Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will officially communicate his stance on the 2023 presidential election, his spokesperson, Laolu Akande, has said. Mr Akande fielded questions from State House correspondents shortly after photo sessions with the vice president who marked his 65th birthday on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said …
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Court Sack Of Umahi, Deputy, Lawmakers In Order — Lawyers
Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC); Malachy Ugwummadu, immediate past president, Campaign for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), and Hannibal Uwaifo, President of the African Bar, on Tuesday said they agree with the court ruling sacking Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State …
Read More »Tinubu, Ohuabunwa Write Reps, To Meet Respective Party Caucuses
A former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has written to the House of Representatives to inform members of his plans to contest the post of the Nigerian president in the 2023 general election. Tinubu, in the letter read out on …
Read More »Osun PDP Holds Parallel Governorship Primaries (Pictures)
The Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is today conducting the party’s primary. AMILOADED gathered that the Sunday Bisi-led faction whose aspirant is Senator Ademola Adeleke is getting ready to start voting at Osogbo city stadium while those who belong to Dotun Babayemi’s camp are already …
Read More »Four Killed, Many Injured As Ganduje Inaugurates Kano APC Executives (Pics)
A clash between the supporters of two governorship aspirants on Saturday disrupted a political ceremony in Kano State. Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje had inaugurated the executive committee of the All Progressives Congress in Rano local government area, a ceremony which left four persons dead and many others injured. Mr …
Read More »House Of Reps Makes U-turn, Rescind Votes On Rejected Gender Bills
The House of Representatives has reversed itself on three gender-related bills that failed to pass in the ongoing amendments to the 1999 Constitution. Bill No 36 A Bill For an Act to alter the provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to expand the scope of …
Read More »Ahmad Lawan: Court Can’t Stop Amendment Of Signed Electoral Act
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the ruling by the Federal High Court in Abuja, won’t stop the National Assembly from amending the Electoral Act. The court in a ruling delivered on Monday by Inyang Ekwo, on an ex-parte application by the People’s Democratic Party, barred the …
Read More »Buhari Extols Osinbajo’s Loyalty, Resourcefulness At 65
President Muhammadu Buhari has praised the resourcefulness, loyalty and dedication to duty of his Vice Yemi Osinbajo as he turns 65, describing him as a man of many parts. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, President noted the contributions of his Vice …
Read More »Just In: Court Sacks Ebonyi Governor Umahi And His Deputy
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked Ebonyi State Governor, Mr Dave Umahi, and his Deputy, Dr Kelechi Igwe, on account of their unlawful defection from the Peoples Democratic Party PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The court declared their defection unlawful, unconstitutional, null and void and ordered …
Read More »2023: APC Defunct, Not Eligible To Contest Elections – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again cautioned Nigerians and all intending aspirants that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is defunct and not eligible to contest the 2023 elections. PDP insisted that APC is legally defunct, structurally crippled and no longer a legitimate and valid vehicle to field candidates for …
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