politics

The police on Wednesday arraigned a 50-year-old man, ‎Ojo Olakunle, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly disrupting the Ekiti APC governorship primary. Olakunle, whose address was not provided, is facing three counts of destruction of ballot box, interference with the ballot box and acting in disorderly manner. The Police Prosecutor, SP. Femi Falade, told the court that the ... Read More »

…To convey decision to party Leaders of the All Progressives  Congress (APC) in the south west on Tuesday met with the 33 aspirants contesting the Ekiti governorship primary to address issues that led to the disruption of the primary, saying they have arrived at a decision that will be in the overall interest of the party and the nation. The ... Read More »

  Ekiti State deputy governor, Kayode Olusola has emerged as the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the State. In the primary held on Tuesday, Olusola, the prefered candidate of Governor Ayo Fayose polled 1190 votes to defeat Dayo Adeyeye who had 770 votes. Read More »

The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday bowed to the aspiration of majority of the aspirants in aborted Ekiti governorship primary election by cancelling the aborted exercise and ordering that the exercise be conducted afresh. The party however insisted that the Governor Tanko AlMakura led committee will still be responsible for conducting the primary while the ... Read More »

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has warned the heads of security agencies involved in the case of Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi), saying that nothing untowards must happen to the lawmaker. He said if anything happened to the senator, heads of security agencies involved would be held responsible. The Speaker, who was short of naming the security agency he ... Read More »

Prominent leaders of the southern and Middle Belt parts of Nigeria are currently meeting with the Senate hierarchy. They include Chiefs Ayo Adebanjo, Edwin Clark, Obong Victor Attah, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, John Nwodo, and Mr. Yinka Odumakin Receiving them were President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and several other senators. A member of the delegation said ... Read More »

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday directed its members in Kogi State to vote against the recall of Senator Dino Melaye during Saturday’s verification of petitioners’ signatures. The PDP said in a statement in Lokoja it was not in support of Melaye’s recall from the beginning. The party’s Director of Research and Documentation, Mr. Dickson Achadu, who signed ... Read More »

 lawmaker representing Lagos Central in the National Assembly, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Wednesday asked her colleagues in the red chamber not to link President Muhammadu Buhari to the ongoing ordeals of another member, Senator Dino Melaye in the hands of the Police. The lawmaker, who is the wife of Bola Tinubu, national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ... Read More »

A Federal High Court in Abuja has voided Clause 25 of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which seeks to reverse the sequence of the conduct of the 2019 elections earlier announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a judgment on Wednesday, held that the powers to organise, conduct and fix dates for elections resides only ... Read More »

The house of representatives has summoned President Muhammadu Buhari over the incessant killings by herdsmen in the country. The president was summoned during plenary on Wednesday. The lawmakers asked the president to appear before them and give a briefing on the security situation in the country. However, they did not state when the president is expected to appear. The lawmakers ... Read More »