Politics

Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, has claimed that the results of the elections in 2023 showed that Nigerians were fed up with the All Progressives Congress (APC) which is currently in power. This was mentioned by Bakare, an APC candidate for president in 2022, on Sunday during a State of the Nation broadcast …

  A renowned human right activist and foreign-trained lawyer, Mr. Manfred Ekpe, has asked Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Umo Eno, to come clean on the Presidential Election Tribunal judgement delivered on September 6, 2023. This is just as he challenged the governor to openly congratulate President Bola Tinubu if he wants to redeem himself from the accusation. But, in …

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, has emphasised the need for Nigeria to take advantage of cheap concessionary loans, and climate financing to raise revenue to fund the 2024 Budget. Edun stated this on Tuesday in his speech during a one-day retreat on the 2024 Appropriation Bill organised by the Senate Committee on Appropriation, …

The National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu on Tuesday sacked the lawmaker representing Udi/Ezeagu Federal Constituency of Enugu State, Sunday Umeha. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Umeha of the Labour Party as the winner of the February 25 election ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Dr. Festus Uzor. Uzor, however, challenged the outcome of …

Governor of Ekiti state, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has vowed not to hesitate to relieve any political appointee in his government that failed on service delivery.  He stressed that they must strive to exceed expectations of Ekiti people in terms of service by ensuring that every citizen of the state felt the positive impact of his administration.  However, the state government …

For unlawfully detaining him and violating his fundamental human rights, the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), sitting in Abuja, has ordered the government of the Republic of Benin to pay Yoruba nation activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, the sum of 20 million CFA within three months. The court, …

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, nullified the appointment of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee in the state. Justice Olusegun Ogunyemi also reinstated the State Working Committee (SWC) of the party led by Alaba Agboola. Ripples Nigeria reports that the PDP National Working Committee (NWC), in June, dissolved the party’s executives in the …

A former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Yomi Awoniyi, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Awoniyi, who served as Kogi deputy governor during Idris Wada’s administration from 2011 – 2015, was officially received into the APC at the party’s National Secretariat on Tuesday in Abuja. He resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on September 7. …

Ali Ndume, the Senate Chief Whip, has stated that the senators intend to take harsh measures against Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, for accidentally divulging that a “holiday allowance” had been wired to the senators’ bank accounts. Prior to the Senate’s annual break, Akpabio had informed his colleagues that money had been delivered to them so they may “enjoy” their …

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has faulted having the Chairmen of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), from the same South-West region. The senior lawyer who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday, said in the spirit of the federal character principle, it …