The tribunal hearing petitions challenging the March 18 governorship election results in Bauchi State has reserved judgment on a petition filed by Amb. Saddique Baba Abubakar, candidate for governor of the All Progressives Congress Party (APC), challenging the victory of Governor Bala Mohammed of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This happened after everyone involved in the case had settled on permanent mailing addresses. Nonetheless, the tribunal stated during the hearing that it would notify the parties of the day on which it would give its decision. According to the media, the suit names the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as…
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Benard Ifeanyi Odoh, the governorship candidate for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), filed a petition with the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal at the National Judicial Institute (NJI) in Abuja, and the tribunal has now reserved its ruling on the plea. Odoh is contesting Governor Francis Nwifuru’s victory in the Ebonyi State governorship election held on March 18, 2023. On Friday, the three-person tribunal panel presided over by Justice Adekanye Lekan Ogunmoye said that the date for judgement would be informed to the attorneys representing all parties. You may recall that in July, Odoh, the APGA candidate for governor, had…
The Oyo State Government has ordered all political appointees from Governor Seyi Makinde’s first term to immediately return their government-issued vehicles. The state government advised the former appointees to return the vehicles on or before Friday, 25th August, 2023. Friday, in a statement signed by Professor Olanike Adeyemo, Secretary to the State Government, the state government issued the directive to the former aides. According to the statement, the Governor, the Deputy Governor, the Speaker of the House of Assembly and members of the House of Assembly, the Chief Judge of the State and Judges, the Secretary to the State Government,…
Oyo State’s Governor Seyi Makinde proclaimed August 20 as Isese Day annually. Makinde made this announcement on Friday. According to Infostride News, traditionalists in the state have been lobbying for their own holiday for some time now. They want the 20th of August to be a legal holiday in their state so that they can celebrate Isese Day. After hearing the pleas of those who practice traditional religions, the governor has designated Monday, August 21, 2023 as the first official public holiday to mark the occasion. He added that every 20th August would be observed as a public holiday in…
The Oyo State House of Assembly has announced the formation of twenty four standing committees for the current 10th Assembly. The identities of the chairman and members of the committees were published on Thursday. The names were unveiled at the plenary of the House on Thursday. Speaker of the Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, released the names of the chairmen and other members of the standing committees. Ogundoyin, while speaking, explained that with the composition of the standing committees, the 10th Assembly is ready to function in full force. Some of the committees include the Finance, Appropriation and State Economic Planning Committee,…
The Forum of Former Deputy Governors has requested membership on the All Progressives Congress’s National Executive Committee. They made the request during a solidarity trip to the party headquarters in Abuja, where they met with National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje. Chris Akomas, the forum’s chairman and a former deputy governor of Abia State, said that the party’s top decision-making organ may benefit from the knowledge and competence of previous deputy governors. Akomas, the Federal Commissioner for Abia State at the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission Abuja, says the forum is set up so that participants understand they are surrounded by…
President Bola Tinubu has the ability to overhaul the country’s economy, according to Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This pledge was made by Ganduje on Thursday during a visit to the party’s headquarters in Abuja from the political action group South West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA), led by Senator Dayo Adeyeye. He lauded the efforts of SWAGA in making the Tinubu presidency a reality. According to Ganduje, Lagos State is very sustainable, and this is not just because Tinubu has been the governor of Lagos for over 20 years; rather, he established institutions and…
Each state and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) would receive N5 billion as a palliative from the federal government to ease the blow of the elimination of the petrol subsidy. During a Q&A with State House media in Abuja on Thursday after a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC), Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum made the announcement. On Thursday, Vice President Kashim Shettima presided over a meeting of the NEC. The rising cost of food products and transit, among other things, as a result of subsidy elimination has been a major issue, according to Zulum, who reported that NEC…
Senator Abdullahi Ganduje, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has promised a plan to expand the APC’s membership. On Wednesday, after a private meeting with Simon Lalong, the former governor of Plateau State, Ganduje made the announcement. He further clarified that the purported defection of former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to the ruling party was not the reason for Wike’s visit to his Abuja home on Monday. The chairman did concede that the ruling party would benefit from having a leader like Wike switch to it in 2027. He claims that this will boost the party’s chances,…
Senator Barau Jibrin, the Senate’s Deputy President, has predicted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will quickly rebound from the blow it took after the results of the recent elections in Kano State. Jibrin called on party members and supporters in Kano to work together, and he was optimistic that the party will make a comeback there. Senator Barau, who welcomed members of the Kano State chapter of the Association of Local Government Vice Chairmen, ALGOVC, to the Senate, predicted that if the APC stays together and prays, the tribunal’s decision would be in the party’s favour. Abba Yusuf of…
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has asked for everyone’s help in promoting peace and backing the NOA’s objective to mobilise the electorate and guarantee free and fair elections in the upcoming off-season polls for the governorship of Imo State. On Wednesday, in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, NOA Director-General Garba Abari made the appeal while kicking off the agency’s off-season governorship polls education campaign on the new Electoral Act, civic involvement, and peaceful election. Despite Nigerians’ apparent excitement for the 2023 general election, Abari was worried about the relatively low voter participation. The head of the NOA also stated…
Local media report that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has ordered a pay increase of 100 percent to coincide with the government’s dramatic increases in fuel prices. According to NAN, this is the fourth pay raise for state employees, retirees, and military members since the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011. Since then, the country’s economy has been in a deep crisis. Before the decision, government employees were paid anywhere from $10 to $25 a month, in US dollars, depending on the black market value of the Syrian pound. Diesel fuel for transportation and bakeries was priced approximately 180%…
Nigerians, according to the former Emir of Kano Khalifa Muhammadu Sanusi II, should not be intimidated by the country’s president or state governors. The leader of the Tijaniyya sect, Sanusi, has stated that Nigerians are not inferior persons simply because they choose to disregard politics. If Nigerians don’t free themselves from their political leaders, the former governor of the central bank warned in a statement, they’ll have nowhere to call home. ‘We cannot be frightened by anyone just because you are a president or a governor and we cannot tell you that you are incorrect,’ Sanusi said. We each picked…
The following cabinet positions were just announced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu: 1. Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy – Bosun Tijani, 2. Minister of State, Environment and Ecological Management – Ishak Salako 3. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy – Wale Edun 4. Minister of Marine and Blue Economy – Bunmi Tunji 5. Minister of Power – Adedayo Adelabu 6. Minister of State, Health and Social Welfare – Tunji Alausa 7. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake 8. Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John 9. Minister of Transportation, Adegboyega Oyetola 10. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Anite 11. Minister of Innovation Science and Technology,…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State is pleased with the ruling handed down by the Appeal Court in Abuja on Wednesday, 16 August 2023. The ruling reversed a decision made by Justice H. N. Kanuza of the Ogun State Governorship Tribunal on Monday, and the PDP and its candidate for governor, Hon. (Dr.) Oladipupo Adebutu, filed an appeal. 𝙒𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮. You may recall that in the tribunal, Chief…
On Monday, 19 June 2023, Justice H. N. Kanuza of the Ogun State Governorship Tribunal issued a ruling on the issue of vote buying during the March 18th Governorship Election in Ogun State. On Wednesday, 16 August 2023, the appeal court sitting in Abuja issued its ruling on the appeal filed by Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and the Peoples Democratic Party. Since Petitioners (Ladi Adebutu & PDP) cannot raise new issue in their response to the Reply of the 2nd Respondent, Ogun State Governorship Tribunal Chairman Justice H. N. Kunaza has ruled on a motion filed by the 2nd Respondent, Dapo…
On Tuesday, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, governor of Katsina State, presided over the oath-taking of four new high court judges. Nuraddeen Abdulmumini, Halima Lawal Bagiwa, Abdullahi Bara’u Faskari, and Maa’ruf Amiru Sanusi are the four new judges. Radda claims that their hiring following a stringent and careful selection procedure is justified by their impeccable track records of expertise, unyielding determination, and honesty. He told the newly appointed judges that their position was a sacred calling that required whole devotion, unflinching professionalism, and uncompromising moral principles. At the same time, Radda used his speech to deliver a stern order to the…
Osita Chidoka, a former minister of aviation, has proposed changing the Nigerian Constitution and electoral regulations to disqualify from office any presidential candidate who does not receive more than 50% of the vote in a general election. On Wednesday, Chidoka, a leader in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made this claim during an appearance on the Channels Television programme Sunrise Daily. He said that he was in a “serious minority” because of President Bola Tinubu’s electoral success, making it difficult for him to promote a “big agenda” like the elimination of the fuel subsidy and the consolidation of the country’s…
The government of Taraba State has established a committee with the mission of providing palliative care to the state’s residents. On Wednesday, state governor Agbu Kefas inaugurated a commission to ease the financial burdens caused by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to end the country’s petroleum subsidy programme. Governor Kefas, who presided over the ceremony in the Executive Chamber of the Government House in Jalingo, the state capital, encouraged members of the committee to avoid doing anything that could delay getting the palliatives to the people who need them. He felt it was necessary for his administration to establish the…
Oyo State’s governor, Seyi Makinde, has called for a maximum of five or six year terms in office. Makinde argued that politicians should take a cue from the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria’s (PFN) one-term leadership. In response to PFN National President Bishop Wale Oke’s statement that the organization’s leadership does not permit a second tenure, he made the following remarks. At the PFN National Executive Retreat’s opening ceremony in Ibadan, Oke made the announcement. At the same time, Makinde warned his fellow MPs that four years may not be long enough to accomplish their goals, citing the example of PFN.…