The Presidency on Wednesday said the absence of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima does not pose any vacuum in Nigeria’s leadership. It said the two principal officers are “fully engaged with the nation’s affairs, even while away.” Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, argued this in […]
The Rivers State House of Assembly led by Victor Oko-Jumbo on Tuesday restated its resolve that the legislative seats of Martin Amaewhule and 24 others remain vacant following their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on December 11, 2023. The Assembly also said the seats must be filled […]
A former governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose has advised the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to move on from contesting elections in the country. Atiku unsuccessfully ran for the highest office in the land in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023, with three losses occurring at primaries. ”I am sure […]
The embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has dismissed the threat by the party’s caretaker committee, led by Nenadi Usman, to appeal last week’s judgment affirming his (Abure’s) leadership. In an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, the pro-Abure National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, contended that the […]
A Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has submitted a petition to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, to consider the creation of a Yoruba nation. Olayomi Koiki, the spokesman for Sunday Igboho, made this known in a post on Sunday via his X page. He stated that […]
The events leading to the election and the aftermath were filled with intrigues, drama and twists. The Coalition of Councillorship Candidates for the 2024 local government elections in Rivers State has promised not contest the results of the elections held on October 5 in court. Akwu Chilegide Jonathan, the Chairman of the Forum and Accord […]
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, declared that Umar Damagum remains the Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman. Justice Peter Lifu stated this while delivering judgment in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/ CS/579/2024, instituted against the National Executive Committee and Board of Trustees of the political party by Senator Umar Maina. […]
The crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party shows no signs of resolution, as the integrity faction on Friday announced the appointment of Yayari Ahmed Mohammed as acting National Chairman. In the early hours of Friday, the National Working Committee, led by acting National Chairman Umar Damagum, suspended National Legal Adviser Kamaldeen Ajibade SAN and National […]
The Rivers State Government has insisted that the Appeal Court judgment on Thursday in Abuja did not reinstate the Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the State House of Assembly. In a statement signed by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dagogo Iboroma, SAN, in Port Harcourt on Thursday, the government clarified that Amaewhule and […]
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP has won all the 17 local government areas of Plateau State, the State Independent Electoral Commission, PLASIEC, announced on Thursday. PLASIEC Chairman, Plangji Cishak who declared the winners also handed them the certificate of return in a brief ceremony at the PLASIEC headquarters in Jos. The winners were subsequently sworn- […]
