Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate for the African Action Congress (AAC) in 2023, has accused Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State of plotting to kill Joe Ajaero, the National President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Sowore urged the Nigerian Legislative Council (NLC) to suspend operations in Nigeria until Uzodinma is removed from power. It’s important to remember that a group of troublemakers thwarted the NLC’s demonstration in Owerri, the capital of Imo State. The president of the National Labor Congress (NLC) was in Owerri to organize workers in the state of Imo for a massive march of protest in…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has expressed great worry over recent rulings by the Court of Appeal that nullified the elections of parliamentarians in Plateau State based on pre-election topics already addressed by the Supreme Court. These judgments invalidated the elections since they were based on issues that had previously been addressed by the Supreme Court. The Forum emphasized that even though the Supreme Court had established a precedent on pre-election concerns, candidates for the PDP in the state of Plateau were disqualified on the same basis. This information was shared by Sen. Bala Muhammad, the Chairman of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been given the responsibility of ensuring that the governorship elections that will take place on November 11 in the states of Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi are free, fair, and credible. They stated this during a meeting about the upcoming election that was held in Abuja and was attended by stakeholders and was organized by the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room. throughout his remarks at the occasion, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral Matters, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, asked the various security agencies to conduct a review of their operating systems in order…
The election of Emmanuel Udende, a candidate for the All Progressives Congress, was affirmed by the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday. The judgment of the election petition tribunal to dismiss Udende, which was handed down a month ago, was overturned by the court. However, in their unanimous decision, the three-person justice panel stated that the lower court had made an error in its verdict, and as a result, they upheld Udende’s election. More to come soon…
The ruling of the National and State House of Assembly Tribunal on the election of a representative for the Kumbotso Federal Constituency in the Kano House of Representatives has been overturned by the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal. The first ruling said that the election had been won by Mannir Babba Danagudi of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and it removed Idris Kawu of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) from his position as the elected representative for Kumbotso Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives. The decision was handed down by a three-judge panel presided over by…
The Supreme Court has settled the disputes over President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the presidential election held on February 25, 2023, bringing an end to months of legal fireworks. Remember that on Thursday, October 26, the Supreme Court upheld President Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 presidential election, which had been challenged by Peoples Democratic Party candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party candidate Mr. Peter Obi all the way to the highest court in the land. Now that the Supreme Court has rendered its decision, President Tinubu can devote his full attention to running the country. It is also…
Nyesom Wike, minister of the FCT, has declared that he is powerless without the support of his constituents. Wike stated once he loses his base as a politician, he has lost his relevance politically. The former governor of Rivers State has stated that he will not be disturbed by the slander directed at him. On Tuesday in Abuja, while hosting South-South leaders in his office, Wike emphasized the importance of doing the right thing. Wike said, “We all want to keep our political framework, and we all want to stay politically relevant. Is it not the way your government is…
Oluremi Tinubu, who is married to Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, has stated that she believes the decision of the Supreme Court was made by the Lord. The comment was made by Mrs. Tinubu while she was praising the decision of the supreme court that confirmed her husband’s victory in the presidential election of 2023. In Owerri, she delivered a speech at the Imo State All Progressives Congress Women Campaign Rally, which was held in support of Governor Hope Uzodimma’s bid for reelection. According to the First Lady, the court has given her husband a ‘clean bill.’ Mrs. Tinubu is quoted…
On Tuesday evening, governors who are members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) converged on Abuja for an emergency meeting. It was learnt that the meeting was called because of the current issue in Rivers State, which is occurring because some members of the state house of assembly have begun attempts to impeach Sim Fubara, the governor who was elected on the platform of the PDP. As of right now, the emergency gathering of PDP governors can be found taking place at the Governors Lodge of Oyo State in Abuja. According to InfoStride News, throughout the overnight hours of Sunday…
The position of substantive Inspector General of Police and Head of the Nigeria Police Force has been confirmed to be held by the former acting IGP, Kayode Egbetokun. This was done by the National Police Service Council. Following the conclusion of the Council Meeting, the Minister of Police Affairs, Ibrahim Geidam, briefed the State House media on the announcement that Kayode Egbetokun had been confirmed to serve as the substantive Inspector General of Police. Geidam further stated that members agreed with President Tinubu’s recommendation about the confirmation of Egbetokun as a result of his impeccable credentials and extensive work experience.…
Both the current Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and his immediate predecessor, Nyesom Wike, have been asked by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to put their swords down. After the Rivers State Assembly made a motion to impeach the governor, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba, issued a statement on Tuesday that included a request for the governor’s resignation. Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja, has been accused of hatching a scheme to overthrow the governor of the state through the process of impeachment, which would…
The decision of the Court of Appeal in Abuja to reverse the nullification of Chief Timipre Sylva’s nomination for the governorship election in November brought about by the All Progressives Congress (APC) has paved the way for Chief Timipre Sylva to participate in the election, which will take place in fewer than 12 days. In a judgment that was handed down on Tuesday, the court of appeals found that Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court erred when he ordered that Sylva be removed as a candidate for the APC in the election for governor of Bayelsa State on…
WeChat, a Chinese messaging service, and Kaspersky, a Russian antivirus product, were both removed off government-issued mobile devices in Canada on Monday due to privacy and security concerns. However, the Canadian government stated that no sensitive information had been exposed. WeChat, which is owned by Tencent, and applications developed by Kaspersky, which is based in Moscow, were banned after it was determined by Canada’s chief information officer that they “present an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security,” according to a statement released by the Treasury Board of Canada, which is responsible for the administration of public affairs in…
Both the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the National Assembly have stated that they are dedicated to ensuring that credible elections are held in the states of Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi respectively. During the first meeting of the committees on electoral concerns for both the House of Representatives and the Senate, a consensus was established to make this decision. Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Senator Sharafadeen Alli, Chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC, and Hon. Bayo Balogun, his counterpart from the House of Representatives, all participated in the meeting that took place…
On Tuesday, a pan-Ijaw group operating under the aegis of the Ijaw Nation Development Group, INDG, issued a warning to political actors participating in the alleged impeachment attempts of the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara. The group said that the scheme might create a crisis and put both the state’s security and its progress at risk. The alert was issued just one day after the Rivers State House of Assembly building was reportedly the target of an arson attack that resulted in the destruction of public property. According to the INDG, the people of the Niger Delta region are…
Timi Frank, who served as a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary for the All Progressives Congress (APC), has issued a call for President Bola Tinubu to immediately fire Nyesom Wike from his position as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Wike is being accused of being the mastermind behind a plot to remove Governor Siminilaye Fubara of Rivers State from office. Frank criticized the actions of the police, which included the use of tear gas and the dumping of water on Fubara, in a statement that was released on Tuesday. As a result, he demanded that the Inspector General…
John Dafaan has been congratulated by the Plateau branch of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on his victory at the Court of Appeal as the member-elect for the Shendam/Qua’an-Pan/Mikang Federal Constituency. Dafaan won the election to represent the Shendam/Qua’an-Pan/Mikang Federal Constituency. On Friday, the Court of Appeal in Abuja ruled Dafaan the victor, which meant that the election of Representative Isaac Kwallu of the PDP was invalidated. In a statement that was released on Tuesday in Jos by the APC’s Publicity Secretary, Mr. Sylvanus Namang, the party referred to Dafaan’s victory as being richly merited. Namang stated that the APC…
Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has claimed that he was the target of gunfire fired at him early on Monday morning by security officers in the state. After getting into a confrontation with members of the security force on his approach to the Rivers House of Assembly, he proceeded to address the crowd and made the accusation there. According to InfoStride News, a maneuver allegedly carried out by some members of the state House of Assembly has been responsible for the disarray that has been plaguing the state. On Sunday night, there was an explosion at the assembly site,…
Atiku Abubakar, who ran as the candidate for the People’s Democratic Party, or PDP, in the most recent presidential election, has stated that there is no hope for Nigeria. This was revealed by Atiku on Monday during an international press conference that took place in Abuja. He was responding to a ruling handed down by the Supreme Court that validated President Bola Tinubu’s victory. The previous Vice President stated that history would eventually prove that his actions to prevent Tinubu from winning were justified. “If the Supreme Court of Nigeria, which is the highest court in Nigeria, can ignore the…
Daniel Bwala, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, or PDP, has issued a call to action to the governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, urging him to utilize the full weight of his executive powers to force Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, out of town. According to Bwala, the democracy of the nation does not acknowledge authoritarianism in any form. The subsequent dispute between Wike and the governor led to the release of this statement. “Sim Fubara ought to make full use of the weight of all of the executive powers at his disposal…