politics

The Supreme Court has scheduled judgment for 2pm on Tuesday in the appeal filed by former Osun Governor, Gboyega Oyetola against the election of Ademola Adeleke. Oyetola is, by his appeal, seeking the reversal of the March 25 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which affirmed Adeleke’s victory in the last governorship election in Osun State. The Appeal ... Read More »

…. Contest will be based on constitutional provisions – Yari Outgoing Governor of Kano State,Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje,has dropped the strongest hint so far about the chances of former Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio emerging as the next Senate President. Ganduje spoke in Calabar on Thursday ahead of a meeting yesterday of All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders agreeing on Akpabio ... Read More »

..“Whatever you say about owing or no owing, I’m very grateful to the man who brought me here” – Asiwaju ..My fear is lack of maintenance culture for Big projects – Wike NIGERIA’s President-Elect, Ahmed Bola Tinubu on Thursday described Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state as a fighter of corruption in his provision of meaningful welfare and conducive work ... Read More »

The National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress for North-West, Mallam Salihu Lukman, on Thursday, carried out his threat to sue the party’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore, for alleged breach of the party’s constitution. The development came one week after Lukman issued an ultimatum to Adamu and Omisore to convene an emergency meeting ... Read More »

…Apapa seeking to scuttle Obi’s petition against Tinubu —Abure …Puts judiciary, DSS, Police, others on notice …It’s cheap blackmail — Apapa The mud-fight between the Comrade Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa factions of the Labour Party, LP, may hurt the petition of the party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, against the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, if mishandled. Peter Obi: ... Read More »

Ahead of the May 29 inauguration, President-elect, Bola Tinubu is expected to return to Nigeria today. Tinubu’s return to Nigeria was confirmed by his Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga on Monday. Onanuga disclosed via Twitter that the President-elect has been on vacation in France. According to reports, Tinubu whose plane is billed to land at the presidential wing ... Read More »

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said a candidate does not need to secure 25% of votes in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to win a presidential election in the country. This is even as it said the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar did not meet the constitutional requirements to be declared winner of ... Read More »

…Obi and LP did not have agents in all the polling units ,,,, Obi failure to plead specific particulars and figures as to how the alleged non-compliance by INEC The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has argued the reliefs being sought in the petition by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, cannot be granted by the ... Read More »

… Election conducted in compliance with Electoral Act, agency insists Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi’s petition before the Election Tribunal lacks merit, All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) submitted yesterday. To the APC and the electoral commission, the petition, which is a waste of time, should be dismissed. LP and Obi are challenging ... Read More »

President-Elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday promised not to disappoint Nigerians at this critical moment of national life. He also told the opposition he was not ready to squander his mandate as the nation’s next president maintaining that “it was a dream that he spent his life perfecting.” In an appreciation statement to Nigerians and all well wishes on ... Read More »