Ecuador’s presidential poll would proceed to a second round runoff as no candidate seems to be able to win outright after more than 90 per cent of the vote have been counted. With 92.82 per cent of the vote counted so far, Daniel Noboa, the incumbent president and candidate of the National Democratic Action, is…
A Civic Society Organisation, Yiaga Africa, has criticised the proposal for the creation of 31 additional states in the country, describing it as excessive. The Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Mr Samson Itodo, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Monday on Abuja. Recall that recently the House of…
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the suit by Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara seeking to remove 27 members of the State House of Assembly on ground of their alleged defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Uwani Aba-Aji delivered the judgment following the dramatic withdrawal of the…
Gov Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, has submitted names of 16 commissioner nominees to the State Assembly for screening and confirmation. Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr Danladi Jatau, disclosed this during proceedings on Monday in Lafia. ” The governor has submitted 16 names of Commissioner nominees to the Assembly for screening and…
An Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mr Realwan Okpanachi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to consider reshuffling his cabinet and appoint people with firm grassroots presence and electoral appeal. Okpanachi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday, said the Tinubu-led administration required those with the capacity to translate policies into…
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) says he can never leave the party for any other one, no matter the challenges in the party. Bode George spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Sunday on Lagos. NAN was reacting to the leadership crisis in the party…
Mr Chinedu Klinsmann, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Anambra, has dismissed the zoning arrangement being championed by the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), as hypocritical and self-serving. In a statement on Sunday in Abuja, Klinsmann said that no single political party had the right to dictate the leadership selection process for…
Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, has commended President Bola Tinubu for sacking the three Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) accused of misconduct during the 2023 general elections. The affected Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) RECs are Ike Uzochukwu (Abia), Hudu Yunusa-Ari (Adamawa), and Nura Ali (Sokoto). Oyintiloye, who said this…
Ikemba Front, a frontline political support structure within All Progressives Congress (APC), has described the National Chairman of the party, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje’s visit to Anambra as a confidence booster to the party. National Coordinator of the group, Chief Arinzechukwu Awogu, stated this in Awka on Sunday while reacting to Ganduje’s visit to the state….
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),Chief Olabode George, has faulted calls for the creation of 31 additional states in the country . Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)on Sunday, the PDP chieftain said creation of additional states would not solve the country’s challenges or promote its…
