The outgoing governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje says Godswill Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, is the next president of the senate. Ganduje said this on Thursday at a meeting with Ben Ayade, his Cross River counterpart, in Calabar, the state capital. The Kano governor said the decision to nominate Akpabio was … [Read more…]
The Benue State Government on Wednesday described as an aberration the demand for handover notes by the transition committee put in place by the Governor-elect, Hyacinth Alia. Alia’s team had accused the transition committee put in place by Governor Samuel Ortom of delaying the presentation of handover notes ahead of the May 29 inauguration of … [Read more…]
The Labour Party has tackled President Buhari over his position on the outcome of the February 25 presidential election, claiming that Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) did not win the election. Buhari was quoted in a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu, on Thursday as saying that “overconfidence, complacency and bad … [Read more…]
All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied reports in sections of the media claiming the ruling party has zoned the 10th NASS leadership positions to a particular geo-political zone of the country. Some forces in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are pushing to microzone the senate presidency of the incoming 10th National Assembly to the … [Read more…]
President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday commenced the process to decide the zoning formula for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly. The maiden meeting to decide the zoning was held in Abuja with Tinubu, the vice president-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, the National Chairman of the party, … [Read more…]
The Labour Party (LP) on Tuesday raised the alarm over an action taken by a self-acclaimed factional chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, asking the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to dismiss all cases by his party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi against the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February … [Read more…]
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC), took a turn for the worse as national vice chairman (North West) of the party, Salihu Lukman, asked the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, to convene National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting and present the financial report of the National Working Committee (NWC) within a week or face … [Read more…]
The State Working Committee of the Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, rising from its meeting on 10th April 2023, have recommended the immediate suspension of some of its members for various acts of Anti-party activities, in relation to the just concluded National and State elections in Enugu State, a statement … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Enugu State, has taken a swipe at the Enugu opposition for what the party described as endless fake news about the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate of the governor-elect of the State, Dr. Peter Mbah. It also dismissed as fake and infantile the report that Governor of Enugu … [Read more…]
Labour Party (LP) has been declared winner of the just concluded Oji River State constituency supplementary election, held on Saturday, April 15, 2023. The election took place at Oji-River Central School polling Ulunit; registration area/ward 11, which had 2,489 registered voters. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared and returned LP’s candidate, chief Osita Eze … [Read more…]
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has expressed doubt over constitutionally provided restrictions placed on a presidential candidate with dual citizenship from contesting elections. The former Lagos State governor shared his perspective, given photos of what appeared to be a Guinean passport with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, as its holder being widely shared … [Read more…]
Representatives of the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, told the international media that the All Progressives Congress, APC, a candidate won the February 25 polls contrary to the claims of opposition parties such as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; and Labour Party, LP. Led by Mr Festus Keyamo, the chief spokesperson of the Tinubu Campaign … [Read more…]