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The Delta State National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Asaba, on Monday, sacked the lawmaker representing Aniocha/Oshimili Constituency in the House of Representatives, Ngozi Okolie. The tribunal nullified the election of Okolie, who contested on the platform of the Labour Party, and instead declared the candidate of the Peoples …

THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku has pleaded with the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to summon enough courage to do substantial justice to his petition seeking the nullification of Ahmed Bola Tinubu as winner of the February 25 election. Atiku pointedly said on Sunday …

Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja to represent President Bola Tinubu at two major international Summits in Rome, Italy, and St Petersburg, Russia. Shettima who left Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 3:00 pm Sunday will join other global leaders for the first Stocktaking Moment Summit themed “Transforming …

A Civil Society Organization, CSO, One Love Foundation, OLF, Sunday, charged Labour Party, LP, Members of the Senate and House of Representatives, not to put Nigerians to shame. Speaking on the issues surrounding the alleged N70 billion for working condition of NASS members, N110 billion on bulletproof cars for Senate …

THE Enugu State Government has once again urged residents to ignore the sit-at-home order by the factional members of the Indigenous People of Biafra. The state government urged residents to go about their regular activities on Monday. The government has directed that people should resume their normal activities on Monday …

THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of trying to compromise the judiciary. Atiku and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) are challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu, candidate of the APC, as the winner of the 2023 …

THE All Progressives Congress (APC), says the allegation made by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar lacks substance. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, in a statement issued on Saturday, described Atiku’s allegations as arrant nonsense. He said …

A group, Forum of State Chairmen of Defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC), has made a case for a former Governor of Nasarawa State, Sen. Tanko Al-Makura, as the next National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The endorsement was contained in a statement jointly signed by the group’s …

A former speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has charged state legislators to effectively check the excesses of governors and hold them to account for their stewardship. In a paper titled: “Effective Leadership for Emerging Legislatures: Lessons, Challenges, Opportunities and Recommendations” he presented at the technical session …

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Abubakar Kyari, has taken over the party’s National Working Committee, NWC. Kyari’s takeover confirms the resignation of APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu over the weekend. Adamu was reported to have tendered his resignation to the party’s National Secretary, Senator …