politics

The Supreme Court on Monday fixed Tuesday, May 9, to deliver its judgment in the disputed July 16 governorship election in Osun State. The apex court fixed the 24-hour period for the judgment delivery after taking arguments from parties involved in the matter. At the centre of the disputed election …

…says INEC’s calls for dismissal of Atiku’s petition suspect THE People’s Democratic Party has raised alarm over an alleged plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress to influence the outcome of ongoing cases at the Presidential Election petition Tribunal. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, raised the …

…says partisanship will be counterproductive A pressure group in the All Progressives Congress under the aegis of Renewed Hope Professionals on Sunday called on the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to maintain neutrality during the election for leadership positions in the 10th National Assembly so as to avoid the mistakes of 2015. …

RIVERS State governorship candidate of Accord in the just concluded election, Dumo Lulu-Briggs has refuted reports that he has withdrawn his petition from the Election Petition Tribunal. Lulu-Briggs, in a statement by his Media Assistant, Nia’bari Fakae affirmed that he is still committed to pursuing their case before the Election …

THE member of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has warned against picking Senator Godswill Akpabio as the next Senate President. Musa Saidu, who is the leader of the Arewa community in Southern Nigeria, warned that Akpabio’s emergence as Senate President would spell doom for Nigeria. Saidu noted that no true …

AS the May 29 inauguration date of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu draws closer, Kenyan president, Dr Williams Ruto, has sent a special envoy to discuss areas of mutual interest between Nigeria and Kenya with the president-elect. Ruto, in a letter he personally signed, congratulated Tinubu on his victory at …

SENATOR-elect for Imo North Senatorial District, Engr. Patrick C. Ndubueze, has joined the race for the Senate Presidency of the 10th National Assembly. This was as he also the National Working Committee NWC of his ruling All Progressives Congress APC and the over 100 Senators-elect to support his ambition. The …

INDICATIONS have emerged that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, will take tough decisions when he assumes duty in order to revive the ailing economy. Some of the decisions he is likely to take include the implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye panel’s report on the reform of the civil service and the removal …

FORMER Ekiti State Governor and Social Democratic Party candidate in the 2022 governorship election, Chief Segun Oni, tells ABIODUN NEJO his thoughts on the state of the country and what the incoming government needs to do differently to correct the wrongs in the system Diverse opinions have greeted the 2023 elections, some …

THE Delta State Chapter of the Social Democratic Party has declared that “there is no going back on the gubernatorial election petition filed by the party’s governorship candidate in the state, Chief Kenneth Gbagi, before the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal”. This was contained in a three-point resolution adopted by …