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PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Thursday, refuted a report that the British government has tendered an apology over his detention by immigration officials. The former Anambra governor was reportedly detained by immigration officials at Heathrow Airport in London over alleged impersonation. A report, however, emerged …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted a direct mode of primaries for the conduct of the forthcoming Kogi Governorship Primary Election slated for April 14. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the party informed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its decision to adopt the direct …

THE Action Alliance, AA, has asked the Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to nullify the declaration of Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the winner of the March 18 election. A copy of the AA’s Petition was acknowledged by the Tribunal on April 12, 2023. Joined …

GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in Lagos State, Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, yesterday, urged the Election Petition Tribunal to sack Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, alleging that the governor was, at the time of election, not qualified to contest the election. This came as the Lagos State Governorship, National and State …

PEOPLES Democratic Party’s governorship aspirant in Kogi State, Dino Melaye, has revealed how the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, allegedly begged him to ensure Atiku Abubakar picked him as his running mate. After losing the party’s presidential primary to Atiku last year, Wike had refused to work with the …

A coalition of Arewa elders on Tuesday warned politicians, particularly Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed over what they termed “unguided” post-election political utterances. The group’s warning was contained in a communique read after its meeting in Arewa House, …

THE Independent National Electoral Commission has asked the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja to dismiss all the petitions challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the February 25 presidential  election. INEC had declared that Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to win the …

THE leadership of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Echiaba Ward in Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on Tuesday, suspended its governorship candidate in the 2023 elections, Prophet Adolawam Chris, over anti-party activities. Addressing journalists after their emergency ward meeting in Abakaliki, the Secretary of Echiaba Ward of the …

TO begin this discussion, it is imperative that we attempt to understand what taxes are all about. Taxation is defined as the imposition of compulsory levies on individuals or entities by governments across the world. Taxation is used primarily to raise revenue to finance government expenditures among other reasons. The …

THE spokesperson of the presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Festus Keyamo has bragged about the party being the leading party in the South-East. This was contained in a tweet by Keyamo on Monday. The minister threw shades at the Labour Party, stating that despite the noise …