The federal government has declared Friday, April 21 and Monday, April 24 , 2023 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration. A statement signed by the permanent secretary in the ministry of Interior, Shuiab Belgore said the minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the federal government. Aregbesola who congratulated … [Read more…]
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has urged the Police to investigate the controversy that trailed the Adamawa Governorship rerun, urging aggrieved candidates to pursue legitimate means of addressing their grievances. Tinubu gave the charge in a post-election assessment statement issued Wednesday and personally signed by him. He also congratulated winners of the Supplementary Governorship elections held … [Read more…]
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 18 governorship poll and the April 15 supplementary election in Adamawa State, Senator Aishatu ‘Binani’ Dahiru has said that she won’t do anything to subvert the democratic process. The APC candidate, in a statement, said she is a democrat and not a do-or-die politician.Binani … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the November 11 Kogi State governorship election, Dino Melaye, has attributed his victory in last Sunday’s primary to God, saying he mobilised his delegates with “anointing oil”. On the heels of the much maligned primary election, Melaye appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, denying claims that … [Read more…]
The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) deepened on Tuesday as it suspended a factional leader, Lamidi Apapa, its National Deputy Chairman (South) and some other officials. The party also appointed acting executive members according to a statement signed by Ladi Iliya, national deputy chairperson and Kenedy Ahanotu, deputy national secretary. They stated that … [Read more…]
On 8th April 2022, famous Nigerian Gospel artiste Osinachi Nwachukwu died at a hospital in Abuja. Osinachi, as she was fondly called, gained popularity for her vocal rendition of ‘Ekueme’, a 2016 song by Prospa Ochimana. Her death was greeted with the usual outcry but with more intensity as the victim was considered a high-profile … [Read more…]
One month after the March 18 governorship elections, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has emerged as the winner of what some might describe a drama-filled supplementary election in Adamawa State. In last Saturday’s rerun, Fintiri, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled 9,337 votes besting Senator Aishatu ‘Binani’ Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who … [Read more…]
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja has temporarily declined to hear an application by Senator Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru, seeking an order of court restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from invalidating her declaration as winner of the governorship election in Adamawa State. Binani had on Monday approached the court for … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has resolved to write the Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba, to investigate and prosecute the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Barr Hudu Yunusa Ari, over unlawful declaration of Aishatu Dairu Ahmed, well known as Binani, as the winner of the state governorship election. The commission made … [Read more…]
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has voided the sack and removal of Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as non Executive Chairman of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) by President Muhammadu Buhari describing it as arbitrary, unlawful and illegal. In his judgment on Tuesday, Justice Inyang Ekwo set aside the removal of Senator … [Read more…]
In the event that women are not given consideration for the positions of presiding officers in the Federal House of Representatives and the State Assemblies, the Coalition for Women Participation in Governance and Leadership (CFWPGL) has vowed to file a lawsuit to prevent the upcoming inauguration of the 10th National Assembly. The 200 women’s organizations … [Read more…]
By Dr Chukwuemeka Aroh God has ultimately blessed us in Enugu state with what we have relentlessly prayed and cast about for. Our dear Governor-elect is the best thing that has happened for us this season. Permit me to call him “Peter God-sent Ndubuisi Mbah”. “Tomorrow is Here”! we shout with great joy, but the … [Read more…]