The suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa Ari has said he had no regrets over announcing Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani as the winner of the just concluded Adamawa Governorship election. Hudu Yunusa Ari, who spoke in an interview with BBC Hausa on Tuesday, said he did not regret his decision to announce the results and denied receiving a 2 billion Naira kickback He claimed the law gave him the power to announce the result adding that he was ready to hand himself over to the Nigeria Police who invited…
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The South-East National Vice Chairman of Labour Party, LP, Chief Innocent Okeke has assured Nigerians that all office holders elected on the party’s platform will religiously adhere to the campaign mantra of the party’s presidential candidate Peter Obi. He said this would be anchored on Obi’s promise at different fora that Nigeria under his watch would be transformed from a consumption to a production-oriented economy. Okeke, who stated this during an interview with journalists, insisted that “Peter Obi had changed the narrative of governance in the country, hence Labour Party and those elected into different positions on its platform will…
The National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC Felix Morka, has lambasted the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the recently concluded general elections, Peter Obi over an accusation against the ruling party. Obi had consistently accused the APC and its supporters of attacking his personality over the petition he filed against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu at the election Tribunal. However, Felix Morka who spoke during an appearance on Arise Television programme on Wednesday, said the former Anambra Governor was crossing the line, insisting the accusation was ridiculous. “Peter Obi is really crossing the line, the…
Abia State Governor-elect Alex Otti and the Labour Party (LP) have raised the alarm of massive looting of government properties by appointees and civil servants. Otti and his party identified public institutions and government facilities, including the Government House and guest houses. A joint reaction on Wednesday by Otti and LP spokespersons, Ferdinand Ekeoma and Njoku Ajike, expressed disappointment about the situation. It said after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Otti winner, the government should have acted swiftly but did not. The statement recalled last Friday’s Abia State Branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) complaint during Otti’s…
Three India-born community workers, who have been associated with King Charles’ charity initiatives, will be a part of the congregation attending the coronation service of Their Majesties at Westminster Abbey on May 6. More than 2,200 people, including Members of the Royal Family, as well as international representatives from 203 countries, including approximately 100 Heads of State, alongside community and charity champions, will attend the ceremony, Buckingham Palace announced. Indians Sourabh Phadke, Gulfsha and Jay Patel will mark their presence alongside Heads of State and Government. Phadke, 37, Pune-born architect and teacher, is a graduate of both The Prince’s Foundation’s…
The Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Hon Chinedum Orji, has been impeached by members of the House. It was gathered that About 18 of the 24-member signed for the Speaker’s impeachment Tuesday morning. Four of the members including Ginger Onwusibe, Solomon Akpulonu, Munachim Alozie and Kelechi Onuzuruike refused to sign. His removal followed a motion moved by Hon. Chukwudi Apugo (Umuahia East), and seconded by Hon. Okey Igwe (PDP, Umunneochi). Details shortly…
The All Progressives Congress, APC in Zamfara State has commiserated with traders at the Bebeji Plaza, Gusau whose shops and properties were razed by an inferno on Monday night. A press statement issued by the State Party Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris Gusau said the unfortunate incident has indeed affected the business strength of the state and will put hundreds of families and dependents of the shop operators and owners in very difficult situations. “Mobile phone owners in the state will seriously be affected by the disaster as most of them rely heavily on the services provided at the plaza, which…
Ahead of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s visit to Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike has declared Wednesday, 3rd of May a public holiday to enable residents give him a rousing welcome. The Governor in a state broadcast on Tuesday announced that Tinubu would inaugurate Rumuola/Rumuokwuta Flyover and the ultra-modern Magistrates’ Court Complex, Port Harcourt during his two days official visit to the state on Wednesday and Thursday. Wike, during the broadcast, explained that the proposed visit to Rivers would be the president-elect’s first official visit to any state since he was elected. He said: “For us, it is an…
A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Osun State, Elder Lowo Adebiyi has welcomed moves by the party to reposition itself in the state. In his reaction to the moves, the former Chairman of The Osun Progressives, TOP aligned with a former governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola, said there are some conditions that must be met before the repositioning. He insisted that those conditions must be met before Aregbesola’s supporters would appear before the panel. Adebiyi said, “It is a welcome development but we are not aware. It is a good thing if they think it…
Before the 2023 general elections, the 2022 Electoral Act signed by President Muhammadu Buhari appeared to be the best to have happened to the nation’s electoral system. The Electoral Act gave much hope to Nigerians, who were eager at the time to recruit new sets of leaders at the state and national levels. When some Nigerians expressed concerns that the new Act may not guarantee the required standard, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was quick to assure the citizens that their votes would count, especially with the introduction of technology. But there were obvious loopholes exploited by politicians to…
Two months after the 2023 presidential election, the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Peter Obi are insisting they won the polls. They are not left alone in the controversy, as the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is also dishing out media statements with counterclaims on the outcome of the polls. The developments are viewed as troubling considering that the cases are subjects of litigation. President-elect, Bola Tinubu is set to be inaugurated as Nigeria’s new leader this May 29. But his two major challengers, Atiku and Obi are not…
Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde said he honoured agreements he entered into with the political parties ahead of his election in 2019. His Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, quoted him in a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan, the capital. Makinde spoke at the 85th birthday ceremony of ex-Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chief Micheal Koleosho, in the Akobo area of Ibadan. The Oyo helmsman noted that those who accused him of breaching the agreement did not have their facts. Makinde said the claim was made in the build-up to the 2023 general elections by persons with no knowledge of…
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has vowed to reclaim his alleged stolen mandate in court. Obi vowed to explore every legal option in ensuring he reclaims his mandate. The former Anambra State governor spoke during an LP stakeholders’ meeting in Awka. Recall that Obi came third during the last presidential election. He was defeated by the President-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Despite coming third, the LP flagbearer insisted he won the election and had headed to court to contest the outcome of the poll.…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has insisted that its 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar won the last election. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said results from polling units showed that Atiku won the presidential election, but the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced the President-elect, Bola Tinubu as the winner of the election. Ologunagba was reacting to the remark of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on the opposition losing the 2023 presidential election. Atiku and Labour Party’s Peter Obi lost the presidential election to Tinubu. Both candidates are before the presidential election tribunal contesting the outcome…
President Joe Biden has sought to ease a debt limit standoff by inviting the four Congressional leaders to the White House on May 9 signalling the growing fears of a default as the federal government might be unable to pay its bills as soon as June 1. Administration and congressional officials confirmed the individual calls to lawmakers and the meeting date, insisting on anonymity to discuss the plans. Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he spoke with Biden and expects to speak with him again, though he did not say whether he will attend the meeting. Biden plans to…
Less than 29 days to the end of his administration, the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has pleaded with the people of the state to pardon him for the shortcomings of his government. The governor who stated this on Monday while addressing workers in the state to mark the 2023 Workers’ Day, admitted that he must have stepped on people’s toes while discharging his duty for the past eight years. The governor also begged the people of the state to support the incoming administration of the governor-elect, Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, saying the former Speaker would continue from where he stopped.…
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) deepened on Monday when the party’s National Vice Chairman, North-West, Dr. Salihu Lukman vowed to continue with the court case he instituted against the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. The party chieftain had given a seven-day ultimatum to Adamu to convene a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) to give the financial account of the party. However, following Adamu’s failure to convene the NEC meeting as demanded, at the expiration of the seven days ultimatum, Lukman, last Thursday instituted a lawsuit against the APC National Chairman. However, the…
A group of aggrieved civil servants of Zamfara State have protested peacefully at the venue of the Workers’ Day celebration in Gusau, the state capital, demanding the immediate dissolution of the leadership of the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, for what they described as incompetency. According to the group, Labour leaders are playing politics with the welfare of the workers, pointing out that the civil servants have not been paid their salaries and allowances since February 2023 and the union leaders remain unconcerned. They lamented that even the N30,000 minimum wage they claimed that they have agreed…
The Bauchi State gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 18 governorship election, Air Marshal Abubakar Baba Saddique (retd), on Monday, vowed to retrieve what he termed the mandate freely given to him by the people of the state at the tribunal, even as he urged his party supporters not to lose hope over the outcome of the governorship election in the state. Saddique, Nigeria’s immediate past ambassador to the Niger Republic, made the vow while speaking with journalists at the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport in Bauchi, shortly after landing from a trip outside…
The national leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has declared that the party did not authorise anyone or group of people to withdraw its petition against Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. NNPP made this disclosure via a letter dated 27th April 2023. The letter, a copy of which was made available to the media on Sunday, was sent to the Secretary, Ogun State Governorship and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Abeokuta, through the national legal adviser of the party, Robert Hon. InfoStride…