Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, says Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) has come to stay as a legal instrument for the accreditation and transmission of election results in Nigeria. Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the February 2023 election, said this in a statement by his Media Office in Abuja on […]
The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, said on Tuesday the nomination of the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godwill Akpabio, and Abbas Tajudeen for the National Assembly’s top positions was not “cast in stone.” Morka, who spoke on a Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today, said the selection of […]
The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has adjourned further pre-hearing session in the petitions by Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) till Thursday. The court, at the conclusion of its sitting on Tuesday, indicated that the petition by APM will be […]
Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the governor of Osun State. Reports have it that immediate-past governor of the state, Adegboyega Oyetola, who came second in the 16 July 2022 election, had filed a petition challenging Mr Adeleke’s victory. The Osun State Governorship Election Petition […]
Rep. Aliyu Betara (APC-Borno) has officially declared his intention to run for the office of the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives, ahead of the June 5 inauguration. Betara accused Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila of sponsoring an unpopular candidate to succeed him. Betara, the incumbent Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, spoke in Abuja on Monday […]
…Writes APC NWC, 108 Senators-elect of his intention Chief Whip of the Senate and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has written personal letters to the members of National Working Committee of All Progressives Congress(APC) and 108 Senators-elect of his interest to be the next Senate President. This is even as he […]
As part of its zoning arrangement, the National Working Committee of APC has picked Sen. Godswill Akpabio as the President of the 10th Senate. The APC formally announced these appointments on Monday in fulfilment of its zoning policy. Senator Barau Jubrin (North West) was picked as Deputy Senate President Abass Tajudeen (Kaduna) will be the […]
The National Assembly has begun the induction ceremony for Senators and Members-elect of the 10th Assembly. Reports have it that the induction ceremony is intended to educate lawmakers-elect on the legislative business. According to the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, this is extremely important as more than seventy percent of Federal Lawmakers coming […]
The presidential election petition tribunal has adjourned its sitting to Wednesday, May 10, matters brought before it challenging the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. This was disclosed in a tweet on Monday by one of the spokespersons for the Labour Party, LP, Kenneth Okonkwo, “After a brief pre-hearing trial, the case was adjourned to […]
The Action Alliance has withdrawn its petition against the President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The party withdrew the case at the commencement of the pre-hearing of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Monday, May 9, 2023, in Abuja. However, no reason was given for the withdrawal. The withdrawal means that four out of the five political […]
