On Wednesday, INEC stated that, contrary to popular belief, it will be completely transparent with all aspects of the 2023 General Elections. This was reported by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to have been spoken by INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, during a meeting with media representatives in Lagos to discuss the results of the 2023 general election. Yakubu claimed that despite the difficulties, the 2023 elections had several benefits. The chairman acknowledged that the commission would strive to enhance its nationwide election procedures in light of the difficulties encountered in the most recent vote. Here’s a chance for…
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After losing the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump was indicted for a third time on Tuesday in Washington for trying to reverse the results. As he seeks the 2024 presidential nomination, Trump faces yet another criminal case in the form of the ongoing federal probe. Trump has been charged with illegally retaining top secret papers in federal court by the same special counsel, Jack Smith, who indicted him in the election case. Trump is being tried for both criminal and civil accusations related to hush money cases in New York. As for Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss…
After the passing of Justices Chima Centus Nweze and Peter Hoommuk Mallong, President Bola Tinubu expressed his condolences to the nation’s judiciary. It hurts, Tinubu remarked of the deaths of Supreme Court Justice Nweze and Federal High Court Justice Mallong in a statement released by his Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications & Strategy, Dele Alake. Former President Goodluck Jonathan appointed the Supreme Court Justice who passed away in 2016 at the age of 64. He also offered his sympathies to Nigeria’s Chief Justice Olukayode Ariowoola and the Federal High Court’s Chief Judge Husseini Baba-Yusuf on the passing of their…
On Wednesday, labor unions and other stakeholders in Kwara State participated in the nationwide protest and strike action led by the national bodies of labor movements in the country in response to the sufferings brought on by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to remove the fuel subsidy. At before 9 a.m., the demonstrators had arrived at the Governor’s office in Ilorin, the state capital, and were making their way to the Government House on Ahmadu Bello Way, Ilorin, to present Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq with their complaints. According to Infostride News, the protesters did not resort to violence. On Tuesday, Ebunoluwarotimi…
The Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) in Kano State has criticized the federal government’s attempt to mitigate the impact of removing the fuel subsidy as misleading. Two months into his presidency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has already waged war on the masses with his unpopular policies, and our chapter has joined the statewide protest against him. Chairman of the NLC in Kano, Kabiru Inuwa, has stated that the union is not a political party and will not engage in politics with the lives of Nigerians. He was shocked to learn that the government intended to use a court order to put…
PDP candidates for the House of Representatives in the just conducted 2023 general election have expressed optimism that their party will win in the Presidential Elections Tribunal. It advised party members everywhere to keep their cool while they awaited the PEPC’s decision on the presidential election petition. During an appearance at the NUJ Press Centre in Kano State on Tuesday, Forum Chairman Engr Ahmed Rufa’i Dagumawa issued the following statement. As democratic leaders, we urge all PDP supporters to remain calm till the verdict is announced. “We are expecting a very positive and good verdict that would enhance the dignity…
The House of Representatives is pleased with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s announcement from yesterday’s national broadcast that the national minimum wage will be reviewed upward. Legislators promised Nigerian employees that they would review the idea when it was sent to them by the presidency and vote in favor of it. The green chamber, according to a statement released by Akin Rotimi, chairman of the House Committee on Media and Publicity, is pleased with the measures proposed by President Bola Tinubu to mitigate the negative economic impacts of the elimination of gasoline subsidy. The House recognized that bolstering small and medium-sized…
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, President Bola Tinubu will leave Nigeria on Tuesday to travel to the Republic of Benin and celebrate their 63rd year of independence. According to a statement released by President Patrice Talon’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communication, and Strategy Dele Alake, the ceremony’s Special Guest will be his principal, who also serves as Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States. Before their recent meeting at the State House in Abuja, Tinubu and Talon had previously met on the sidelines of the New Global Financing Pact…
Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu conducted extensive background checks on all of his ministerial choices. During his remarks, Yari emphasized that the Senate was conducting a careful review of the ministerial nominees. After visiting Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday in Abuja, Yari fielded questions from reporters outside. He reiterated that Tinubu had not erred in his nominations. Yari claims that the Senate has “strong confidence” that Tinubu has checked out the backgrounds of everyone he’s hired. Therefore, we are making every effort to guarantee that…
As the All Progressives Congress (APC) celebrates its 10th anniversary and President Bola Tinubu unveils his administration’s “Renewed Hope” agenda, the party is asking Nigerians for their patience and understanding. In a statement released on Monday in Abuja, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, issued the demand. The “Renewed Hope” plan, he told APC members across the country, will bring about peace, unity, security, and prosperity. “We congratulate our members, stakeholders, and leaders on this momentous occasion, the tenth anniversary of our great party, the APC. We honor the progressive ideals and principles to which our party’s forefathers…
Deji Adeyanju is a political activist has urged Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to leave politics. In a tweet, Adeyanju said, “Atiku is confident he won the election but doesn’t know how to prove it. He was worrying for no reason. He ought to step down from politics and make way for a younger candidate in 2027. Politics shouldn’t always be a popularity contest. The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja has delayed ruling on Atiku’s challenge to All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Tinubu’s election as president. The five-member panel, presided over by…
At least 180 members of the former democratically elected administration have been detained by the new military authorities of Niger, the former ruling party claimed on Monday. The new rulers gained power in a coup a few days ago. According to the party spokesman, Hamid N’Gadé, those imprisoned include Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism president Foumakoye Gado, minister of mines Ousseini Hadizatou, and minister of energy Mahamane Sani Mahamadou. According to N’Gadé, the coup plotters also arrested the minister of transportation, Oumarou Malam Alma, his deputy, Kalla Moutari, and the minister of the interior, Hama Adamou Souley. The military’s…
The House of Representatives has promised to rigorously monitor the rollout of palliative care initiatives in Nigeria. According to NAN, House Spokesperson Rep. Akin Rotimi made the promise in a statement on Tuesday after President Bola Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast. The statement claims that the house is pleased with Tinubu’s announcement of measures to mitigate the negative economic repercussions of the subsidy’s elimination. According to the statement, many Nigerians were upset after the subsidy was cut off but before relief measures were put in place. It hoped the President’s declared programs and initiatives would be moved quickly to help the people.…
Atiku Abubakar, the PDP’s presidential candidate in the previous election, has arrived at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal for the final legal fireworks in his petition against Bola Tinubu’s declaration as winner of the election. Atiku, who was wearing a light blue kaftan, and his entourage of political allies and friends arrived to the Court of Appeal, where the trial was being held. Several members of the former Vice President’s legal team escorted him into the courtroom. According to this account, Atiku’s courtroom appearance was the main attraction. Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN, lead lawyer to President Tinubu, and Chief Chris…
AFTER DARKNESS COMES THE GLORIOUS DAWN My fellow citizens, I want to talk to you about our economy. It is important that you understand the reasons for the policy measures I have taken to combat the serious economic challenges this nation has long faced. 2. I am not going to talk in difficult terms by dwelling on economic jargon and concepts. I will speak in plain, clear language so that you know where I stand. More importantly, so that you see and hopefully will share my vision regarding the journey to a better, more productive economy for our beloved country.…
On Monday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu made an impassioned plea to the moral fiber of Nigerians to back his administration’s subsidy removal policy and other intervention initiatives. He used the national briefing to explain why the policy was implemented in the first place, saying that since his administration took office just over two months ago, the country had avoided spending over a trillion Naira on the wasteful fuel subsidy. Tinubu added more support for the charges by saying that the questionable subsidy scheme simply benefited smugglers and crooks. “That money will now be used more directly and beneficially for you…
In the next weeks, a Georgia prosecutor looking into efforts by Donald Trump and his friends to overturn the former president’s 2020 election defeat is set to seek a grand jury indictment. More over two years ago, after a recording of a call between Trump and Georgia’s secretary of state in January 2021 was made public, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened an investigation. According to Willis’s hints, any indictment would be handed down between July 31 and August 18. The case will likely go before one of two grand juries that were sworn in on July 11. Trump…
Professor Gregory Ibe, a member of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Advisory Council, recently called on Professor Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra State, to use his position as National leader of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) to revitalize, fortify, and expand the party’s reach across the country. Ibe gave the recommendation while congratulating the Anambra State Governor on his 63rd birthday, telling him to put his leadership position in APGA to good use by working closely with the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to restore the organization’s fortunes and expand its reach to all 50 states. He said that expanding and…
The presidential candidates for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, will adopt their final speeches in their petitions against the 2023 election on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. On the basis of numerous claims, both Atiku and Obi are contesting INEC’s announcement of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the victor of the presidential election held on February 25. The adoption was scheduled to take place that morning at 9 a.m., according to a hearing notice issued by the Tribunal and sent to Atiku and Obi. Media reports claim that President Tinubu’s lawyer, Chief Wole…
President Bola Tinubu has been criticized by the Labour Party (LP) over the ministerial list he sent to the Senate. There was nothing exciting about Tinubu’s list of ministerial aspirants, LP’s National Publicity Secretary Obiora Ifoh said. He blamed Tinubu for repeating some failed and dumb politicians. According to Ifoh’s comments, Tinubu’s ministerial list demonstrates that he is unfit to lead. He said, “Nigerians expected more quality, character, dynamic, and result-oriented Nigerians to be on that list, but what we see is a recycling of some failed and clueless politicians who have contributed to bringing Nigeria to its parlous situation.…