Politics

The election of Governor Hyacinth Alia has been upheld by the Benue State Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi. The tribunal, in its judgment on Saturday, declared Alia, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as validly elected, while also dismissing the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Titus Uba. The PDP and Uba had challenged …

The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, on Monday advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar to end his “unprofitable” presidential ambition. The presidential aide, who made the call in a statement titled: “Time for Atiku Abubakar to finally go away and end his ambition to be President,” noted that the former Vice …

Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River state has suspended the Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Chief (Mrs.) Angela Ogeyi Odey.  A press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche, Monday, did not, however, state reasons for the suspension. The statement directed the suspended Director General to hand over to the …

The crisis between former Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun and his successor, Dapo Abiodun has taken a new twist after hundreds of Amosun’s loyalists on Friday, dumped him and rejoined the ‘mainstream’ of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Abiodun. The returnees drawn from the 20 local government areas of the state, and led by the chairman of the …

Chief Judge of Rivers State Justice Chibuzor Amadi was o. Monday suspended, by eight members of the House of Assembly who are in support Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Additionally, the House removed Martin Amaewhule, the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, from office and installed Ehie Edison in his place. Earlier, lawmakers opposed to the governor launched an impeachment …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has replaced the duo of Abubakar Kyari, Betta Edu and other persons with new members in its National Working Committee (NWC). Abubakar and Betta served as APC’s Deputy National Chairman North, and National Women Leader before their nomination as ministers by President Bola Tinubu. The APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, who addressed journalists at …

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the election scheduled for February 25, 2023, has stated that the Supreme Court has legalised fraud and illegality by upholding President Bola Tinubu’s election. This was stated by Atiku during an ongoing press conference in Abuja, on Monday. He said, “Someone asked me, what would I do if I …

The Rivers State House of Assembly has begun the process of impeaching the state governor, Siminialayi Fubara. To this end, the state’s lawmakers served an impeachment notice on Fubara after removing the House Leader, Edison Ehie, who is believed to be on the Governor’s side. Twenty-four out of 32 members of Rivers Assembly have signed the document for Fubara’s impeachment. …

The impeachment crisis currently rocking Rivers State took a dramatic turn on Monday as policemen shot water cannon and teargas at the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara. Fubara had stormed the Assembly complex with his supporters on Monday morning in the wake of moves by the lawmakers to carry out an impeachment motion against him. He walked to the House of …

The House of Representatives will resume plenary on September 26. The lower legislative chamber went on recess following the unveiling of the leadership of the House standing committees by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas on July 27. The chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Akin Rotimi, announced the date in a letter forwarded to the lawmakers by the …