Politics

The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging the election of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu. The Labour Party candidate, Chief Frank Chinasa, challenged Kalu’s victory in the February 25 National Assembly election held in Bende Federal Constituency of Abia State. In the petition filed by his counsel, …

The Nigerian Senate has resolved to summon the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) as well as representatives of the federal government to explain the paucity of funds to explore and develop new frontier acreages. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Gas, Jarigbe Jarigbe, who made this known on Friday during an interaction with journalists after a closed-door session with …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State on Thursday condemned the arrest of the lawmaker representing Sagamu Constituency 1 in the state House of Assembly, Damilare Bello, over the violence in the area. At least 20 people were reportedly killed during a violent clash between two cult groups – Eiye and Aye Confraternity – in the Sagamu area of …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has said that there should be consequences if it became clear that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to fulfill its promises of delivering credible elections to Nigerians in 2023. Adegboruwa, who stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday night, maintained that there must be consequence for INEC any …

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, says embattled ex-CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, will go down in history as the worst Governor to ever head the apex bank. Moghalu, a former presidential aspirant, who made his position known in a series of tweets on his verified X account on Saturday, said the report released by …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited over the “failure to disclose details of Nigeria’s daily oil production, exportation and the total amounts of revenues generated from oil since the removal of subsidy on petrol in May 2023.” Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido …

The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday led the party’s mega rally for the September 2 local government election in Edo State. Obi, who addressed the party members at the rally, described the local government system as the bedrock of development. He said: “Local government is the nearest to the people and it is supposed to be the …

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Friday, reserved judgment on the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bayelsa, Timipre Sylva, challenging his disqualification from the November 11 governorship election in the state. Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on October 9 disqualified the former minister of state for petroleum resources from taking …

The Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC) declared on Friday that the August 31, 2024 date for the conduct of the local council election in the state remains intact. The commission’s Chairman, Ayuba Usman Wandai, disclosed this when he appeared before the State House of Assembly Committee on NASIEC, Multilateral and Community Development for the assessment of its 2023 budget …

The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Friday defended his visit to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governor was among the prominent Nigerians who visited the State House on Thursday after the Supreme Court upheld President Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 election. Diri, who spoke during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign tour of the …