Dr. Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, a Zamfara North Senatorial hopeful for the All Progressives Congress (APC), has launched a pre-election petition in Gusau challenging his removal from the party’s primary poll. The APC, the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, and Senator Sahabi Ya’u Kaura are the first to third defendants in the complaint before Justice … Read more
Scores of All Progressives Congress (APC) members protested at the party’s Lagos State Secretariat in Ikeja on Tuesday, demanding that primary election results in many constituencies be cancelled due to alleged irregularities. The demonstrators, who came from various constituencies such as Amuwo-Odofin Federal Constituency, Amuwo-Odofin Constituency II, Ajeromi-Ifelodun Federal Constituency, Oshodi-Isolo Constituency I, and Somolu … Read more
Kenneth Okonkwo, a veteran Nollywood actor and politician, has responded to news that the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi, is seeking N5 billion in damages for alleged defamatory remarks. Okonkwo criticised the purported legal action in a statement posted on X on Wednesday, implying that Obi was looking for … Read more
The Nigeria Democratic Congress, or NDC, has accepted the nominations of Agada Abuh Theophilus as Director of New Media and Strategic Communications and Brian Dennis as Deputy Director of New Media and Strategic Communications. The appointments were announced in a statement released by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director. “The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) … Read more
Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, a community leader in Warri South-West local government, has advocated for a peaceful resolution to the Supreme Court’s order to delineate the Warri Federal Constituency. His call comes after protesting Ijaw women shut down 13 flow stations in Gbaramatu Kingdom on June 8. Ekpemupolo made the request in a statement to Warri-based … Read more
Former Aston Villa striker Alan McInally has urged Celtic manager Martin O’Neill to keep Kelechi Iheanacho beyond the club’s approaching summer transfer window. As the summer transfer window approaches, Iheanacho’s future at Celtic remains unknown. The Nigerian striker moved to the Scottish champions from Sevilla on a free transfer last summer. The former Manchester City … Read more
The Taraba state government has denied accusations that forest guards are missing from rural areas around the state, claiming that all staff recruited through the scheme have been adequately deployed. Colonel Joshua Garbiya Kwelle (rtd), Special Adviser to Governor Agbu Kefas on Security and Intelligence Matters, denied the claims on Tuesday in Jalingo. He said … Read more
Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, a community leader in Warri South-West local government, has advocated for a peaceful resolution to the Supreme Court’s order to delineate the Warri Federal Constituency. His call comes after protesting Ijaw women shut down 13 flow stations in Gbaramatu Kingdom on June 8. Ekpemupolo made the request in a statement to Warri-based … Read more
Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and former governor of Anambra State, has questioned the Federal Government’s borrowing pattern, claiming that President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s sharp increase in national revenue has not translated into better living conditions for Nigerians. The remarks were made in a message released on Obi’s official … Read more
Adewole Adebayo, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has once again attacked President Bola Tinubu’s administration for the country’s economic woes. In a tweet on his verified X Twitter on Tuesday, Adebayo stated that poverty is not Nigeria’s destiny, citing governmental failures and poor leadership. Adebayo claimed that Nigeria might reverse its … Read more