United States President, Donald Trump, has lost his case against Joe Biden at the Supreme Court. The court rejected Texas challenge for ‘lack of standing under article 111 of the constitution’. In its verdict, Supreme Court said that ‘Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another state conducts its election’, noting that all other pending motions are dismissed as moot. Recall that Texas filed a lawsuit challenging the election procedures in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin on the grounds that they violated the Constitution. In addition about 21 states and 106 members of Congress…
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has tested positive for coronavirus, the state health commissioner, Prof. Akin Abayomi, announced on Saturday. The governor had gone into isolation on Friday following contact with persons infected with the infection. “Following Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s exposure to a confirmed case of COVID19, a PCR test performed yesterday the 11th of December has confirmed that he has indeed been infected with the virus which is supported by mild symptoms and fatigue typical of a mild case of COVID19. “Mr Governor is receiving treatment and is being closely monitored at home by the very experienced…
There is confusion among members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State as two factions disagree over the states Caretaker Committee Chairman, TheInfoStride reports. It will be recalled that the defunct Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee of the APC dissolved the Derin Adebiyi-led Ogun executive before the 2019 election for alleged anti-party activities. Oshiomhole’s decision was as a result of the disagreement between him and the then Governor Ibikunle Amosun, over the state governorship primary election. In place of the duly elected Ogun APC executive, the former National Chairman appointed a three-man caretaker committee led by Yemi Sanusi.…
The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Saturday, dismissed the petition filed by Action Alliance (AA) party challenging the exclusion of the party and its candidate from the September 19 2020 governorship election in Edo state in a unanimous ruling delivered by the tribunal. It would be recalled that at the sitting of the tribunal on Monday, counsel to Governor Godwin Obaseki and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the petitioner failed to file for issuance of pre-hearing notice which is one of the conditions required by the Electoral Act 2010 and the tribunal consequently adjourned to Friday, December…
Governor Yahaya Bello, a focused leader, has the best security architecture in Nigeria, qualified for National assignment, says Osun state CNPP Chairman. The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) Osun State chapter has commended His Excellency Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State for his landmark achievements and his untiring efforts in developing the Confluence State especially his approach to security issues which our biggest national challenge. The Chairman of the umbrella body of all political parties in Osun state who is also the elected Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) Chairman in Osun State told journalists in Lokoja during his visit. He…
The Federal high court sitting in Kano has dismissed the suit filed by Aminu Wali led faction of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), against the constitution of the party leadership in the state. Subsequently, the court affirmed the caretaker leadership of the party under the tutelage of former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Delivery judgement on the party’s internal leadership tussle on Wednesday, Justice Lewis Alloaga submitted that the factional group lack the locus standi to challenge the party in court without exhausting all internal party mechanism. Justice Lewis also agreed with the party submission that the suit instituted by Wali led…
The Senate minority leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has described the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari as very provincial and narrow-minded. The senator representing Abia South said the president’s lack of experience in managing diversity in a multi-ethnic society was responsible for the marginalisation of the Southeast in his appointments and not hatred as being bandied. Abaribe spoke in Lagos last Thursday at a special colloquium in honour of the late country manager of Thomas Cook (Travelex) and chairman, Board of Trustees of Ngwa Social Club, Chief Godson U. Evulukwu. The theme of the colloquium was, ‘Human Development Concerns of an Altruistic…
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has reiterated his government’s readiness to support, promote and stand with youths in governance by ensuring a youth-friendly State Executive Council. The Governor disclosed that recent committees formed after the End SARS protests were all youth-based as well as the December 18th local government election flag bearers. Ikpeazu spoke in a message during the PDP National Youth Summit which was held at Agu-Awka Anambra State on Friday. Governor Ikpeazu was represented by the Abia State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Chief Emeka Ikwuagwu. Earlier in his speech, the PDP National Youth Leader, Rt.Hon.SKE Udeh-Okoye…
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has insisted that he will never decamp to the All Progressives Congress (APC), no matter what. He, however, described two former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members, John Bazia and Michael West, who recently decamped to APC in the state as political neophytes with slippery character. A statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Kelvin Ebiri, said the two men, who served as commissioners in his cabinet during his first tenure, became disgruntled because he did not retain them. Meanwhile, the governor has told President Muhammadu Buhari that his integrity would be at stake if…
All Progressives Congress (APC) has charged members of its states caretaker committees to forward recommendations that will strengthen the party ahead of its constitutional amendment. Gov. Mai Mala Buni, Chairman of the APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee gave the charge at a meeting with the dissolved state chairman of the party on Friday in Abuja, Buni was represented at the meeting by Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, secretary of the committee. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the APC National Executive Committee (NEC) at its Dec.8 meeting dissolved all the party`s organs from states to ward levels. The…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday arrived in Daura, Katsina State, to begin a one-week visit to his country home. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential aircraft carrying the president and some members of his entourage landed at Umaru Musa Yar’adua Airport, Katsina at about 4.30 p.m. NAN reports that the Nigerian Air Force helicopter, NAF – 540, transported the president to Daura from Katsina Airport at 4.55 p.m. Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State, Deputy Governor Mannir Yakubu, Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika and top government officials received the president in Katsina while members of…
Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, has pleaded with former President Goodluck Jonathan to discountenance the plot to lure him into 2023 election Eze, a former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), described the plot as satanic, accusing those he called political jobbers and desperados of conscripting the scheme to rubbish the hard earned integrity and reputation of the former President. He said that Jonathan and political leaders in the Niger Delta must be wary of such conspiracy. According to Eze, the plot to lure Jonathan into…
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has warned the National Working Committee (NWC) of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against sowing seed of discord among PDP governors. The Governor said that by so doing, the Uche Secondus-led NWC is jeopardizing the party’s prospect to clinch the presidency in 2023. He said the present NWC of the PDP is not interested or working towards reclaiming power from the APC in 2023, lambasting them for only being interested in remaining in power. Wike said it was regrettable that the PDP, instead of capitalizing on the weaknesses of the All Progressives…
Prominent stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, have commended the Mai Mala Buni-led National Caretaker Committee of the party for its choice of Dr. Ben Nwoye to pilot the affairs of the party in the State. The National Executive Committee, NEC, of the APC had earlier in the week dissolved all the State Working Committees of the Party across the 36 States of the Federation. In its stead, caretaker committees are to be set up for each of the States. Reacting to the development, the Enugu APC stakeholders said the choice of Nwoye as the…
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has said that Dave Umahi, the Governor of Ebonyi State, has always been a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC. He said that Umahi had been functioning as a member of the ruling party at heart even while he was in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Presidential aide said in a piece he titled, ‘Dave Umahi’s Heart of Lion’, where he hailed the Governor for being courageous enough to dump the opposition PDP. “Umahi had always loved and respected President Muhammadu Buhari, and never hid…
Kogi State Acting Chief Judge, Justice Henry Olusuyi has implored the 9-man tribunal panel saddled with the responsibility of handling cases from local government elections not to betray the trust bestowed on them. Justice Olusuyi made the appeal at the state High Court, Lokoja on Friday, shortly after the swearing-in of members of the local government election tribunal for Saturday, December 12 election to 21 councils in the state. He told the members of the tribunal to operate within the confines of the local government election law of 2004, stressing that the judiciary of Kogi deemed each of the members…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus says the party has commenced moves to hand over its structure to Nigerian youths to provide effective leadership for the country. Secondus stated this in Awka, Anambra State, during a national youths summit of the party for the five Southeastern States of Nigeria. Speaking to youths at the summit under the theme: Youth in governance, PDP the platform; Secondus said it has been proven that Nigerian youths are capable of leading the country and that the summit was meant to prepare them for leadership. Secondus listed some youths…
The leadership crisis in the Kwara State All Progressives Congress, APC, deepened on Friday as party chieftains loyal to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq condemned the swearing-in of Bashir Bolarinwa by the Buni led National Caretaker Committee of the party. At a press conference held at the party secretariat in Ilorin, the group also condemned attempts to drag the governor into the crisis. “We condemn in strong terms the deliberate dragging of the state’s party leader, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq.” The group said “The members who should know are intentionally misinforming the public to please their Abuja paymasters. It claimed that “The dissolved…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Enugu State, Engr. Obinna Okorie has asked the party’s national body not to appoint any of the state’s factional Chairmen into the caretaker committee. Obinna said the lingering internal crisis in the Enugu branch of the party, would have been laid to rest if the National body had acted against Ben Nwonye and Deacon Okay Ogbodo, the two warring party leaders. He cautioned that only fresh hands, new party handlers will give the APC a stronger disposition in the state. He explained that retaining either of the two warring leaders will…
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated his counterpart in Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo on his election for a second term in office. The president congratulated Akufo-Addo in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu on Thursday, December 10, 2020. In the statement, Buhari wishes Akufo-Addo a successful new tenure and also enjoined other contestants to consider the national interest and maintain peace while seeking to resolve their grievances against the election. The statement reads, “President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana on his re-election for a second term in office. “The President…