The Senate has sworn in Amos Yohanna as the new Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District. Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, who presided over the plenary on Wednesday, swore in Yohanna a week after the Court of Appeal in Abuja sacked the erstwhile lawmaker representing the district, Elisha Abbo. While Abbo is of the […]
A federal high court in Enugu has ordered the national working committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to recognise Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the party’s national secretary. Ruling on a motion ex parte on Monday, Cyprian Ajah, the presiding judge, said the interim order would lapse after seven days. The motion ex parte […]
A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has denied saying that the 2023 general elections was compromised. Jega was quoted to have said this at a two-day retreat organized by the Senate in Ikot Ipene, Akwa Ibom State, last week. The professor of political science at Bayero University, […]
The Supreme Court, on Monday, finally dismissed an appeal filed by Senator Smart Adeyemi against the judgements of the two lower courts on the All Progressives Congress’ primary election, which held in Kogi State on April 15, 2023. The Supreme Court, in a unanimous judgement, held that the appeal lacked merit, having failed to […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is confident that the supreme court will declare Atiku Abubakar, its candidate, the winner of the 2023 presidential poll. The supreme court had fixed Monday to hear Atiku’s appeal challenging President Bola Tinubu’s victory In a statement issued on Sunday, Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, claimed that the election […]
The Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) has passed a vote of confidece on Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Abayomi Arabambi, spokesperson of the LP faction, in a statement on Saturday, said the party is proud of the “achievements” recorded by Yakubu and INEC during the 2023 […]
Phrank Shaibu, an aide to Atiku Abubakar, says President Bola Tinubu is seeking to stop the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from releasing files related to him. In a statement on Thursday, Shaibu said Tinubu’s lawyers in the US have filed motions to appear in an ongoing freedom of information lawsuit brought before […]
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25 election, Atiku Abubakar, has urged the Supreme Court to allow him to present fresh evidence to back his claim that President Bola Tinubu forged the document he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission. He said presenting forged documents by any candidate […]
The Ondo State House of Assembly has called for the withdrawal of the suit instituted against it by the embattled deputy governor of the state to give room for a political solution. This was contained in a statement issued by the House of Assembly and signed by the Spokesperson of the State House of […]
Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo, who represented Adamawa North in the National Assembly, has apologised to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio over his unguarded remarks accusing him of being responsible for his removal from the seat. This trails Monday’s judgement by the Court of Appeal sacking the Adamawa Senator of the All Progressives […]
