politics

THE member representing Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Dachung Bagos has rejected the tribunal judgment nullifying his election. This was contained in a press statement issued by the lawmaker in Abuja. Recall that the National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Jos, Plateau State, had nullified …

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Plateau State has rejected the judgement of the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal that gave the Plateau South Senate seat to Mr Simon Lalong. Its Chairman, Mr Chris Hassan rejected the judgement while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Jos. Trojan News Media reports that …

…Attah, Banky W, Obanikoro react THE National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos State, has invalidated the election victory of Thaddeus Atta from the Labour Party as the duly elected representative for Eti Osa Federal Constituency. In a late-night judgment delivered on Monday, the tribunal ruled …

THE National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia has upheld the victory of Senator Orji Kalu representing Abia-North Senatorial district in the February 25 polls. A three-man panel led by Justice Samson Paul-Gang in its unanimous ruling on Tuesday dismissed the petition of People’s Democratic Party’s Mao Ohuabunwa and …

THE Labour Party has expressed worries over how its members are being sacked by the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in many states across the country. Newsextra24 reports that the tribunal had nullified the elections of many of the elected members of the party in Edo, Abia and other states …

Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State, a former deputy governor of Kogi State, Yomi Awoniyi, has officially joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Awoniyi had last week tendered his resignation letter to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Awoniyi was officially received into APC at …

FORMER Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, is yet to be recognised as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, by the Federal Capital Development Authority FCDA on its official website, https://www.fcda.gov.ng/. This is despite the Ikwere-born politician being inaugurated as the 18th FCT minister on August 16, 2023. Wike, …

LAOLU Akande, a former senior special adviser to ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has urged President Bola Tinubu to openly admit that the country’s electoral process requires fixing. The late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua once admitted that the process that brought him to office was flawed. Speaking on Channel Television’s Sunrise …

THE member representing Oluyole Federal Constituency of Oyo State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, has denied reports that she inflated the contract sum of a road rehabilitation project in her constituency. The lawmaker was reacting to reports in the media that she connived with officials of the …

THE Imo State National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal has sacked a member of the House of Representatives, Ikenga Ugochinyere. Ugochinyere contested the election under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The tribunal ordered a supplementary election within 90 days in the state as it declared that Ugochinyere …