Politics

A fresh leadership crisis has engulfed Bauchi State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as 27 out of the 37 members of State Working Committee on Thursday, passed a vote of no confidence on the embattled Chairman, Babayo Aliyu Misau. The 27 members consequently announced his removal as the Chairman and replaced him with the Deputy Chairman, Mohammed …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the flag-off of its Bayelsa governorship campaign slated for Saturday in Yenagoa. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, announced the postponement in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said that a new date would be communicated to the public in due course. Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, …

The National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Imo State has nullified the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Ikenga Ugochinyere, in the February 25 election held in Ideato North/South Federal Constituency. The All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Abazu Chika Benson, had challenged the outcome of the election on the grounds of illegal nomination …

The Benue State House of Assembly on Friday screened the remaining nine commissioner nominees sent to the parliament by Governor Hyacinth Alia. The governor had on July 27 forwarded the list of 17 commissioner nominees to the Assembly for confirmation. However, the House screened eight of the nominees on Thursday and adjourned till Friday for the continuation of the exercise. …

The Young Progressives Party (YPP) National Working Committee (NWC) has suspended the party’s chairman in Imo State, Mr. Victor Diala, over alleged gross misconduct and abuse of office. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Egbeola Wale-Martins, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the NWC mandated Hon. Kingsley Nwahiri to take over as acting chairman pending …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has implored the 36 state governors in the country to “disclose details on spending of the N2 billion palliative recently disbursed to each state by the Federal Government, including the names of beneficiaries and details of the reliefs so far provided with the money.” The Federal Government recently disbursed N2 billion to each state …

The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee for the investigation of TETFund projects will Friday, take its probe to Benue state. Among heads of tertiary institutions expected to be quizzed is the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences Otukpo (FUHSO), Prof Innocent Ujah, as well as the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Wannune, Prof. Garba Mohammed. The pair have …

As the five Justices that heard the election petitions filed by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, at the presidential election petition tribunal, challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 presidential election, prepare to deliver their ruling on the matter, Nigerians at home …

Members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, elected a new Speaker, Hon Babayo Muhammad representing Hardawa Constituency. The members also elected the member representing Dass Constituency, Hon Ahmad Abdullahi as Deputy Speaker. The two principal officers of House replaced the former Speaker of the Assembly, Abubakar Y Suleiman and his Deputy, Jalimu Umar Dahiru who were removed …

The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has reacted to the reason given by Senator Ifeanyi Ubah’s for his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The reaction came from Mr Egbeola Wale-Martins, the YPP National Publicity Secretary, during a press briefing on Friday in Abuja. He said that the defection of Ubah to the APC was not due to irreconcilable differences, …