Politics

The Presidential Election Petition Court on Tuesday reserved judgment in a petition filed by Mr Peter Obi and Labour Party (LP) challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu into power. Obi and LP are petitioners in the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 are challenging the election which brought president Bola Tinubu into …

AS different reactions continue to trail the conduct of the February 25 presidential election, the Catholic Church and Society Department, has said the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to upload results of the 2023 presidential election to the IReV portal in real-time from polling units, was a …

By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South; Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South-West;Sam Oyadonagha; Jimitota Onoyume; Egufe Yafugborhi; Steve Oko; Marie-Therese Nanlong; Rotimi Ojomoyela; Peter Duru; Emma Una; Shina Abubakar; Emem Idio and Chioma Onuegbu CITIZENS, including lawyers, human rights activists, academics, and artisans have faulted the palliative measures put in place …

The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has denied taking a picture with self-acclaimed Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa. Peter Obi issued the denial in response to a viral ‘photoshopped image with Ekpa’. Speaking through the Head of Obi-Datti Media Office, Diran Onifade, Obi said those determined to cast his image in bad light were …

President Bola Tinubu has said the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, would not tolerate actions that incapacitate democratically-elected government in the sub-region, a direct message to soldiers who have held Niger Republic’s President, Mohamed Bazoum, hostage at the palace. President Tinubu gave the warning in his capacity a the …

Nigerian Senate Logo The Senate on Wednesday warned members of the North East Development Commission, NEDC, not to tow the line of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in duplicating projects it intends to undertake across the zone. This warning was handed down by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio during confirmation …

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma The governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party, Dr. Kachi Nwoga, has knocked the Imo State Advertisement and Signage Agency for demanding N54 million from political parties planning to erect campaign billboards ahead of the November 11 election. While sarcastically calling on Imo Governor, Hope …

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio With five days to the end of the 60-day constitutional window, the Senate is expected to receive the list of the President’s ministerial nominees this week. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Tope Ajayi, in an interview said, “Ministers’ List will be out …

Lawyers representing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, have tackled President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima over their final submissions that the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja should not nullify their clients election victory over a 30-year-old United States District Court judgement. In …

Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi The Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has attacked the lawyers of President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and the All Progressives Congress, over their warning of possible anarchy if the 25 February election was upturned on account of the non-uploading of the …