Paul Kagame, 65, and 90-year-old Cameroonian President, Paul Biya, are firing their military chiefs in an apparent move to forestall the recent power seizures witnessed in Niger and Gabon over the last month, according to their press ...

  The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has challenged the leadership of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to suspend or discipline him. Wike, while featuring as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme ...

  President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday spoke with Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, seeking help to stop the recurring issue of military coups in Africa. The appeal came after the military in Gabon deposed President Ali Bongo who had taken ...

  The National Working Committee (NWC) of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has refuted the purported suspension of Rabiu Kwankwaso, the 2023 presidential candidate of the party. The party’s national auditor, Ladipo Johnson, stated this at a news conference ...

  If Peter Obi was better, Nigerians would have voted him – Wike   The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, said if the flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, was a better candidate, Nigerians ...

  The Board of Trustees of the New Nigeria Peoples Party has suspended its candidate in the Feb. 25 presidential election, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for alleged anti-party activities. The BoT also suspended the National Working Committee of the party. ...

  Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon on Wednesday to announce they have taken over power in the Central African country, BBC reports. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali ...

  Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been elected to a second term with 52.6% of the vote, the electoral commission says. But the opposition also claimed to have won, saying there was widespread vote-rigging, and observers said the vote fell short ...

  The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday, expressed concern over the economic hardships faced by Nigerians, who the party said were pressured to vote for President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. ...

  Senator Adams Oshiomhole yesterday explained what informed the economic policies introduced by the President Bola Tinubu administration. He said the drastic decisions became imperative to get the economy back on track, describing the pains of the policies as the side-effects ...

  Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said the ‘Emilokan’ slogan will not win elections in the state. He spoke while receiving the leaders of Edo South Senatorial District at the Government House. President Bola Tinubu used ‘Emilokan’ during his ...

  Ministerial confirmation? El-Rufai joins Wike to meet Tinubu in Aso Rock President Bola Tinubu is currently in a meeting with ex-governors Nyesom Wike and Nasir El-Rufai at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, Daily Trust reports. According to the paper, Wike arrived at ...

  The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has filed a separate case No. 23-5099 (N. D. III.) at the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against President Bola Tinubu in the ...

  The immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has promised that President Bola Tinubu will not regret nominating him to be one of his ministers. He said this during the screening of ministerial nominees before the Senate on Monday. During the screening ...

  The senator representing Ebonyi South Senatorial district, His Excellency Senator David Umahi has resigned from the 10th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. An impeccable sources told reporters that Umahi who is the current deputy majority leader of ...

  The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has denied taking a picture with self-acclaimed Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa. Obi issued the denial in response to a viral ‘photoshopped image with Ekpa’. Speaking through the Head of Obi-Datti Media ...

  President Bola Tinubu has nominated former governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike as his ministers. The Senate President, Goodwill Akpabio unveiled the long awaited list of 28 ministerial nominees during plenary on Thursday. Femi Gbajabiamila, former ...

  Tribunal Sacks LP Rep member over Non-membership. (Breach of Section 77(2)(3) The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has nullified the election of Mr. Ngozi Okolie of the Labour Party as member representing Aniocha/Oshimili Fed. ...