Former Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has accepted Tuesday’s ruling of the Supreme Court which upheld the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as Governor of the State. Oyetola in a statement personally signed by him, said although the verdict of the Apex Court was against the wish of his party’s members and supporters, he accepted […]
Akwa Ibom governor-elect Umo Eno is facing a fresh battle of alleged expulsion from the University of Uyo in 2005 over certificate forgery. Governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Albert Bassey, claimed in a petition filed at the election tribunal in Uyo that Eno was one of the students expelled from the university […]
The Legislative Council of Abeokuta North Local Government at her plenary sitting held at the Legislative chambers today, ( Wednesday)10th of May 2023, suspended the executive Chairman, Prince Abdulsalam Adebayo Ayorinde over allegations of gross misconduct. In a “NOTICE OF ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT” duly signed by 10 Councillors from the 4 communities in the local […]
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 […]