Politics

The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has reacted to the reason given by Senator Ifeanyi Ubah’s for his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The reaction came from Mr Egbeola Wale-Martins, the YPP National Publicity Secretary, during a press briefing on Friday in Abuja. He said that the defection of Ubah to the APC was not due to irreconcilable differences, …

Philip Shuaibu, the deputy governor of Edo State, has refuted the assertion that he has plans to defect from the People’s Democratic Party and join the All Progressives Congress. In a statement on Thursday, his chief press secretary, Musa Ebomhiana, characterised the accusation as the work of troublemakers determined to worsen the divide between the deputy governor and his master, …

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday, affirmed Kefas Agbu’s election as governor of Taraba State. Agbu won the March 18 election in Taraba after he polled 257,926 votes to defeat the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate, Sani Yahaya, who got 202,277 votes in the exercise. Yahaya later challenged the outcome of the election at the state election petitions …

The former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomole, said on Thursday the Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, would not be accepted in the party. Oshiomole stated this in a chat with journalists in Benin City, the state capital. He was reacting to rumours of Shaibu’s planned defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the …

Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno), on Thursday, criticized the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio for passing some Bills without properly informing members. Ndume, in a video from Thursday’s plenary, lamented the rate at which the Senate President passes bills without formal reading and members’ contributions. “You are just passing bills without prior notification, including money bills, you just pass bills within …

The Supreme Court on Thursday denied an interlocutory appeal filed by Kenneth Gbagi, a Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate for governor in Delta State’s March 18 election, against the election of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori. Gbagi, through his legal team led by Chief Adeniyi Akintola, SAN, is challenging the declaration of Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the legitimate …

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday the victory of Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi in the March 18 election held in Umaisha/Ugya State Constituency of Nasarawa State. Abdullahi, who represented the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election, is the speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly. He was declared the winner of the election ahead of his Peoples Democratic …

The Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Tuesday, adjourned till January 18, 2024, the trial of a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Ripples Nigeria reports that Emefiele is being tried for alleged procurement fraud. Emefiele was accused of using his position to confer a corrupt advantage on Sa’adatu Yaro, a staff member of the …

The Lagos Division of the Appeal Court on Tuesday, dismissed a petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 18 gubernatorial election, Patrick Tonye-Cole, against Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In like manner, the appeal court also threw out a petition instituted …

Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu on Tuesday derided his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki, insisting that the governor should have discussed his succession plan with him instead of ‘intimidating’ him. Shaibu, stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday, saying it was his constitutional right to contest for the office of governor. Ripples Nigeria reports …