The President of the community court of Justice, ECOWAS, Edward Amoako Asante, has called for an upward review of the number of justices for the court, to enable it meet up its responsibilities. Giving an account of how the court had fared in the last 20 years, at a...
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The arraignment of a former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja, has been stalled. Oduah, now a Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial district in the Senate, was to be arraigned on a 25-count charge, along with 8 other defendants,...
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have agreed to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari, to discuss the way forward for the party’s upcoming national convention. The governors under the aegis of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) reached the agreement at the end of their meeting...
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held a closed door meeting on Sunday night in Abuja. Meeting under the aegis of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) were the host governor and chairman of the group, Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi, his counterparts from Kwara, Imo,...
Alhaji Lawal Usman, a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State, has said it is obvious that the party will takeover the state in 2023 going by recent developments. Alhaji Usman, popularly called ‘Mr LA’, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria on Sunday...
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia has charged the state government to focus its energy on infrastructure development and the payment of the arrears of salaries and pensions and stop hounding the opposition party. APGA gave the charge in a statement issued in Umuahia by its Chairman,...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has appealed to the factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to sheathe their swords and unite for the progress of the state. Governor Matawalle made the appeal in Maradun, Maradun Local Government Area (LGA) of the state while addressing his...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has asked Nigerians to wait till January 2022 for the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to declare whether he will be running for president in 2023 or not. Fashola said this during an interview on Channels Television’s...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Rebirth Group has appealed to Yobe’s Gov. Mai Mala Buni, to consider the yearnings of majority of the party’s members for a new leadership. Gov. Mai Mala Buni is Chairman of APC’s Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). The group made the appeal...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership has steadily showed that the party is the most organised, well-structured and fully motivated platform for bringing development to the country. Buhari said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja while felicitating Gov....
The Chief Whip of the Senate. Sen. Orji Kalu, on Friday in Abuja, said that northern groups were drumming support for him to vie for president in 2023 because they found him worthy to deliver good governance to the nation. Kalu, in an interview with the News Agency of...
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau, Mr Chris Hassan, has urged members of the party to forgive one another and unite to reclaim power in the state in 2023. Mr. Hassan, who made the call on Friday in Jos at the Plateau North stakeholders meeting...
Sen Danjuma Laah (PDP, Kaduna South), has said that the Senate endorsed direct primaries for the election of political parties’ flag bearers because it was the best way to promote participatory democracy. Laah, Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Character, spoke on Thursday in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, when he received...
A Federal High Court, Abuja fixed Dec. 10 for judgement in a suit filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) against Sen. Andy Ubah, the All Progressives Congress(APC)’s Candidate in the Nov. 6 Anambra governorship election. Justice Taiwo Taiwo fixed the date after taking arguments from counsel to the...
By YUSUFU IDEGU, Jos – The Chairman of the Tax Appeal Tribunal, North Central Zone, Barr Richard Bala has said the presence of the tax tribunal has minimize impunity in the relationship between tax payers and tax authority across the country. Bala made the remarks in his welcome address...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it had instituted a suit challenging Zamfara Uban Regional and Planning Board (ZUREP) for marking the party’s state secretariat in Gusau for demolition. Col. Bala Mande retired, the state Caretaker Chairman, stated this while addressing newsmen shortly after the party’s executive meeting at...
Chief Kenneth Gbagi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Gubernatorial aspirant for Delta 2023, has tasked the leadership of the party to ensure transparency in the governorship primaries. Gbagi, an industrialist, gave the advice on Wednesday while declaring his intention to run for the governorship position known to the State...
Former chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Chief Simon Okeke, has advised Anambra Governor–elect, Prof. Charles Soludo, to avoid greedy politicians if he wants to prove his governance ability and capability. Okeke gave the advice during a press briefing in his country home, Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Kaduna – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the North West Zonal Congress of the party, earlier scheduled to hold on Nov. 20. The party, in a statement issued by its National Organising Secretary, Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd.), on...
Chidinma Ojukwu, the first defendant in the case of murder of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, left the apartment, where the alleged murder occurred, a night before Ataga’s body was found. A security guard at the apartment said this on Wednesday while testifying before a Lagos high...