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, …
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Tinubu Should Admit Electoral Process Is Flawed – Laolu Akande
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 …
Read More »Oyo Rep Denies Inflating Road Project Contract From N9bn To N54bn
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 …
Read More »Tribunal Sacks Imo Reps Member, Ikenga Ugochinyere
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 …
Read More »Kogi 2023: Akpoti’s Tribunal Victory Unsettles Bello, APC
IN Kogi Central, the senatorial district of Governor Yahaya Bello, the tribunal sacked Abubakar Ohere and ordered that Natasha Akpoti should be given a certificate of return. Meanwhile, in Kogi East, the court sacked Jibrin Echocho and declared a rerun of the election. Governor Yahaya Bello, following the verdict, said …
Read More »Tribunal Sacks 2 Katsina PDP Reps Over Forgery Of Primary School Certificates
THE National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Katsina has nullified the victories of two members of the House of Reps and declared two others inconclusive. In its judgement, the tribunal led by Hon. Justice O. Ogunfowora, held that “return of the 1st respondent, Aminu Ahmadu Chindo of the PDP, as …
Read More »PEPT: Tinubu Govt, An Illegitimate One, Labour Party Won The Election – Aisha Yesufu (VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2RGq1MPQs AS for the Evidence the Labour Party put forward, it was overwhelmingly clear that the Labour Party won the election The Justices Seemed To Be On The Side Of The Respondent Than Just Being Neutral We need to begin to look at the independence of the Judiciary and ensure …
Read More »How U.S. Court Fast-tracks Release Of Tinubu’s CSU Records To Atiku Before Deadline
A federal court in the United States is racing to complete Atiku Abubakar’s request to subpoena Chicago State University (CSU) for President Bola Tinubu’s academic records after learning that Mr Abubakar has only 14 days to appeal the judgement of the election petitions tribunal at the Supreme Court of Nigeria …
Read More »Tribunal Dismisses PDP, Labour Party Petitions, Upholds Dennis Idahosa’s Victory In Edo
THE National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Benin City, has dismissed two petitions filed against the declaration of Dennis Idahosa as winner of the February 25 Ovia Federal Constituency election for lack of merit and being incompetent. The petitioners, Epele Asemota of the Labour Party (LP) and Barr …
Read More »Kaduna Central: Court Affirms Sen Usman’s Election
THE tribunal in Kaduna State on Saturday affirmed the election of Lawal Adamu-Usman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the senator representing Kaduna Central. Abdullahi Muhammad-Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had filed a petition challenging the election of the PDP senator on four grounds that include school …
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