Category: Politics

Elections at the federal parliament on Tuesday in Abuja has seen anointed candidates of the All Progressives Congress emerging as the National Assembly leaders. All the candidates, who received the backing of President Bola Tinubu and the APC, defeated aspirants, who contested the positions contrary to the zoning arrangement of the party. Senator Godswill Akpabio emerged as the President of the Senate, while Senator Jibrin Barau won the position of the Deputy President of the upper legislative chambers. At the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas won the election for the…

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The 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu, has been charged to court by the Federal Government, for allegedly buying votes during the 18 March elections in the state. In a suit brought by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice before an Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta, nine other persons associated with the PDP were also charged. In a separate suit it filed at the Federal High Court in Abeokuta, the government also charged…

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Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been administered oaths of office and allegiance by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola. Tinubu took the oaths at about 10.37am on Monday morning at the Eagles Square venue of the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony, thereby becoming Nigeria’s 16th President. Share on: WhatsApp

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The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit seeking disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A five-member panel of the Supreme Court held that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standi to institute the suit. The PDP had claimed that Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s running mate was in breach of the provisions of sections 29(1), 33, 35, and 84(1)(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022. PDP argued that Shettima’s nomination to contest the position of vice-president and Borno…

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Former governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, has accepted defeat after Tuesday’s ruling by the Supreme Court that upheld the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governor of the state. In a statement signed by the ex-governor, he noted that although the judgment by the Supreme Court did not favour either him, his supporters or party members, he accepts the verdict in the interest of the people of the state.  Oyetola further appealed to members of his political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), his supporters and those who…

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      Barely 24-hours after Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says Sen. Dino Melaye does not have what it takes to be governor of Kogi State, the Senator has replied Wike. Recall that Wike spoke on Tuesday at a media chat in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers. Dino Melaye, a former senator, is among the contenders screened by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the primary election. Wike said if Melaye wins the party’s ticket, he can’t defeat other candidates in the race to secure victory in…

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Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has been temporarily relieved of his position by a Benue High Court on Monday. The court ordered Ayu to stop parading himself as national chairman of the PDP pending determination of the suit before it. The National Working Committee, NWC of the PDP, acting on the order, yesterday, confirmed its Deputy National Chairman (North), Amb. Umar Illiya Damagum, as acting national chairman after Ayu, stepped aside in deference to the court order. The PDP NWC took the…

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