Politics

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called for calm amongst his supporters popularly known as OBIDIENTS. Obi made this appeal on Saturday, through a lengthy post on X (formerly known as Twitter). On Wednesday, the tribunal struck out the various charges filed by Peter Obi and the LP, challenging President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February …

The decision by the Minister of Works,Dave Umahi that the Federal Government would prefer to adopt concrete technology for federal highways has been criticised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ebonyi State chapter. The party added that Umahi’s use of direct workers for road development as governor of Ebonyi State had not produced the expected results. In his first news …

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday met with the delegation of Nigerian Muslim leaders led by Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi and accepted their mediation in the Niger conflict. The leaders were at the State House to consult with the president on the situation in the landlocked West African country. Soldiers attached to the Niger’s presidential guard ousted President Mohamed Bazoum and closed …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the World Bank President Mr Ajay Banga to conduct investigation into spending of loans and other facilities by Nigeria’s 36 state governors. The group also called on the organisation to suspend any loans and funding if there is evidence of mismanagement or diversion of public funds by any of the states. SERAP …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa on Wednesday accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of allocating votes to Governor Abdullahi Sule in the March 18 governorship election in the state. The state’s governorship election petition tribunal headed by Justice Ezekiel Ajayi on October 2 nullified Sule’s victory in the election and declared David Ombugadu of the PDP as …

Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Prince Lateef Fagemi (SAN), has cautioned politicians who lost out at election petition tribunals across the country against discrediting the judiciary. Fagbemi who spoke with journalists on Saturday during a prayer session organised for him by his kinsmen at his Ijagbo country home in Oyun local government area of Kwara State, …

The Ogun State governorship election petition tribunal on Wednesday adjourned its sitting till September 4 for the adoption of final written addresses. The adjourned proceedings after all parties closed their cases in the petition filed by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Ladi Adebutu. Adebutu is challenging Governor Dapo Abiodun’s victory in the March 18 election over alleged irregularities. The …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi State on Friday accused Governor Nasir Idris’ administration of wasting N20 billion in the last 100 days. The PDP chairman in the state, Alhaji Usman Bello-Suru, made the allegation in a statement in Birnin Kebbi on Friday. Idris took over former governor Atiku Bagudu on May 29. He alleged that the government had …

The All Progressives Congress, APC in Osun State has said the support of the three Peoples Democratic Party, PDP senators given to Oyetola during the ministerial screening exercise was good but not spectacular. This is as the Osun APC warned the state governor, Ademola Adeleke and members of the Osun PDP to desist from claiming the political fortunes of former …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed the insinuations trailing the discovery of his West African Secondary School Certificate (WASSCE). The discrepancy in the former Vice President’s documents has generated discussions on social media, especially among the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters, after the name ”Sadiq Abubakar” was discovered in his WAEC certificate as against other …