The PDP alleged that he was unlawfully nominated as APC candidate. The Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s disqualification from the September 19 governorship election in Edo. Delivering judgment, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, struck out the suit on grounds that it had become academic. The judge also said that he saw no legal benefit that would accrue to the plaintiff if the suit succeeded. The PDP had dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Ize-Iyamu to court praying for an order…
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The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday swore in a new member-elect, Mr Obafemi Saheed, as lawmaker representing Kosofe Constituency II. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Saheed won the Dec. 5 by-election to replace late Tunde Braimoh, who died earlier in the year. The Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, said during the swearing-in ceremony that the Oath of Allegiance of Membership had been administered on the lawmaker-elect by the Head of the Legal Department of the assembly. The speaker prayed that Saheed’s tenure would bring development to his constituency and the state. He said:…
Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), is dead. LP Deputy National Secretary, Kennedy Chigozie, confirmed his exit Tuesday evening. Chigozie said Abdulsalam passed away Tuesday morning. TheInfoStride gathered that the politician died in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Former National Chairman, Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Peter Ameh, said he has lost a friend of several decades. “This is a great loss not only to opposition political parties but to Nigerian democracy as a whole. His progressive ideas will be surely missed”, he added. In its reaction, the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), said it received the news with…
A former Senate President, Senator David Mark, on Tuesday, stressed the need for inclusive governance targeted at the welfare of the governed for democratic government is to thrive in Nigeria. Mark stated this while flagging off three rural roads at Katanga Warji in Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State and called on governments at all levels to open up rural communities through construction of accessible roads. According to the former Senate President, opening up rural areas would bring development closer to the people. While commending Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, for his administration’s efforts in construction of…
Minister of State for Power, Mr. Goddy Agba, has said that his appointment has specific roles assigned to him, one of which is the provision of electricity to urban and rural communities and not to give handouts in the form of bags of rice, cooking oil and wrappers to people. Agba, who spoke against the backdrop of demands by people asking for seasonal gifts, said he was working to actualise the policy thrust of the present administration to facilitate electricity across the states of the federation in order to create employment through increased electricity supply to artisans, small and medium…
The House of Representatives has refuted media reports that it had apologised to President Muhammadu Buhari or the Presidency for inviting him earlier in the month to brief it on the escalating insecurity situation in the country. It will be recalled that the House had on December 1, through a motion collectively sponsored by all the Borno State lawmakers on the heels of the massacre of over 43 rice farmers in Zarbamari village, passed a resolution inviting the President for the security briefing. It will also be recalled that the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila later conveyed the resolution…
Three days after the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah, preached a sermon against nepotism to commemorate this year’s Christmas, the North has been divided by the homily, which also accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of failing to provide security, among other lapses. Kukah had, in his 2020 Christmas message, titled, ‘A nation in search of vindication’, lamented that nepotism characterise the present administration. He noted that there could have been a coup or war in the country if a non-northern Muslim President did a fraction of what Buhari did. The cleric said under Buhari’s government, Nigeria appeared to…
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, has assured that the government was doing its best to forestall attacks by bandits. His comment was in reaction to the incidents at Maitumbi and Kuchi communities in Bosso and Munya Local Government Areas. No fewer than 20 people were allegedly abducted by dozens of assailants, and scores wounded. In a statement on Monday by his spokesperson, Mary Noel-Berje, Bello urged the people to support authorities’ efforts against the criminals. He told them to give security agencies information that would help arrest the perpetrators. Bello added that the recent meeting of the North Central State…
Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, said Tunde Bakare, the overseer of Citadel Global Community Church should not be taken seriously for lying against the Holy Spirit. Omokri disclosed that Bakare lied against the Holy Spirit in a prophecy he issued on ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, and Atiku Abubakar. He made the remark in response to Bakare’s attack on Yoruba leaders not comfortable with Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, running for president. The clergyman had said God does not need anyone’s permission to put Tinubu in the hall…
The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has described Nigeria’s presidential system of government as “totally useless,” and expressed its readiness to engage other parts of the country in a debate on Nigeria’s future, saying it was ready for the restructuring of the country. Convener of the Forum, Professor Ango Abdullahi, stated this in a telephone interview with Vanguard, weekend. Abdullahi, who expressed the preference of the North for a return to the parliamentary system of government, said the current presidential system had caused more division than uniting the country. Abdullahi said: “Today, we may appear to have a federal system of…