The Labour Party has expressed worry over what it described as a preemptive pronouncement by retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Mary Odili, about the upcoming judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, scheduled for Wednesday. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, expressed the party’s concerns in a statement, in Abuja, […]
Ahead of the November 11, 2023 off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the resumption of collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) for four weeks. The electoral umpire said within the said period, registered voters who could not collect their PVCs before the suspension […]
A Kano State High Court has set aside the suspension of the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) from the party. Justice Usman Na’aana on Tuesday granted an interim injunction restraining Boniface Aniebonam, Agbo Major, and 16 other respondents from parading themselves as national officers or leaders of the party […]
The tribunal on Tuesday sacked Sen. Jibrin Isah, the Senate committee chairman on customs, excise, and tariffs, on the ground that elections were cancelled in some 94 polling units. The tribunal sitting in the state capital; Lokoja, also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a supplement election in the affected 94 […]
The Federal Government and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have agreed to give the government two weeks to address some of the grievances of the Congress. This was disclosed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Solomon Lalong, in Abuja at the end of a meeting with the leadership of Trade Union Congress, […]
Ahead of the Wednesday’s judgment to be delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Court, the Nigeria Police Force has said that policemen across the country are “fully prepared” to maintain law and order. In a statement on Tuesday by Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, the police warned politicians and mischief makers against […]
The Director of Strategic Communications for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Momodu, said he would have expelled the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if he had the power. Speaking on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm programme on Tuesday, Momodu accused Wike of trying to […]
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has called on the Nigerian judiciary to uphold the people’s choice and not select winners during an electoral process. He made this remark while speaking on Arise News on Tuesday. “I want to appeal to the judiciary on moral suasion […]
As Nigerians await the judgment of the Presidential Election Tribunal on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Peter Obi and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has insisted on continuing it remaining two day warning strike. The Labour union commenced its warning strike today, shutting down economic activities across the country. Reports filled […]
US First Lady Jill Biden on Monday tested positive for Covid-19, the White House said. President Joe Biden tested negative. The 72-year-old first lady is experiencing “only mild symptoms,” her office said and will remain in the couple’s home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Jill Biden last tested positive for Covid a year ago. President […]
