The Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Alhaji Aliyu Datti Yako has been declared the winner of the Saturday rerun of Kiru/ Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State. Yako defeated the former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, ...
Read More »Kano PDP chairman, Sulaiman-Bichi decamps to APC
The Kano State Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rabiu Sulaiman-Bichi, has decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Not formal yet, Mr Sulaiman-Bichi said he will be making it official soon. His defection comes two days after the Supreme ...
Read More »Imo Deputy Speaker, Okey Onyekanma resigns
The Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Okey Onyekanma, has resigned his position. Onyekanma announced his resignation in a letter read by the Speaker of the House, Chiji Collins, during plenary on Tuesday at the legislative ...
Read More »PDP protest in Abuja was to overthrow the President – Hope Uzondinma alleges
The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma has said members of the Peoples Democratic Party were plotting to overthrow the administration of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, (retd.). Uzodinma, who addressed members of the All Progressives Congress who were ...
Read More »Supreme Court upholds Ganduje’s election as Kano state governor
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the election of Abdullahi Ganduje as duly elected Governor of Kano State. NAN reports on Nov. 22, the court of appeal in Kaduna reaffirmed Ganduje as the duly elected governor of Kano state. The appellate ...
Read More »Dino Melaye, Secondus, Obi, lead PDP protest in Abuja
The planned protest by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commenced in Abuja with the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi and Senator Dino Melaye leading other party chieftains. The protest tagged #SaveOurJudiciary ...
Read More »Greece to get first woman as president, Judge Ekaterini
Greece will elect its first woman president on January 22 after leading opposition parties on Thursday approved the government’s nomination of top judge Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou. Main opposition leftist leader Alexis Tsipras said Sakellaropoulou was an “exceptional judge” and a defender ...
Read More »Okorocha reacts as Gov. Uzodinma launches investigation against him
Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha has reacted to reports that Governor Hope Uzodinma has launched a probe against him and other past Governors of Imo state. The new Governor of the State made the announcement during ...
Read More »Rochas Okorocha and family, dances, celebrates sack of Ihedioha (video)
A video currently making the rounds on social media is believed to be that of former Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha and his family members celebrating the sack of Emeka Ihedioha as the Imo State Governor. Recall it has ...
Read More »Russian government resigns as Putin proposes reforms that could extend his grip on power
The entire Russian government is resigning, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has announced. This is coming after Vladimir Putin proposed sweeping reforms that could extend his decades-long grip on power beyond the end of his presidency. Putin thanked members of the ...
Read More »PDP reacts to Supreme court’s ruling annuling Ihedioha’s election
The Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday said it was surprised at the judgment of the Supreme Court on the Imo State governorship election. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement described the judgement as yet another ...
Read More »Supreme court sacks Ihedioha as governor of Imo state, declares APC’s Hope Uzodinma winner of election
The Supreme Court has sacked governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State. The apex court, in a judgement by a seven-man panel of justices that was led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, held that Ihedioha who ...
Read More »Tsai wins second term as Taiwan’s president
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has secured a second term after sweeping to victory in an election dominated by the island’s relationship with China. Ms Tsai secured just over 57% of the ballot – a record 8.2m votes – well ahead ...
Read More »Don’t run for President in 2023, Seun Kuti warns Goodluck Jonathan
Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti has warned ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan to desist from running for president in 2023. Seun warned him not to bother trying to run for president as Nigerians suffered terribly under his regime. He gave the warning on ...
Read More »Let’s focus on rebuilding PDP and not elections before 2023 – Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party to concentrate on strengthening the main opposition platform before the 2023 election cycle. “Our preoccupation at this point in the @OfficialPDPNig should not focus on elections, but ...
Read More »Okorocha’s son in law, Uche Nwosu returns to APC
Uche Nwosu, governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) during the 2019 general election in Imo state, has returned to the the All Progressive Congress (APC). Nwosu, son-in-law to Rochas Okorocha, former governor of Imo, had defected from the APC ...
Read More »Revocation of land: Saraki’s long note to Governor Abdulrasaq warning he crossed the line
Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Saturday said that the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has crossed the line of decency with his recent efforts to erase the legacies of his (Saraki’s) late father, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki. ...
Read More »Oshiomhole remains suspended from Edo APC – Obaseki
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has said the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, stays suspended from the state chapter of the party. The Obaseki-led faction of the party in the state, in November, ...
Read More »PDP plans consensus presidential candidate in 2023
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is tinkering with the idea of a consensus presidential candidate in 2023. To achieve this, the main opposition party in the country is to embark on nationwide consultations among its members. It will also ...
Read More »PDP lawmakers reject tenure extension
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the Plateau State House of Assembly have rejected the tenure extension for caretaker chairmen of four local government areas of the state. Mr Sohchang Zimgtim, member representing Langtang South in the Assembly, ...
Read More »Buhari swears-in Ngige’s wife, 8 others as perm. secs
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday administered oaths of office on nine federal permanent secretaries at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the permanent secretaries were sworn-in in two batches of five and four before the ...
Read More »Donald Trump officially impeached for ‘abuse of power and obstructing Congress’
Donald Trump has been impeached in the United States House of Representatives. The House has found the Republican president abused his office by asking Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, his biggest rival in the 2020 election. Members have so ...
Read More »APC lifts suspension on Amosun, Okorocha, Akeredolu, others
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lifted the suspension on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, Ibikunle Amosun, Rochas Okorocha, Osita Okechukwu and Pastor Usani Uguru Usani. A statement issued by the party said the move was ...
Read More »26-year-old Joana Kolo sworn in as Commissioner in Kwara
26-year-old Joana Nnazua Kolo has been sworn in as the Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development by Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. Kolo, who is a 2018 graduate of Library Science of Kwara State University, is believed to be ...
Read More »Obaseki disowns Ize-Iyamu’s defection rally in Benin
The crisis rocking the Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), worsened on Tuesday, as embattled Governor Godwin Obaseki, denied knowledge of a rally planned by the party to hold in Benin City, on Friday. This is even ...
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