POLITICS

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has dissociated self from a fresh primary election purportedly conducted by the party’s governorship aspirant in Ogun State, Jimi Lawal. In a disclaimer sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, dated October 19, the leadership of […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has announced that all is set for its scheduled Presidential Campaign Rally in Benin City, the Edo State Capital on Saturday, October 22, 2022. National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, made the announcement at a press conference, in Abuja, on Friday. He said, “The people of Edo […]

Despite the coming 2023 general elections, the Chairman of the National Population Commission, Nasir Isa-Kwarra has disclosed that the population and housing census next year, will hold in April. He made this known at a three-day national capacity building workshop on 2023 population and housing census for state directors and management staff of the National […]

An Abakaliki Magistrate Court, yesterday remanded a two-term member of the House of Representatives and the Labour Party senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South Zone in the 2023 election, Hon. Linus Okorie. Recall that Okorie was said to have been kidnapped on Sunday morning, while driving out of his Abakaliki residence, and was on Monday morning […]

Anambra State House of Assembly resumed sitting after two months break.   The Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Right Honourable Uche Okafor while welcoming members of the House back from recess, charged them to discharge their legislative duties with renewed vigor.   The Speaker read a letter from the immediate family of the […]

The National Assembly has urged the remaining 25 States Houses of Assembly, who are yet to pass the Constitution amendment bills to do so in the interest of Nigerians. Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, the Chairman, National Assembly Joint Committee on Constitution Review and Deputy Senate, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. He said […]

Scores of protesters on Tuesday stormed the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, demanding the removal of the Federal Capital Territory FCT chairman of the party, Abdulmalik Usman who they accused of illegally remaining in office in spite of the last year’s state Congress which threw up new executives. The protesters who […]

Disturbed by the growing resort to incendiary comments by partisans, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has convened a meeting of all political parties and security agencies with a view to stemming the tide. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja while declaring open the ‘Training of Master Trainers on Election […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Yola has nullified the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary that produced Senator Aishatu Binani as the party’s governorship candidate for Adamawa State. In an over three-hour judgment delivered by Justice Abdulaziz Anka on Friday, the court declares that the judgement is based on substantial evidence of non-compliance with the […]

APC’s move was in line with the ruling of the Federal High Court, Damaturu. The Court presided by Justice Fadima Aminu had directed INEC to accept and publish Machina’s name as the validly elected APC candidate for the zone, thus upholding the May 28 poll of the party that produced him. Hours after Machina’s opponent Senate Ahmad Lawan […]