The division in the Rivers State House of Assembly has continued to seethe as the police took over the complex on Tuesday. Loyalists to both factions held separate meetings at different locations. Police vehicles were positioned at the entrance of the complex, while an Armoured Personnel Carrier was also seen patrolling the road where the…
A former National Vice Chairman North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has said that the ruling party has reached the point where the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in 2007 in manipulating political contests through imposition, vote buying and rigging. Lukman in a statement issued Tuesday, noted that it might grow…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has removed Governor Mutfwang Manasseh of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the governor of Plateau State. The Appellate Court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately recognise Nentawe Goshwe of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the validly elected governor in the March 18…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the government and people of Liberia on the successful conduct of the Liberian presidential election. In a statement, president Tinubu congratulates the president-elect, Joseph Boakai, on winning the people’s mandate and urges him to bring the nation together and build on the support shown by voters to provide effective government…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued Certificates of Return to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State and the Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. Governor Diri polled 175,196 to defeat his closest rival, Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress, who garnered 110,108 votes while the…
The Senate has passed a bill to establish the Nigeria Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta State. The bill, sponsored by Bamidele Opeyemi representing Ekiti Central, when assented to by the President Bola Tinubu will, identify the technological problems and needs of the maritime industry, and find solutions. The former President Muhammadu Buhari had rejected the…
Dino Melaye, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called for the cancellation of the Kogi State governorship election, describing the conduct of the exercise as “shameful”. Mr Melaye’s angry remarks came during a press conference in Lokoja on Sunday, just as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) continued with collation of the…
Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who is the incubent governor has been declared as the winner of Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Imo State. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, made this declaration on Sunday in Owerri. The State Returning Officer for the election, Prof Abayomi Fasina, who is the Vice-Chancellor of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO), who was earlier abducted in Bayelsa, has regained his freedom. The Head of Voter Education and Publicity (INEC) in Bayelsa State, Wilfred Ifogah, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen. INEC had earlier reported the abduction of the SPO who was in…
Some party agents, voters and observers have commended the peaceful voting process and seamless Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) deployed for Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa. They gave the commendation in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa. NAN reports that the respondents agreed that the election was largely smooth and…
A boat conveying 12 election personnel and materials to Registration Area Centre 17 in Koluama in Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayless State has capsized. In a statement by the Head of Voter Education and Publicity in the state, Wilfred Ifogah, result sheets, power banks, and luggage containing personnel effects were lost, but no casualties were…
Soldiers barred some policemen from allegedly escorting a politician in a three-vehicle convoy during the election at a checkpoint at Agbadu Bunu village in Kaba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State on Saturday. The convoy, comprising three tinted Toyota Jeeps, was stopped alongside other vehicles. According to the report, when the convoy was stopped, the…
Soldiers barred some policemen from allegedly escorting a politician in a three-vehicle convoy during the election at a checkpoint at Agbadu Bunu village in Kaba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State on Saturday. The convoy, comprising three tinted Toyota Jeeps, was stopped alongside other vehicles. According to the report, when the convoy was stopped, the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC on Saturday said its top officials had launched an investigation into allegations that result sheets were forged in some polling units in Kogi state. INEC disclosed this on its X handle minutes after pictures of the forged sheets emerged. “Our attention has been drawn to a report that filled…
National Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu has called on both regular and ad-hoc staff to demonstrate the highest level of patriotism and professionalism in tomorrow’s Governorship elections in Kogi Bayelsa and Imo States. In a statement, the Chairman explains that INEC was not a political party and that the Commission has…
The House of Representatives has mandated its committee on Federal Capital Territory to liaise with the FCT administration to explore and resolve all the issues surrounding the lack of issuance of certificates of occupancy to property owners. This resolution was sequel to the adoption of a motion by a member from Katsina State, Sada Soli…
Dr Mohammed Bulama has assumed office as the Director-General of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). Dr Bulama was received at the headquarters of Radio Nigeria , Area 10 Garki Abuja, by the Management and Staff of the corporation. More details shortly….
The Senate has approved and passed 2023 supplementary budget of N2.17 trillion naira. This decision followed the committee on appropriation’s review of the report presented by Chairman Senator Solomon Olamilekan. Within this amount, 18 billion naira is allocated for statutory transfers, N1.33 trillion for recurrent expenditure, and over N1.12 trillion for contributions to development funds….
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday has affirmed Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan as the duly elected candidate for Kogi Central Senatorial Election earlier in February. The three-member panel dismissed the appeal filed by Sen. Abubakar Ohere of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In September, the Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja had nullified the…
President Bola Tinubu has written to the House of Representatives seeking the approval of the lawmakers for a supplementary appropriation bill of N2,176,791,286,033. In a letter read at plenary, the speaker, Dr Abbas Tajudeen, said the supplementary budget is aimed at addressing labour wage adjustments, security, and other matters. Similarly, the president also sent the…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Tuesday, reinstated Chief Timipre Sylva as the valid candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the upcoming Bayelsa state governorship election scheduled for November 11. The unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices set aside the judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which had…
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday received the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The two leaders are expected to explore ways of fortifying the bilateral relations between the two countries. Olaf Scholz who arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International in Abuja, the nation’s capital at about 2:20pm Nigerian time, was received…
Federal Government has flagged off the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI), with the unveiling seven conversion centres across Nigeria. The flag-off of the initiative was done by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajibiamila. In a symbolic handover of the CNG buses to the State House, the Chairman of the Presidential CNG…
The Supreme Court in a ruling delivered on Thursday, the court ruled that the appeal filed by Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lacked merit. “On the whole, it is my view that there is no merit in this appeal,” Justice Inyang Okoro said. Atiku of the PDP had been longing to overturn…
Liberia’s National Election Commission has fixed November 2023 for the run-off of the presidential election. This comes after all 20 candidates failed to win above 50% of the total votes cast in the first phase of the election. George Weah, the incumbent president and candidate for the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), and Joseph Boakai,…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Mustapha Abdullahi as the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said, in a statement, that Dr Abdulllahi has served for over a decade in the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory…
The final legal battle over the number one seat will begin on Monday at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, following the listing of the appeal filed by the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu. Besides, Atiku…
Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi state will head to polls by November to elect their new Governors. To achieve seamless electoral process, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said it will deploy 46,084 regular and adhoc staff for the election. Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu in a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners in Abuja on…
President Bola Tinubu has directed the withdrawal of Imam Kashim Imam as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday, saying the withdrawal is effective immediately. The statement, however, did not…
The Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria has declared that its members are yet to feel the impact of palliatives being distributed by government to cushion the effects of subsidy removal in many of the states across the country. National Vice President of the organisation, Alhaji Abdul Waheed Ajao, made this declaration while speaking at a press…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC says that it will deploy the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS for easy Voter Accreditation and authentication in November 11th Governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa States. INEC Director for ICT, Dr Paul Omokore stated this in Akwanga, Nassarawa State during a two day Capacity workshop for INEC…
