THE 15th Batch of Evacuees: 147 Nationals that departed Port Sudan International Airport, landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport around 8:30 pm local time on May 13 via Tarco Air. The total breakdown so far; 1st Batch – Military Jet C13 ~ 94 2nd Batch – AirPeace ~ 274 3rd …
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Imo Guber Election: INEC Confirms Anyanwu As PDP Candidate
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the names of gubernatorial candidates ahead of the polls in Imo and others. The electoral umpire will conduct off-cycle elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states on November 11, 2023. INEC confirmed Samuel Anyanwu as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate …
Read More »10th NASS: APC Group Urges Tinubu, NWC To Resist Pressure
AS the race for the Speakership of the House of Representatives intensifies, a group, Progressives Foundational Movement (PFM) has called on the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC to resist pressure that may force them to reverse the zoning template of the 10th …
Read More »Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Adjourns Until May 17
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has adjourned the hearing on the petitions filed by the Labour Party, LP, to Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Kenneth Okonkwo, one of the spokespersons for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, made the disclosure on Wednesday, following the second sitting of the court. Okonkwo, who also …
Read More »BREAKING: APP Withdraws Petition Against Tinubu, APC, INEC
ABUJA—The Action Peoples Party, APP, on Wednesday, withdrew the petition it filed to nullify the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of the 2023 presidential election. The party, at the resumed proceedings before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, …
Read More »Abia Labour Party Lawmaker Backs Abass As House Of Rep Speaker
The lawmaker representing Isuikwuato-Umunneochi Federal Constituency in Abia State, Amobi Ogah, has called on fellow colleagues in the House of Representatives to support the consensus candidate of All Progressives Congress, Tajudeen Abass, as Speaker ahead of the 10th Assembly inauguration. The Labour Party member-elect, who drummed up support for Abbas …
Read More »SENATE PRESIDENCY: Tinubu Told Me To Step Down For Akpabio — Umahi
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has stated that the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urged him to step down for Senator Godswill Akpabio in the race for the 10th Senate presidency. The Governor stated this during an interview with newsmen on Monday on his arrival at the Muhammadu Buhari International Airport, …
Read More »Buhari Appoints Grema, 11 Others Into NEDC Governing Board
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the appointment of a 12-member North East Development Commission (NEDC) Governing board which includes the Director, Humanitarian Affairs Department of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Alhaji Grema Ali. The President, in a letter addressed to the Senate President Ahmed Lawan …
Read More »BREAKING: Court Adjourns Hearing On Peter Obi’s Petition Till Wednesday
The Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned further pre-hearing session on the petition the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi filed to nullify Tinubu’s election victory, till Wednesday The court equally fixed the same date for another petition by the Action Peoples Party, APP, while it …
Read More »BREAKING: Action Alliance Withdraws Petition Against Tinubu
ABUJA–The Action Alliance, AA, has withdrawn the petition it filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The party, on Monday, through its team of lawyers led by Mr. Oba Maduabuchi, SAN, applied to discontinue further proceedings in the matter, shortly after the Presidential …
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