Sen. Dayo Adeyeye, the National Coordinator of South West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA), has said that lovers of democracy in the country will oppose constitution of any interim government ahead of the May 29 presidential inauguration. The former senator and minister of state for works stated this in Abuja...
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ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE To say poor infrastructure is undermining the nation’s economic and social development quest will be an understatement. With infrastructure deficit estimated at $100 billion yearly, the World Bank said the level and quality of infrastructure in Nigeria is low despite the Federal Government’s claim of borrowing to...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu ‘Yar-Abba has called on the President-elect, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reopen all Nigerian land borders upon assumption of duty. ‘Yar-Abba made the call in his congratulatory messages to Tinubu and his running mate, Sen. Kashim...
A renowned Constitution Lawyer, Dr Olukayode Ajulo, has counselled lawyers in the country to be wary of politicising the issue of obtaining 25 per cent in FCT as a requirement to win the Presidential election. Ajulo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja against the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Feb. 25 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday denied validating its outcome. INEC returned Sen. Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election. Atiku in a statement on...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, Friday evening, dismissed an appeal by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking the disqualification of Sen. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate, All Progressives Congress (APC), and his vice, Kassim Shettima, in the Feb. 25 election. A three-member panel headed by Justice James Abundaga, in a...
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has granted permission to Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) to serve their petitions on Sen. Bola Tinubu though the All Progressives Congress (APC). A three-member panel sitting in Abuja on Friday,...
Mr Festus Keyamo, has petitioned the State Security Services (SSS), demanding the arrest and prosecution of Mr Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed for making incendiary comments on television. Keyamo Minister of State for Labour and Employment and also a spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of installing a third-party device to “manipulate” results of the February 25 poll in favour of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Bola Tinubu. Atiku lodged the allegation...
Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and his party have prayed the Election Tribunal to nullify the process that produced the president elect Sen. Bola Tinubu. Obi and his Party in a petition dated March 20 marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 alleged that Tinubu was not the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has called on security agencies to caution Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate, from making incendiary remarks over the outcome of Feb. 25 presidential election. Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity, APC PCC, made the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has refuted media reports alleging that it has withdrawn its petition at the Presidential Election Tribunal. Mr Debo Ologunagba, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja on Thursday, describing the reports as false and reprehensible fabrication. “The...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has said he withdrew a motion before the Appeal Court over a request to inspect electoral materials because the issue had been overtaken by events. In a statement, Abubakar, said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had already...
The Bola Tinubu 4 President 2023 Support Group on Wednesday received a 26-year-old man, Mr Gaddafi Musa, who rode a bicycle from Kastina to Lagos to celebrate President-elect Bola Tinubu’s victory. Mr Fola Tinubu, the Convener and Director-General of the group, led the members to receive Musa in Ikeja....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the resignation, arrest and investigation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu over alleged manipulation of the February 25 presidential election result. In a keen contest, PDP presidential candidate and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar...
Sen. Solomon Adeola, Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance and senator-elect for Ogun West senatorial district says the president-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu is fully in support of Gov. Dapo Abiodun’s re-election. Adeola’s declaration is contained in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Thursday by his media aide, Mr Kayode Odunaro....
Growing up, two proverbs stuck out for me, one by my father, and the other was a Pidgin English saying. One was: “If one person buries himself, one hand will stick out”. Young, impressionistic, and inquisitive, I asked for an explanation. My father explained it away both as an...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday granted INEC permission to reconfigure its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the Saturday Governorship and State Assemblies Elections. A three-member panel of the appellate court , led by Justice Joseph Ikyegh, granted leave to the applicant for the purposes of configuring the...
A lawmaker in Ondo State, Mr Sunday Olajide, has advised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his Labour Party counterpart, Mr Peter Obi, to accept their defeat in the Feb. 25 Presidential election. Olajide, representing Akure South Constituency 2 in the Ondo State...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has said that he prayed for Sen. Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to win the presidential election of February 25. Umahi said this on Tuesday in Abakaliki, while addressing stakeholders and people of Izzi clan ahead of the March 11 Governorship...