Politics

By Edith Nwapi Abuja, June 5, 2023 A witness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Hamza on Monday told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that he signed the election results of Nasarawa State under duress. The witness said this at the continuation of hearing of petition filed by …

By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, June 5, 2023 A Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, awarded a N10 million fine against Mr. Festus Keyamo, the immediate-past Minister of State for Labour and Employment, for filing a frivolous suit against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate in the …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has been elected Vice-Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Governors’ Forum. Announcing the development after the just concluded retreat of PDP’s elected officials held in Bauchi on Saturday, Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri said the Governor of Bauchi State and host …

Edith Nwapi Abuja, June 2, 2023 A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) witness, Nicholas Msheliza on Friday told the presidential election petition court (PEPC) that the real disaster of the February 25, 2023, election occurred at ward collation centres. The witness said this when he was being cross examined by Independent …

Racism is a global problem, and every country must take a stance against it, General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said on Monday, addressing the latest meeting of a UN platform to improve the safety and quality of life of people of African descent worldwide.  “Racism and xenophobia continue to spoil …

By Wandoo Sombo Abuja, June 1, 2023 The legal team of the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, have told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, that they would challenge the February 25, 2023, presidential election results in 18 out of the …

By Wandoo Sombo Abuja, June 1, 2023 President Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday objected to the admission of some documents sought to be tendered in evidence by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. …

By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, May 31, 2023 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, told former Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike, that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has the right to suspend or expel him if the action is done in accordance with the law. Justice James Omotosho stated this …

Nigeria is more divided than ever, and the politicians of Nigeria have gone completely mad. It is as though everybody is now totally beyond control. Nigerians have replaced the Constitution with just one word: Impunity. Of course, in this matter of impunity there is no difference between the parties and …

By Wandoo Sombo Abuja, May 30, 2023 The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Mr. Abubakar Atiku along with the party on Tuesday in Abuja, opened their case at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) by tendering documents to support their petition. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) …

There was a mild drama at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano, on Monday, during the inauguration of Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf as the new Governor of the State, when miscreants suspected to be supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) heckled the incumbent Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu …

Monday, May 29, 2023 There is a road in Canada that is officially known as ‘Road to Nowhere’. Road signs there say so. At the terminal point of that road is virtually nothing apart from an access to a shooting range and a gated path that leads also to nowhere. …

Mr. Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25, 2023, election, has described Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, the National Leader of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), as “a crusader of national peace and unity, an icon of truth and justice and an …

By Edith Nwapi/Wandoo Sumbo Abuja, May 23, 2023 The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Tuesday consolidated the three surviving petitions before it. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that out of the five petitions before the panel only three petitions are left. They are Abubakar Atiku and PDP, Peter …

    By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, May 22, 2023 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed a suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Department of State Services (DSS) for adoption of processes. The matter was fixed for June 20 by the …

Three days after the South East Zone of the Network of Evangelical Bishops of Nigeria (NEBN) accused the Enugu state branch of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of being composed of “a tiny band of buccaneers” planning to “kidnap the finances of the state”, it has described the party’s gubernatorial …

Imo State-born Nze Ozichukwu Fidelis Chukwu was National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South East zone, for eight years. A national leader of the party and a member of the Imo Elders Council, the cerebral political leader, with his usual candour, answered major questions relating to Imo State, …

A group of concerned Nigerians have approached the Federal High Court in Abuja with a suit that is seeking to halt the scheduled swearing-in of All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as Nigeria’s new President on May 29. The group in a motion ex-parte it filed alongside …

Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25, 2023, election, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that late former Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence, Sunday Coffie Mbang, told him last December in Akwa Ibom State when they met that God would use him to save Nigeria. Mr. …

Pastor Dayo Ekong and other Lagos State Labour Party Executive Committee members addressing candidates of the party on Tuesday evening in Lagos. By Adeyemi Adeleye Lagos, May 16, 2023 The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) says no fewer than 20 lawyers and legal professionals have volunteered to …

By Naomi Sharang Abuja, May 15, 2023 Sen. Abdulaziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) says he can’t be stopped from the race for the Presidency of the 10th National Assembly, because it is his constitutional right. He said this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Yari, a former Governor of …

By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, May 14, 2023 The Organising Committee for the ‘Abia State Re-dedication and Dr Alex Otti’s Thanksgiving Service’, has declared a seven-day prayer, fasting and thanksgiving period in the state. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Umuahia by the Chairman and …

By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, May 11, 2023 Rev. Fr. Christian Anokwuru, representing Dr Alex Otti in the Abia Government’s Handover Committee, says the governor-elect is mentally and psychologically ready to hit the ground running from May 29. Anokwuru said this in an interview with newsmen in Umuahia on Thursday, while …

By Ebere Agozie Abuja, May 9,2023 The supreme court on Tuesday affirmed the election of Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun. Delivering judgment, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the Court of Appeal correctly reinstated Adeleke as governor of Osun. The panel of Justices led by …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, May 6, 2023 The Igbo Elders Consultative Forum has urged the judiciary to give accelerated hearing on ligations over the 2023 presidential election and give its verdict before May 29, the swearing-in day. The Chairman of the Forum, Chief Simon N. Okeke, made the call at …