June 17, 2024, may seem like any other day to many, but it carries significant weight in Rivers State. This date marks the end of the three-year tenure for elected Local Government Chairmen, a milestone documented in the State’s Local Government Law. The day has become a flashpoint for political turmoil, largely due to […]

  A Federal High Court in Kano on Friday upheld the rights of movement and freedom to civil liberty of the deposed Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero. The court also asked the Kano State Government to pay N10m damages to the 15th Emir. In his judgment, the Presiding Judge of the Federal High […]

  Salihu Lukman, a former vice-chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the north-west, has resigned as a member of the ruling party. Last year, Lukman resigned from his position as a member of the national working committee (NWC) of the APC. He said, “the party is completely at variance with the founding vision […]

  Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, on Wednesday, threw his weight behind the growing calls for single term for elected office holders, arguing that any form of autonomy for local government areas in the country is against the tenets of true federalism. The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) proposed a single-parliament […]

  FOLLOWING the recent decision of the Labour Party, LP, to create a directorate for the Obidient Movement in the party, the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections and the principal mentor of the Obidient Movement In Nigeria, Mr. Peter Obi has said that the group is beyond a political party […]

  Kano Governor Abba Yusuf has banned all forms of public demonstrations in the State. He imposed stringent restrictions on all public gatherings intended to protest within the state. The Governor, in a statement by his Media and Publicity Director Sanusi Bature on Wednesday, said he was exercising the authority vested in him as the […]

  A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu on Monday, May 27, ordered the commissioner of police in Kano to immediately evacuate Aminu Bayero from the Nasarawa palace where he is presently staying. According to TheNation, the court issued an interim injunction restraining Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero and four other […]

  The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Monday, affirmed Usman Ododo as the Governor of Kogi State. In upholding the election of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the tribunal dismissed the petition of Muritala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). More to follow…

  The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, upheld the election that produced Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State. A three-man panel led by Justice Adekunle Adeleye dismissed the petition filed by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Timipre Sylva, and the party for lacking in merit. In a […]