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A High Court sitting in Imo State has given an order of interim injunction restraining the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba Alkali, Commissioner of Police, Ebonyi State, CP Sunday Olaleye and the Department of State Security (DSS) or its agents from arresting the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in … [Read more…]
Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popular as Jandor, has dismissed possibility of forming an alliance with his counterpart of the Labour Party, LP, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. There have been speculations that Labour Party is working towards forming an alliance to ouster the ruling party in the state following … [Read more…]
Barely one week after the National Assembly elections, and with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yet to issue certificates of return to winners, the race for principal offices, particularly, the position of Senate President in the upper chamber, has begun. A THISDAY Investigation, weekend, revealed that the incumbent President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, … [Read more…]
A federal high court in Lagos has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit results during the March 11 governorship and house of assembly elections in the state. The order was issued on Friday by Peter Lifu, the presiding judge. The judge mandated the electoral body to use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has banned all categories of its staff found to be negligent during the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections from participating in the March 11 governorship and state assembly elections. The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this yesterday in Abuja at … [Read more…]
President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has thanked world leaders, groups, and individuals for the flurry of congratulatory messages since his victory at the February 25th polls. The All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer defeated Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP)’s Peter Obi, and others in the keenly-contested election which have triggered a wave of congratulatory messages … [Read more…]
Seven states under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Taraba, and Sokoto – which filed a suit against the Federal Government at the Supreme Court challenging the declaration of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as president-elect, have discontinued the suit. The Notice of Discontinuance which … [Read more…]
Following the heinous murder of the Enugu East Senatorial Zone Labour Party candidate on the night of Wednesday, February 22, 2023 by yet to be identified assailants, the Enugu State Labour Party governorship candidate, Barr. Chijioke Edeoga, has condemned the killing of Chukwu. The LP guber candidate noted that late Barr Oyibo Chukwu worked hard … [Read more…]
Seven States of the Federation have dragged the Federal Government before the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the last February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The seven states who instituted the suit through their Attorneys General are Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Taraba and Sokoto. The suit was filed pursuant to section … [Read more…]
The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) which has thrown the nation into economic chaos in the last few weeks. The apex court stated that the policy was an affront on the 1999 constitution of the country, and thereby ordered that the old N200, N500 … [Read more…]
French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated, Thursday, March 2, 2023, that France harboured no desire to return to past policies of interfering in Africa after he began a four-nation tour of the continent. “The age of Francafrique is well over,” Macron said in remarks to the French community in Gabon, referring to France’s post-colonisation strategy of … [Read more…]
The US Department of State spokesperson, Ned Price, congratulated Mr Tinubu and all political leaders on the results of the presidential election. He described the election as competitive and representing a new period for Nigerian politics and democracy. “Each of the top three candidates was the leading vote-getter in 12 states, a remarkable first in … [Read more…]