Beyond the Headlines
A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from removing Sen. Samuel Anyanwu as national secretary pending the hearing and determination of the substantive matter. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, granted the ex-parte motion moved by Joshua Musa, SAN, on Thursday. Justice Ekwo subsequently adjourned the matter […]
The Appeal Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, upheld the election of Francis Nwifuru as elected governor of Ebonyi State in the March 18, governorship poll. Nwifuru is of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The State and National Assembly Appeal Court 3-member panel presided over by Justice Justice Jummai Sankey in its judgment, dismissed […]
The Ondo State House of Assembly is set to hold a plenary session today to discuss the state’s political situation. It was reliably gathered that the lawmakers would discuss the issue of the executive arm of the government of the state as the lawmakers may declare the deputy governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as acting […]
The protesters, comprising workmen, set tyres on fire along the Dan Agundi area of Kano while chanting a solidarity song for the governor. The fresh protests followed the Certified True Copy of the judgement which appeared in public domain and seemed contrary to the verdict of the appellate court. Some of the protesters carried […]
The National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress has announced the dissolution of the executive of the Rivers State chapter of the party. The Abdullahi Ganduje-led NWC also disclosed that a caretaker committee that will oversee the conduct of a congress to elect new excos has been put in place. The development […]
The Senate Committee on Electoral Matters has said that it will make it mandatory for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload election results online. The committee chairman, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, told Channels TV on Tuesday that the current law does not make it mandatory for INEC to upload results, but that the […]
Members of the Labour Party in Imo State on Monday protested at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Owerri, the state capital, over the alleged delay in releasing the Certified True Copy result of the just concluded governorship election in the state. The state chairman of LP, Calistus Ihejiagwa, who led […]
Protesters on Monday stormed the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja demanding the resignation of the party’s National Working Committee. The group, under the aegis of the PDP National Back Up arrived at Wadata Plaza, the national secretariat of the party demanding the immediate resignation of the acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum-led […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that western liberal democracy will never work as a system of government in Africa, which according to him it was shoved down the throat of the continent. Obasanjo added that the western style of democracy failed in Africa because it does not take into account the view of […]
Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr Philip Shaibu has said that the need to implement practical governance to address the developmental challenges of the state informed his decision to vie for the governorship election slated for 2024. Shaibu stated this on Saturday at a media parley with the Edo State Journalists Forum in Abuja. According […]
