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I Acted Within Ambit Of Law – Suspended Adamawa REC

  The suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa Ari, a lawyer, has explained that he announced results of 69 polling units in the April 15 supplementary election due to security pressure. Ari stated this in a letter to the Inspector General of Police explaining his part in the controversial April 16 […]

Tinubu Settles For Akpabio, Barau As Senate President, Dep

  President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has concluded plans to pair the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, with Senator Jibrin Barau as Senate president and deputy respectively, Daily Trust has exclusively gathered. Akpabio and Barau are among the nine contenders for the Senate presidency of the 10th assembly, expected to be inaugurated […]

We Are Yet To Zone 10th Assembly Leadership Position, Says APC

  The All Progressives Party (APC) has said that it is yet to zone the leadership of the 10th National Assembly to any region. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Barr. Felix Morka, the party said its attention has been drawn to versions of zoning arrangements for the 10th National Assembly leadership positions […]

No govt can solve all problems, says Ezekwesili

  A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, says no single government is capable of solving all the problems of the country alone. Ezekwesili, who is the convener, FixPolitics, and Founder, School of Politics, Policy and Governance, said citizens must be part of the process of solving problems in society. She said this when her […]

How Adeboye predicted my emergence as gov – Adeleke

  Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has recalled how the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, anointed him back in 2018 and predicted his emergence as governor. Adeleke, who spoke in Ifewara, Osun State, on Wednesday during the opening of Jennifer Etuh Medical Centre and Skills Acquisition Centre, both […]

House leadership: Tinubu meets Betara behind closed doors

  One of the leading aspirants for the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the coming 10th National Assembly, Aliyu Berata, on Wednesday met with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, behind closed doors. Betara, who is representing Biu/Bayo/Shani/Kwaya Kusar Federal Constituency in Borno State, met with Tinubu at the Defence House in […]

Polls: Peter Obi’s case threatened as LP factions fight dirty

  The mud-fight between the Comrade Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa factions of the Labour Party, LP, may hurt the petition of the party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, against the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, if mishandled. The crisis rocking the LP took a fresh dimension, yesterday, following allegations by the Comrade Abure-led faction […]

APC Expels Governorship Aspirant, Senator-Elect In Taraba

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State has expelled a governorship aspirant of the party in the just concluded 2023 general elections David Sabo Kente for alleged anti-party activities. The party has also suspended the Senator-elect for Taraba South District David Jimkuta for anti-party activities during the elections. At a press conference in […]

Tinubu already serving Igbo ‘bread soaked in water’ — Nwodo

  The former National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, has said that Nigeria’s President-elect, Ahmed Tinubu, has started serving Ndigbo “a piece of bread soaked in water”. Back in January, Tinubu was at Michael Okpara Square for a presidential campaign rally. During the rally, he urged the southeasterners to work for […]

INEC Writes Police To Probe Adamawa REC Yunusa Ari

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has written to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), asking it to investigate the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Hudu Yunusa Ari over his role in the state’s governorship election. Yunusa-Ari had declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru as the winner of the supplementary […]