Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu yesterday convened a meeting with key stakeholders from Ondo State in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on arrival from medical leave. LEADERSHIP Weekend gathered that among the stakeholders present at the meeting included members of the State House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Hon Oladiji Olamide; members of the state executive … [Read more…]
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the contentious February 25th election, Peter Obi has instructed his lawyers to immediately challenge the ruling of the five-member Presidential Election Petitions Court led by Justice Simon Haruna Tsamani. Obi disclosed this at a press conference in the commercial town of Onitsha, Anambra state on Thursday in … [Read more…]
The Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison (AHQ Gar), Maj.-Gen Koko Isoni, on Thursday inaugurated a General Court Martial to try 14 officers and nine soldiers alleged to have breached different provisions of the Armed Forces Act. The court martial was convened at the Scorpion Officer’ Mess, Asokoro Abuja, pursuant to the powers conferred on him by … [Read more…]
The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredoku, returned to the country a few minutes ago. It was gathered that the airline conveying Governor Akeredolu, who has been on medical vacation in Germany for weeks, touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 3:20 pm Akeredolu, it was gathered, was flown in in … [Read more…]
Ali Bongo, ousted Gabon president, has been granted freedom from house arrest by the military junta in Gabon to depart the nation for medical care. In a statement signed by General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, military spokesperson Ulrich Manfoumbi stated, “Given his state of health, the former President of the Republic Ali Bongo Ondimba is … [Read more…]
Former Vice President of Nigeria and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has denied congratulating President Bola Tinubu on his victory at the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC), saying he won’t validate what he called ‘electoral banditry’. Atiku said he did not issue any press statement congratulating Tinubu, who was the candidate … [Read more…]
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the judgements of the Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal that affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential poll in the country. According to a release issued on Wednesday night by former presidential spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu, Buhari expressed his happiness with ruling of the Presidential Elections … [Read more…]
…sues for even distribution to people at grassroots Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has flagged off the distribution of Palliatives to cushion the ameliorating effects of fuel subsidy removal on residents of the State with an appeal to the Palliative Committee to ensure distribution of the palliatives comprising forty bags to each of … [Read more…]
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday night expressed happiness on his success at the presidential election tribunal. A five-member panel of the presidential election court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani had a few minutes ago upheld Tinubu’s election in the February 25 election. Justice Tsammani, who read the judgement, held that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) … [Read more…]
The Presidential Election Petitions Court delivered a 12-hour marathon judgment on Wednesday, throwing out the petitions of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM); the petitions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar; as well as the petitions of Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The Tribunal dismissed the … [Read more…]
Rivers State Government says it pulled down DAAR transmitter complex in Port Harcourt because the organisation refused to develop the property after two decades that it was allocated to the company. Rivers State Commissioner for Works, Dr. George-Kelly D. Alabo, in a statement in Port Harcourt on Wednesday explained that the transmitter complex of DAAR … [Read more…]
The Labour Party (LP) has expressed dismay and trepidation over the dismissal of petitions by the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) led by Justice Haruna Tsammani. The tribunal had ruled on the petition filed by the party and its Presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The tribunal had struck out the petition filed … [Read more…]