Category: Politics

20 Cross River State lawmakers we’re yesterday sacked by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In his ruling, Justice Taiwo held that there was no justification for the defection of the lawmakers. The defected lawmakers include two House of Representatives members and 18 members of state House of Assembly. Justice Taiwo specifically said the lawmakers needed to vacate their seats, since they had abandoned the party, which brought them to power. The judgment…

A bill by President Muhammadu Buhari, seeking the amendment of Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act has been rejected by the Senate on Wednesday. Section 84 (12) prevents political office holders from contesting for election from the party primary level without resigning. The bill had scaled the first reading on Tuesday, despite a court order barring the Senate from acting on it. The request was rejected after Senator Yahaya Abdullahi made the lead debate for the second reading of the bill on Wednesday. The Senators kicked against it and…

Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, on Monday, accused those he once trusted politically of betrayal. The former governor of Osun State from 2010 to 2018 declared that enough is enough for the politics of godfatherism and enthronement by treacherous leaders who equated themselves to the status of a god. The 64-year-old minister said he trusted All Progressives Congress National Leader, Bola Tinubu, but the ex-governor of Lagos State repaid him with betrayal. Aregbesola accused Tinubu; a former APC interim chairman and ex-governor of Osun State, Bisi Akande, of foisting the…

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has hinted at running for the presidency in 2023. Saraki make the revelation while reacting to a follower, who urged him to rescue Nigeria. In a post on his official Facebook, he had urged Nigerians to work with him as he pushes for the presidency. The post reads: “Earlier, I replied to a follower of mine on Twitter, who like thousands of you, has been clamouring for a united front to #RescueNigeria. “As we prepare for the journey ahead, I hope we can all join…

Former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar says, contrary to the belief that late Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, winner of the June 12 1993 Presidential election in Nigeria was killed, he said the politician took ill and died. Gen Abdulsalami spoke in an interview with Trust TV, at the weekend, debunking the story that Abiola took tea that was allegedly poisoned, before he passed on. He said “Well, I smile because there were lots of allegations here and there that we killed Abiola. As always when I am talking about…

Dave Umahi, the Governor of Ebonyi State, has declared his intention to run for the office of the President in 2023. Umahi disclosed this on Tuesday after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governor’s visit to the Villa comes barely 24 hours after the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, met Buhari to notify him of his presidential ambition. Emerging from the President’s office on Tuesday, Umahi confirmed that he discussed the issue with Buhari, who asked him to go…

Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, says he has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his decision to run for the office of President in 2023. Tinubu revealed this on Monday after a private meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. However, the APC leader said he had yet to publicly disclose his ambition as he was still in consultations with various interest groups across the country. Tinubu’s meeting with the President came days after he (Buhari) declared in a televised interview that he would not…

Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr. Bamidele Oleyelogun was yesterday arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, over alleged financial impropriety. Oleyelogun is being arraigned alongside the Clerk of the house, Bode Adeyelu; the lawmaker representing Akoko South West I in the House, Felemu Bankole and two other staff. Their trial was however stalled following the absence of the lawyer to the EFCC, Didanj Fredrick Frederick, however, said the anti-graft commission did not get the hearing notice until late in the evening…