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The Labour Party presidential candidate during February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, on Friday, said he ‘must be” Nigeria’s president. While expressing optimism to clinch the number one seat in the country, he clarified that he was not in a hurry to achieve the dream. Obi, who is a former Anambra State governor, stated this…
Ahead of the June 13 inauguration of the 10th Senate, the South-South Youth Assembly on Friday called on senators to settle for former Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari. This is even as the group urged lawmakers from the zone to reject former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, for the position and support Yari’s aspiration….
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Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has attacked the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the zoning of the 10th National Assembly leadership seats. A statement personally signed on Wednesday by the governor said the hurried nature in which the decision was reached and announced is a dangerous tool…
The Diaspora Medics For Good Governance and the UpNorth Ambassadors for Peter Obi have lent their voices in urging the court to stop the inauguration, on the premise that there are still several pending issues bothering on qualification and credibility of the APC candidate as well as challenging Yakubu Mahmoud’s declaration. Security at the court…
Read More “Diaspora Group Protests In Abuja,Tells Court Not To Inaugurate Tinubu” »
The counsel for the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the ongoing presidential election petition proceedings, Chris Uche SAN, has said that many agreements were broken in the 2023 general elections. Uche made the remark on Tuesday in response to Justice Tsammani’s response to his request to allow him present five…
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A member of the silver medal-winning Flying Eagles team to Saudi Arabia in 1989, Mike Onyemachara, reportedly died on Thursday, May 4, 2023. He was reported to be in good health when his wife left for work and kids left for school only for them to return and see that the food served to him…
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The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Imo State chapter has taken a swipe at the administration of Governor Hope Uzodinma, regretting that within the last two months, Imo State has been shut down twice. This was contained in a release issued by the PDP State Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor, made available to DAILY…
Read More “PDP blasts Uzodinma govt over blackout, ruthless attacks on workers in Imo” »
Britain’s ruling Conservatives suffered high-profile losses as results poured in Friday from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s first major electoral test since he took office last year. In the depths of the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades, the local council elections held across swathes of England on Thursday illuminated the main parties’ standing ahead of a…
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The Abia State House of Assembly has dismissed the purported impeachment of her speaker, Chinedum Orji, by some members of the House led by its former Deputy Speaker, Ifeanyi Uchendu. This was made public during a preliminary session of the House presided by Orji, on Tuesday. A video which has now gone viral on social…
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• Why North may outsmart South• Umahi: Southeast deserves No.3 seat• Adopt Northwest for Senate President, group gives Tinubu condition for second term After some lull in political intrigues since the completion of the general elections in March, next month’s inauguration and election of principal officers of the 10th National Assembly is another crucial contest…
Read More “Senate Presidency: Negotiations, intense lobbying among contenders as NWC meets” »
The Police on Tuesday said it has arrested the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa Ari. Police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Tuesday that Yunusa-Ari is currently in Police custody and is being grilled to ascertain the motives behind his alleged improper actions during the supplementary elections in Adamawa…
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Lawmakers in the Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday impeached the speaker Chinedum Orji. 18 out of 27 members carried out the impeachment at an undisclosed location. The impeachment was reportedly moved by Chukwudi Apugo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who represents Umuahia-East. Also, it was seconded by Okey Igwe of the PDP,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for May 3-7 2023, to a date to be determined by the incoming administration. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja, said the President gave the approval after meeting…
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission over its failure to investigate allegations of electoral violence and other electoral offences including bribery against some state governors and their deputies during the 2023 elections. According to reports, the recently concluded presidential, national assembly, and governorship elections in some…
Read More “SERAP sues INEC over failure to probe govs on election violence” »
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has advised the opposition to stop their endless griping over the 2023 presidential election which they lost woefully, saying they know very well that they deserve to lose the election because of their overconfidence and complacency. In a statement yesterday in Abuja, the Minister argued that…
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To boost spirituality in Imo State, Governor Hope Uzodimma has approved the sponsorship of a record 1,000 pilgrims to Israel and Jordan this year. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, disclosed this in a statement issued, yesterday, in Owerri. Emelumba said the approval has already been given to the Imo State Pilgrims’ Board…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, on Wednesday, lashed out at the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), saying his alleged ‘sins’ against Nigerians would never be forgiven. The separatist group, in a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, was reacting to Buhari’s recent appeal that “all those that I have hurt,…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, has said Governor Hope Uzodinma has not done well in his first term to deserve re-election. Anyanwu stated this on Tuesday while addressing Local Government Area and Federal Constituency Coordinators and the leadership of the Divine Mandate Movement (DMM) in…
Read More “Uzodinma Has Not Done Well To Deserve Re-Election – Anyanwu” »
The president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, departed his Asokoro residence for Defence Guest House in the Maitama District of Abuja, from where he will function until May 29 inauguration. Recall that the current President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), also lodged at the same base months before his May 29, 2015 inauguration, from where…
Read More “Tinubu receives Adamu, Okorocha, others at Defence House” »
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, in Abuja said it has spent $1.2m to deploy 40 buses to evacuate at least 2,400 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the President, Major General Muhammadu…
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The governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the just concluded 2023 general election in Enugu State, Chief Dons Udeh, has been reportedly found dead. Udeh, who was said to have got missing on Saturday, was reportedly found dead on Wednesday at the 9th Mile area of the state, barely four days after….
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to file fresh proceedings against former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, over money laundering. Femi Fani-Kayode and Nenadi Usman were arraigned by on a 17-count charge in June 2016. Aside Fani-Kayode and Usman, also listed as defendants in the case are Danjuma Yusuf and Joint Trust Dimensions…
Read More “EFCC to file fresh charges against Femi Fani-Kayode, others over money laundering” »
An Igbo socio-political group, Njiko Igbo Forum, has rejected the emergence of Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, as the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. The forum has been an affiliate of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide since 1999. Stating the Forum’s position in a press statement made available to our correspondent on Friday, Okechukwu Obioha, president of Njiko Igbo Forum, recommended…
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, sued for calm from all parties involved in the board chairmanship tussle of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, saying due process would take its course. This comes barely 24 hours after a Federal High Court in Abuja, reinstated Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as the non-executive Chairman…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the Adamawa State governorship election, Aisha Binani Dahiru, has filed a motion exparte before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking the leave of the court for a judicial review of the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission. She is seeking “leave of the court allowing…
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As the inauguration of the next Nigerian legislature, termed the 10th National Assembly, draws near, different people and groups have started plotting to emerge leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Arguments based on zonal and religious balancing have been pushed forward by different individuals and groups to favour them. One of such…
Read More “Why South-East doesn’t deserve Senate presidency again” »
Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma has emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for State’s governorship election. Ahead the November 11 gubernatorial election, the ruling Party conducted its primary election at the Ndubuisi Kanu Square in Owerri, the state capital, on Friday. Following the excercise, William Kayoda, the chairman of the Governorship Primary…
Read More “Gov. Uzodinma Wins APC Ticket For Imo Guber Election” »
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from suspending or expelling members perceived to be loyal to Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgement delivered in two separate suits filed by the affected PDP members, held that the fears of these applicants were…
Read More “Court stops PDP from suspending, expelling members in alliance with Wike” »
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State has called on the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to order the immediate declaration of the result of the Isu State Constituency election in Imo State won by PDP. The opposition party also said the total results from the eleven electoral wards in…
Read More “We won Isu constituency, declare the result – Imo PDP to INEC” »
The Imo State Elders’ Council has endorsed Sen Hope Uzodinma’s second term ambition for Governor of the state. The elders also adopted a Charter of Equity for the rotation of key political offices among the three senatorial zones which includes the position of the governor, deputy governor and speaker of house of assembly. In a…
Read More “Imo Elders’ Council endorses Uzodinma’s for 2nd term – FRCN HQ” »
