The Peoples Democratic Party has unveiled the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council in Awka, as part of efforts to woo the South-East people to vote for the former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 presidential elections. Speaking during the unveiling in Awka, on Wednesday, the Director General, Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign …
Read More »
A total of 19 newly appointed Resident Electoral Commissioners are currently being sworn in by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday. NEWSEXTRA24 had reported on October 5, 2022, that the 19 RECs were confirmed by the Senate. In July, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) transmitted the names …
Read More »
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has declared that mentioning the name of the deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Funke Akindele, (in his presence) is an insult. He said this when he met supporters at the Lagos APC secretariat on …
Read More »
Two persons, Mubarak Muhammad and Nazifi Bala were on Wednesday arraigned before Kano Magistrate Court 58 Noman’s land Kano, for alleged defamation of character against the Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje. According to First Information Report, the duo in a video, posted on Facebook that the governor …
Read More »
AT 7th ATAF GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NAMI LEADS CALL FOR EFFECTIVE REVENUE UTILISATION BY AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS Governments across Africa must begin to rethink governance, engender public confidence and trust in government by providing value for taxpayers’ money in line with their obligations under the social contract they have with citizens. This …
Read More »
The Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday, tendered election results from four local government areas before the panel hearing his petition against the Peoples Democratic Party candidate at the last July 17 governorship poll, Ademola Adeleke, before the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal. Oyetola, through his counsel, Lateef Fagbemi, …
Read More »
The Federal High Court of Nigeria has constituted a special task force of Judges to swiftly hear and determine all pre-election cases before it. The FHC made this known on Wednesday in a statement by its Assistant Director of Information, Dr Catherine Oby-Christopher, in Abuja. According to Oby-Christopher, a circular …
Read More »
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday presided over a hybrid meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the State House Council Chambers, Abuja. The council observed a minute silence in honour of the late Chief Mbazulike Amechi, who was Nigeria’s first Minister of Aviation, and died on November 1, …
Read More »
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday, took a swipe at the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party, Peter Obi, whom they said lacked the antecedent and experience to lead …
Read More »
A former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, on Tuesday appeared before the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, in a suit filed against him for allegedly owing his former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Owoseni Ajayi, N900 million in professional fees. Ajayi, who was Fayose’s AG during …
Read More »
