Politics

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday night assured Nigerians that the results of the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States would be uploaded in real-time to the Result Viewing Portal (IReV). The INEC Acting Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mary Nkem, stated this on Channels Television’s People’s Townhall on Election Security in Abuja. …

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs to freeze the processing of visas for all government officials seeking to travel to New York for the United Nations General Assembly without proof of direct participation in UNGA’s official schedule of activities. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Mr Ajuri Ngelale said in …

The Edo State government on Monday disbanded the media crew attached to the Office of the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu. In a statement issued by the state’s Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, the government said the Ministry of Communication and Orientation would henceforth cover the deputy governor’s activities. This development was the fallout of the rift between Governor …

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 …