Politics

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State on Wednesday appealed to President Bola Tinubu to stop the incessant attacks and carnages occasioned by the governorship campaign in the state. The Director-General, New Media, SDP Campaign Council, Isaiah Ijele, made the call at a media briefing on Wednesday in Lokoja. He was reacting to Tuesday night attacks by suspected political …

The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has decried the never-ending insecurity in Nigeria, noting that the country was becoming ungovernable. The Afenifere stated this after its meeting at Isanya Ogbo, Ogun State, on Tuesday. It lamented the growing harsh economic realities Nigerians were facing owing to the removal of the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as fuel. The …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over what it said is the failure to probe allegations that over US$15 billion oil revenues, and N200 billion budgeted to repair the refineries in Nigeria were missing and unaccounted for between 2020 and 2021. The allegations are contained in the 2021 report by the Nigeria …

The plot to impeach the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa took an ethnic colouration on Tuesday, as hundreds of indigenes of Ilaje community in the Ilaje Local Government Area of the state stormed Akure, the state capital, to protest against the ongoing impeachment process. Ripples Nigeria reports that Aiyedatiwa, an Ilaje man, had been served the impeachment …

The Court of Appeal, Lagos, has nullified the victory of the Labour Party candidate, Darlington Nwokocha’s victory in the February 25 election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Nwokocha as the winner of the election held in Abia Central after he polled 92,116 votes to defeat his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, Augustine Akobundu, who garnered 41, 477 votes …

The Appeal Court, Abuja, has fixed Monday for hearing in the appeal filed by the Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir, on the verdict of the state governorship election petitions tribunal. The court announced the date in notice to all the parties in the dispute on Saturday. A three-man panel led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay on September 20 nullified Yusuf’s …

The Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has fixed Saturday, September 30, to deliver judgement on a petition filed by Professor Sani Yahaya, the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, (NNPP), challenging the victory of Governor Agbu Kefas of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the March 18 gubernatorial election. The tribunal which will sit in Jalingo, the state …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on legal practitioners in the country to join him in building the nation, just as he urged them to call him to order when he goes wrong. The president who craved an open mindset towards his administration further appealed to them to stop complaining about the past. The legal luminaries, the president further said, …

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) governorship candidate in Benue State, Prof. Ben Angwe, has resigned from the party. He confirmed his resignation from the NNPP in a letter addressed to the party Chairman in Mbatyu Ward, Gboko local government area of the state. The letter was made available to journalists on Sunday. Angwe, who is also the NNPP’s former …

The Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has rejected the judgement of the governorship election petitions tribunal on the outcome of the March 18 election in the state. The three-member panel headed by Justice Mikhail Abdullah on Monday upheld Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s victory in the election. The panel dismissed the petitions filed by Rhodes-Vivour and his Peoples …