Uzor Orji Kalu, the chief whip in the senate, Abdulaziz Yari, the incoming senator, and Mohammed Musa, the senator for Niger East, have all voiced their opposition to the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s nominations for leadership positions in the senate. Godswill Akpabio, a former minister for Niger Delta affairs, and Barau Jibrin, a senator from […]
The Action Alliance (AA) has stated that it withdrew its petition challenging Tinubu’s victory at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja due to “national unity.” The party also stated that it does not want to be the cause of another calamitous experience in Nigeria, similar to the June 12, 1993 Presidential elections, which were […]
Protesters stormed the Abuja Appeal Court on Monday, petitioning the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) to halt the inauguration of President-Elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The protesters, who claim to be a coalition of civil societies, urged the court to halt the inauguration, citing several outstanding issues involving the APC candidate. Read also: APC chooses Akpabio […]
After consulting with President-elect Bola Tinubu, the APC National Working Committee has selected Godswill (Akwa Ibom) Akpabio and Tajudeen Abass (Kaduna) as the next Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly. They also appointed Senator Barau Jubrin (Kano) as Deputy Senate President, and Hon. Benjamin Kalu (Abia) as […]
Abdullahi Ganduje, Governor of Kano State, has announced that governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have agreed to zone the next Senate President to the country’s South-South geopolitical region. The governors under the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) had previously recommended that the Senate President be zoned to either the south-east or south-south regions. […]
Yesterday, the Senate voted to approve a bill that will regulate the production, use, importation, sales, and possession of explosives throughout the country. Following the consideration and adoption of a report by the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Mines, Steel Development and Metallurgy, which was chaired by Senator Tanko Al-Makura, the passage was introduced. In […]
Kashim Shettima’s election as the next vice president, according to Borno Governor Babagana Zulum, would help his administration’s workload as Borno recovers from insurgency. At a Sallah luncheon for stakeholders in Maiduguri on Friday, Mr. Zulum made the announcement in the presence of the vice-president-elect. According to the governor, Borno’s government and people now have […]
The motion ex-parte filed by the Labour Party candidate, Gbadegbo Patrick Rhodes-Vivour, for substituted service on the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was approved by the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. The Tribunal issued the directive after learning that Sanwo-Olu had been avoiding receiving the petition’s service from Rhodes-Vivour through his attorney, Olagbade Benson. Read […]
As non-Executive Chairman of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Senator Ifeanyi Ararume has been reinstated by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja. On the grounds that the President’s action was arbitrary, unlawful, and illegal, the court declared the businessman’s dismissal as unlawful and overturned his removal from office on […]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and members of the PDP’s state executive committee are not subject to suspension or expulsion by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) due to alleged anti-party activities, according to the Federal High Court in Abuja. In his ruling, Justice Inyang Ekwo stated that suspending or expelling Wike and other PDP […]