Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights advocate, Femi Falana, has faulted the decision of a Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia to order he deletion of Section 84 (12) of the amended Electoral Act. The section bars political appointees at any level to vote or be voted for “at …
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2023: Ekeremor PDP Leaders Raise ₦10 Million For Dickson’s Nomination Form
Ekeremor PDP leaders, stakeholders raise N10m from donations to buy Senatorial form for Senator Dickson, disclaim purported zoning. In a meeting with the Ekeremor local government PDP leaders and stakeholders led by the Deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Michael Ogbere, and the chairman of the Local Government …
Read More »Convention: 19 APC Youth Leader Aspirants, Others Join Dada’s Campaign Team
About 19 former youth leader aspirants who were zoned out of the contest have collapsed their structures and declared support for emergence of Olusegun Dada as the next National Youth Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Olusegun Dada who returned his nomination form to the APC national secretariat …
Read More »2023: White Witches Urge Osinbajo Not To Join Presidential Race
White Witches Association of Nigeria (WWAN), has come out with a damning prediction on the political future of Vice President Yemi Osibanjo to the effect that he would not win the forthcoming presidential election no matter how hard he tries. The Association said that God brought Osibanjo for a particular …
Read More »Former Plateau Speaker Decamps To PDP
Former Plateau Speaker Decamps To PDP Former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly Abok Nuhu Ayuba, has decamped from the All Progressives Congress APC to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A statement signed by Itse Samuel Kaze, Media Assistant to Abok Nuhu Ayuba, reads that Ayuba, on March …
Read More »BREAKING: Senator Ali Modu Sheriff Steps Down From APC chairmanship Race
BREAKING: Senator Ali Modu Sheriff Steps Down From APC chairmanship Race Former governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has formally withdrawn from the national chairmanship race of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Sheriff made this declaration on Sunday in Abuja. The frontline politician said he made the …
Read More »Obiano Spent Anambra Money Judiciously Well’ – Victor Umeh
Former national chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Senator Victor Umeh on Saturday said former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano did wonderfully well with Anambra money. Umeh said this while speaking on the arrest of Obiano by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission …
Read More »APC: Governors Draw Battle Line With Aso Rock Cabal
The struggle for the future of the All Progressives Congress, APC was yesterday turning into a tussle between the party’s governors and established political figures around President Muhammadu Buhari. The Progressive Governors Forum, PGF comprising governors in the party at the end of a night meeting in Abuja on Thursday, …
Read More »Kinsmen, Loyalists Mobilise To ‘Bring Back’ Ambode
Kinsmen and loyalists of a former Governor of Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode, have commenced discreet mobilisation to drag the Epe-born politician into the 2023 governorship race, multiple sources told Daily Trust Thursday. Investigations by our correspondent showed that the move to prop Ambode to complete his second term in office has …
Read More »2023: INEC Picks Holes In New Electoral Act, Seeks Practice Direction
After the initial relief that greeted the 2022 Electoral Act, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has picked holes in the new Act that may derail the 2023 general elections. The Commission is seeking practice direction to deal with some of the provisions of the Electoral Act that are considered …
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