The Labour Party, LP, has raised the alarm alleging that the self-acclaimed chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, has approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, asking it to dismiss all the cases filed by the party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh made this known in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, LP urged the tribunal to disregard the “antics” by Apapa, saying they are out to destroy the party and satisfy their alleged paymasters. “We are by this statement informing all arms of…
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The camp of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has suggested why the incoming administration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu may fight President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. Atiku’s spokesman, Daniel Bwala, said Tinubu’s manifesto has shown that he might fight Buhari over his administration’s policies. Bwala made the remark while recounting how Buhari blamed the PDP administrations for the country’s woes. Tweeting, Bwala said it would be interesting to hear the excuses that would emanate from Tinubu’s administration. He wrote: “It will be interesting to hear the excuses they would give because there would be tons of excuses.…
Governor Nyesom Wike returned to Rivers State on Wednesday after his trip to a country in Europe. The governor embarked on the inspection of some projects ahead of the planned inauguration next week. Wike was accompanied by Governor-elect, Sim Fubara, top officials of Julius Berger, among others. The two projects are the 12th flyover bridge and the new Magistrate Court complex in Port Harcourt, the capital. The flyover is at the popular Rumuokwuta and Rumuola junctions in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area (LGA). The Magistrate Court was constructed at the Moscow Road in the Port Harcourt City Local Government Area…
The Bayelsa State coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima Independent Campaign Council, ICC, Prince Preye Aganaba, has predicted that those attacking President-elect Bola Tinubu will surely sing his praise after May 29th. Aganaba observed that most people attacking Tinubu were doing so from the position of ignorance while others, who knew him but chose to hate him, were acting out of jealousy. Aganaba, who also congratulated the family of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on the safe return of the President-elect from France, said ignorant haters of Tinubu would be his immediate converts while his core enemies would bury their heads in…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has commended the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba and other members of the Nigeria Police Force for “excellent performance”. This is amid the public outcry of violence that allegedly marred the conduct of the 2023 general elections in the state, In a statement on Wednesday, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the Lagos Assembly extolled the “excellent performance” of police officers deployed to the state ensured a “hitch-free” election, “devoid of violence”. The statement reads partly, “In its letter dated 4th April 2023 and signed by the Clerk of the House,…
A few weeks ago, one of France’s most famous public intellectuals, Bernard-Henri Lévy, gave an interview to The Times on his new documentary, “Slava Ukraini,” and he said something that helped me understand why, as I approach my 70th birthday, I still want to be a journalist. Asked why, at age 74, he dodged rockets in Ukraine to bring home the savagery of the Russian invasion, Lévy said, “In Ukraine, I had the feeling for the first time that the world I knew, the world in which I grew up, the world that I want to leave to my children…
Ahead of the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Femi Fani-Kayode has released a list of 20 facts about the 2023 presidential election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Tinubu the winner of the presidential election after he polled the highest number of votes. He defeated Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Peter Obi of Labour, LP, and Rabiu Kwankwaso of New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, to emerge the president-elect. Despite the losers of the election challenging his victory in court, Tinubu is scheduled to be sworn into office as…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed the suit filed by the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed, popularly called Binani. The suit was against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Recall that the APC candidate had prayed the court to institute a judicial review of INEC’s decision to reverse her earlier announcement as winner of the poll by the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari. Binani’s Counsel, Mohammed Sheriff, upon resumed hearing in the matter on Wednesday, told Justice Ekwo that a notice of discontinuance had been filed…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, on Wednesday, suspended the state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Ekpenyong Iso. Iso was suspended for alleged anti-party activities and misappropriation of funds. The suspension was contained in a statement jointly signed on Wednesday in Calabar by the Chairman of Ward 8, Mr Kingsley Ekpe, and the Secretary, Mr Gilbert Bassey, respectively. “Your suspension is predicated on the recommendations of the disciplinary and fact-finding committee set up to investigate the petition of misappropriation of party funds and anti-party activities levelled against you. “Consequently, during the pendency of this suspension, which…
The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, Senator Samuel Anyanwu has said that the Imo State Government House is totally vacant and requires a man of peace to secure the state and restore the lost confidence in the three zones of the state. He stated this in a statement made available to the media by his Special Adviser (Media), Ikenna Onuoha in Owerri, Imo State. He advised Imo people not to be deceived by “the fake and diversionary claim” being brandished by agents of the present APC-led administration in the state that their Governor deserves…
The UN refugee agency warned Tuesday of further displacement of people from Sudan after thousands streamed into neighbouring Chad and South Sudan despite a tenuous cease-fire between the two warring Sudanese generals battling for control of the country. The fighting has plunged Sudan into chaos, pushing the already heavily aid-dependent African nation to the brink of collapse. Since the clashes erupted on April 15, at least 20,000 Sudanese have fled into Chad and some 4,000 South Sudanese refugees who had been living in Sudan have returned to their home country, UNHCR spokeswoman Olga Sarrado said Tuesday. The figures could rise,…
Three members of the House of Representatives from Imo State have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, with over 3,000 supporters. Imo Governor, Hope Uzodinma received the defectors into the party at the Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu Square, Owerri, the state capital on Monday. The federal lawmakers, including Hon. Ikenna Elezieanya, Hon. Bede Ekeh, Hon. Henry Nwawuba and a host of other individuals made the move ahead of the November 11 governorship elections in the state. In his welcome address, Governor Uzodinma, who is seeking re-election for his second term, assured the defectors…
The wrangling in the Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has again taken a different dimension as a former guber aspirant of the party, Chief David Sabo Kente has been expelled. The State APC also called on the National Executive Committee of the party to immediately expel the Senator-elect for Taraba south, Jimkuta David. Kente, who was a former member of the Northeast Development Commission (NEDC) and the former chairman Board of Trustee of the Northeast Development Education Empowerment Fund, was accused of anti-party activities. The party’s state chairman, Barrister Ibrahim El-Sudi, who announced the expulsion on…
A total of 257 judges will hear petitions arising from the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, according to a list by the National Judicial Council (NJC). Proceedings at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal and State Election Petition Tribunals are expected to commence fully in May after the Worker’s Day holiday. Nigerians have shifted their attention to the tribunals as aggrieved candidates in the February 25 and March 18 contests attempt to overturn victories. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued Certificates of Return to all winners of various positions. Already, hundreds of petitions have been filed to challenge the…
Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political activist, has disclosed why the President-elect, Bola Tinubu will win his second term. Adeyanju said Tinubu will contest and win his second term if the opposition fails to stop its childish game. In a tweet, Adeyanju said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, can stop Tinubu by reconciling and uniting against Tinubu. He pointed out that the PDP would be humiliated in 2027 if they fail to learn from the 2023 election. Adeyanju said: “Tinubu will run for 2nd term and win if the opposition does not stop its childish games and begin the process towards reconciliation…
Guinean Ambassador to the African Union, Ousmane Yara, has shed light on the viral video showing President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in a helicopter belonging to the Guinean government. In an interview with Daily Sun, Yara revealed that the video was shot in 2016 when Tinubu visited Guinea as a guest of former President Alpha Conde during the country’s independence anniversary celebration. About Tinubu’s visit to Guinea Yara explained that Tinubu had been invited to Guinea by Conde after the latter’s reelection in 2015, and that Tinubu brought a team of economic experts and businessmen…
Peter Obi of the Labour Party said no serious leader would go on a rest (vacation) in Nigeria. Obi, the presidential candidate of LP during the February 25 election, disclosed this on Monday when he paid the Muslim community in Akwa Central Mosque an Eid-el-fitr visit. He urged that Nigerians should not be divided based on religion or politics. He said: “People who want to rest can go and rest. Me, I am not resting because I have to be visiting schools and hospitals and be interacting with people.” “No serious leader will go and rest in Nigeria. We will…
President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reassured Nigerians of his plans toward birthing a new and better Nigeria via his incoming administration. The former Lagos State governor gave the assurance in a tweet on his verified handle whil thanking Nigerians for the warm welcome he received on Monday when he landed in Abuja from France. He wrote, “I am extremely excited to be back home and deeply humbled by the warm welcome I received on my return to Abuja today. “Thank you all for your love and support. Our promise to deliver a nation of Renewed Hope for all Nigerians remains…
The Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, says President Muhammadu Buhari would have had a better administration if he had listened to the advice given to him about the ‘unfriendly steps’ his administration took. The group said many people hurt by Buhari’s administration are no longer alive while those alive have wounds that can never heal. Afenifere says thousands of Nigerians died as a result of avoidable acts that can easily be traced to Buhari’s government. The pan-Yoruba group said this in a statement in reaction to the president’s apology. Recently, the president sought forgiveness from Nigerians whose lives have been affected…
Unknown gunmen causing mayhem in Benue State have killed a Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr. Nathaniel Ochoche. Ochoche, who was the Edikwu Ward 2 Chairman of the party in Apa Local Government Area of the state, was murdered alongside four others at the weekend. The party’s Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr. Tersoo Orbunde confirmed the incident in a statement he issued and made available to reporters on Monday. It read: “It is with rude shock that the Benue State Secretariat of the Labour party received the news of the gruesome murder of its Chairman in Edikwu Ward 2…