The Kogi East Senatorial Election Tribunal sitting in Lokoja has sacked Senator Jibrin Isah, (Echocho), the Senate Committee Chairman on Customs Excise and Tariffs, cancelling the election in 94 polling units in the district. Consequently, the chairman of the Tribunal , Justice K.A. Orjiako, ordered Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a supplementary election … [Read more…]
A Kano State High Court has set aside the suspension of the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) from the party. Justice Usman Na’aana on Tuesday granted an interim injunction restraining Boniface Aniebonam, Agbo Major, and 16 other respondents from parading themselves as national officers or leaders of the party pending … [Read more…]
The National Executive Committee of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has expelled Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, following his alleged refusal to appear before the party’s Disciplinary Committee. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Kwankwaso, the 2023 Presidential Candidate of NNPP, had been earlier suspended by the party’s leadership at the National Convention on … [Read more…]
It became obvious yesterday that the crisis rocking the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) is far from abating, as the Dr Agbo Gilbert Major-led leadership of the party commenced investigation of its presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and other officials. Kwankwaso and the said officials are under probe over how the N1 billion naira raised … [Read more…]
A former spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 presidential poll, Daniel Bwala, has said the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, will be expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the appropriate time. Bwala stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme yesterday, a day after … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has appointed the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, into its Bayelsa State Governorship Election Campaign Council. Mr Wike, the immediate past governor of the neighbouring Rivers State, is number six on the list released by the APC National Organising … [Read more…]
Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, a contender for president in the February 25 election, has been suspended by the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Board of Trustees (BoT) due to alleged anti-party conduct. The National Working Committee (NWC) of the party was likewise suspended by the BoT, on Tuesday. Additionally, new national officers were selected, including … [Read more…]
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is raising questions about President Bola Tinubu’s academic records. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, is challenging Tinubu’s election and took to X, previously known as Twitter, to question the former Lagos State governor’s academic credentials. “I woke up this morning … [Read more…]
The Julius Abure-led National Working Committee, NWC, of the Labour Party has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of sponsoring dissidents to destabilise the party. National Secretary of the LP, Malam Umar Farouk, at a press conference held at the party’s National Secretariat, Abuja, yesterday, explained that the party was well aware of the … [Read more…]
Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu The League of Secretaries of the Seventeen Local Government Areas of Enugu State, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, have congratulated the Honourable Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji Nwakaibie, on his nomination, successful screening and subsequent swearing-in as Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by President … [Read more…]
The Governor of Enugu State, His Excellency, Dr Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has approved the following board and political appointments: 1. Prof. Bethrand Ngwu, Chief Medical Director, ESUT Teaching Hospital, Parklane 2. Barr. Uche Anya, Executive Chairman, Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority. 3. Lawrence Ani, Executive Secretary, Council for Arts and Culture 4. Nnanyelugo Dan Onyishi, … [Read more…]
Lagos State House of Assembly, has confirmed 22 out of the 39 cabinet nominees sent recently by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for screening and approval. Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, who presided over the day’s sitting on Wednesday, said the confirmation followed rigorous and detailed screening of the nominees by an ad-hoc committee led by … [Read more…]