POLITICS

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 […]

The Supreme Court has fixed October 21, for judgment in an appeal filed by the Delta State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election, Mister David Edevbie. By his appeal, Edevbie is asking the Supreme Court to re-affirm his candidacy. In a 23- ground of Appeal, Edevbie, faulted the […]

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has appointed 14,000 advisers for various political units in the state. According to a statement signed by the Governor’s spokesperson, Kelvin Ebiri, the advisers will play a pivotal role in the administration. “In addition to the 14,000 advisers, Governor Wike has also appointed 319 Ward Liaison Officers and 40 Local […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated its Vice-Presidential Candidate and Governor of Delta State, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa CON, other leaders and stakeholders of the great Party for their well-deserved conferment of National Awards by the Federal Government. The party also on Wednesday saluted the Enugu State Governor, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and his […]