Politics

Determined to nullify the election of President Bola Tinubu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his counterpart in the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday, lodged separate appeals before the Supreme Court. The two candidates, in their appeals, prayed the apex court to set …

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has said his recent visit to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, was not to influence the ongoing Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in the state, but to seek collaboration between Nasarawa and the FCT. He …

President Bola Tinubu has been sued over his failure to stop eight of his ministers, such as Nyesom Wike and David Umahi from collecting retirement benefits as governors. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) filed the lawsuit and joined five other ministers as defendants. They are Badaru Abubakar, Bello Matawalle, …

Fresh crisis is currently brewing in the Nigerian senate as a plot to impeach Godswill Akpabio as senate president is currently being hatched. According to a report by The Whistler, the Senators behind the plot are currently meeting in Saudi Arabia to perfect the plan before resumption of plenary. Leading the charge are Senators …

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State, Olumide Akinrinlola, has condemned the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, for allegedly insulting some monarchs in Oyo State. Obasanjo, in a viral video, was seen ordering the traditional rulers in Oyo State to stand up and greet the state Governor, Seyi …

Ondo State Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has said that he has no intention of signing any resignation letter. Aiyedatiwa, who denied knowledge of any purported pre-signed resignation letter being circulated in the public domain, said he took an oath the day he was sworn in along with the governor on …

According to the ex-president, democracy is nothing without work. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that a democratic system that fosters a lack of security and peace must be abandoned. Obasanjo, who was hosted by the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, on Friday at the opening of internal roads …

CJN Ariwoola Barring any last-minute change in plan, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will constitute the Supreme Court panel that will hear the appeal arising from the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Court latest on Wednesday. The PEPC had on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, delivered a …

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Joe Igbokwe has said it would take the Igbo ethnic group 20-25 years of hard work to produce the president of Nigeria. Igbokwe who also described Igbo people as ‘onlookers in the Nigerian project’, made this statement while responding to a …

Akwa Ibom APC rejects Akpabio as party leader *Protagonists to float hybrid party *Two ex-govs, three others meet in Saudi Arabia, Ilorin to perfect strategies Top politicians strongly opposed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, plan to oust him when the Senate resumes later this month. The forces are reported …