Chief Dan Orbih, National Vice Chairman, PDP South-South chapter, has said that the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike was not the problem of the Peoples Democratic Party. According to Orbih, the real problem of the PDP is those with entrenched interest in contesting every presidential election without respecting the provisions of the PDP constitution. Orbih, also…
Former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) over alleged defamatory statements against him by suspended Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, (PDP-Kogi Central) In the petition, written and signed by his solicitor, Mr N.A. Abubakar to the IG on Wednesday, Bello called on the Nigeria Police Force to invite Sen. Akpoti-Uduaghan…
Former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has narrated how his office discredited the negative narrative of rigging the 2023 presidential election. Mohammed narrated this in a paper presented at a Spokesperson Summit declared opened on Tuesday in Abuja by the incumbent Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris In a copy…
The arraignment of Mr Christopher Maikalangu, the Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), over alleged certificate forgery was, on Wednesday, stalled at the Dutse Magistrates’ Court in Abuja. The case, which was on the day’s cause list before Chief Magistrates Abdullahi Ilela of Court I, could not proceed due to the magistrate’s absence….
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP),Chief Segun Adewale, has dismissed a statement made by another party stalwart, Chief Olabode George, that the candidacy of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will affect the party’s chances in 2027. Adewale, a former Lagos State Chairman of the party ,told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in…
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday declared that the removal of the reinstated Speaker of the House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa was illegal and unconstitutional. Delivering judgment, Justice Justice Yetunde Pinheiro, held that the members of the house of assembly erred in the removal of Obasa as speaker. The court further awarded N500,000 in damages…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has called on African youths to take the centre stage in promoting peaceful and credible elections across the continent. Yakubu made the call while delivering a lecture at the Civil Service University in Banjul, Republic of The Gambia, where he was a guest…
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has declared that the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) is dead and it will soon be buried. The APC National chairman also hinted that the 2023 presidential candidate of NNPP and the party’s national leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso will soon…
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has given the federal government, led by President Bola Tinubu, a pass mark in infrastructural development and other positive imprints across different sectors of the nation’s economy. For these achievements, Gov Eno, despite being a staunch member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has vowed to throw…
The House of Representatives on Tuesday inaugurated a 21-member ad-hoc committee to oversee the caretaker government in Rivers during the state of emergency. Speaker of the House, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, said that the inauguration of the committee was in line with Section 11(4) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). While reaffirming the National Assembly’s commitment…
