Politics
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The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, October 17, requested an urgent closed-door meeting of the Senate during plenary after the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, left the chamber following a ruling that deemed him out of order. Ndume (APC Borno South ), raised a point of order on alleged […]
The National Working Committee of the New Nigeria People’s Party has announced the suspension of two of its members. The members are Boniface Aniebonam, a founding member of the party, and Agbo Major, its National Publicity Secretary. In a statement signed by the party’s acting National Chairman, Mallam Abba Kawu Alli, the party […]
The 12th National Executive Committee meeting of the All Progressives Congress is currently ongoing at the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. President Bola Tinubu who is the party’s leader, arrived at the venue around 12: 20 pm to signal the start of the meeting. Members of the committee started moving into the Hall […]
The Delta State National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Asaba, on Monday, sacked the lawmaker representing Aniocha/Oshimili Constituency in the House of Representatives, Ngozi Okolie. The tribunal nullified the election of Okolie, who contested on the platform of the Labour Party, and instead declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ndudi Elumelu, […]
The National Secretary of All Progressives Congress, Senator Iyiola Omisore has been officially replaced with the Deputy National Secretary of the party, Festus Fuanter. Fuanter, who hails from Plateau State, officially assumes his new position as the acting national secretary on Monday. The announcement was made by the new Acting National Chairman, Senator […]
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has announced the names of the leaders of the tenth Senate majority caucus. The Ekiti Central lawmaker, Opeyemi Bamidele, was named the Senate Majority Leader. The Senate President also announced Senator Dave Umahi ( Ebonyi South) as the Deputy Majority Leader; Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South) as Chief […]
Opposition parties including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP), have criticized the Presidency for rejecting the European Union’s (EU) final report on the February 25 presidential election. The EU Observer Mission had highlighted “enduring systemic weaknesses” in the election, which the PDP and LP claim were not credible. However, the […]
The Labour Party and its presidential candidate in the last election, Peter Obi, on Tuesday, tendered more exhibits as evidence against the declaration of Bola Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election. The Presidential Election Petition Court admitted the exhibits, which were mainly results sheets and reports used by the Independent National Electoral […]
As Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, also known as Democracy Day, on Monday, the Peoples Democratic Party has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission and the All Progressives Congress of undermining democracy and disrespecting the memory of the martyr of the […]
President, Bola Tinubu, on Friday, appointed the outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as his new Chief of Staff. He also appointed a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, Sen. Ibrahim Hadejia, as Deputy Chief of Staff and Former Minister of Special Duties, George Akume, as Secretary to the Government of […]
