The leadership crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the country took another twist on Saturday with former Kogi West senator, Dino Malaye, predicting its end. Malaye accused the acting national chairman of the party, Iliya Damagum, its national secretary, Samuel Anyanwu and national organising secretary, Umar Bature of irredeemably destroying the party. Posting […]
The Supreme Court on Friday, August 23, dismissed the appeal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last governorship election in Imo State, Samuel Anyawu. In a unanimous judgment, a five-member panel of the court held that the appeal was without merit. Justice Mohammed Baba Idris, in the lead judgment, resolved […]
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the re-election victory of the Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party. The five-member panel of the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision dismissed the appeal of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Timipre Sylva, challenging the November 11, 2023 election. More to follow….
Newly appointed Chief Justice of Nigeria Kudirat Kekere-Ekun was one of seven justices who overturned the 2019 Imo State governorship election result. Following the election in 2019, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the election, polling a total of 273,404 votes ahead of the first runner-up. […]
The crisis rocking the Benue chapter of the All Progressives Congress took another turn when the National Working Committee of the ruling party announced the dissolution of the Austine Agada-led executives on Wednesday. In their place, the NWC immediately inaugurated a seven-man caretaker committee to oversee the affairs of the party at the state level […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to remain in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, despite the party’s internal crisis. He made the vow while speaking at a media parley on Wednesday, marking his first anniversary as a minister. Wike firmly stated: “I don’t run away from any fight. […]
Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader Chief Edwin Clark has told the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Iliya Damagun, that Nyesom Wike must leave the party for it to survive. He made this demand in an open letter to the leadership of the main opposition party in Abuja on […]
A five-man panel of the Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the Kogi and Bayelsa States governorship elections appeals filed by Muritala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Both Ajaka and Sylva challenged the declarations made by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on the outcome […]
The Imo State government has dismissed as fake ,malicious, and unfounded posters of the Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma purporting him to be running for the office of Vice president in 2027. The poster bearing pictures of Ganduje adorned in blue Babariga as the APC presidential candidate and Uzodinma in white attire and a red cap […]
A former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, says the socioeconomic and political situations in the country have remained stagnant because of leadership deficit, concluding that the only way out is for “self-centred” leaders to give way. He spoke in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Saturday as Special Guest of Honour at the Leadership Empowerment […]
