Category: Politics

A committee has been set up by the Lagos State House of Assembly, to investigate the purchase of 820 buses by the administration of former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. The lawmakers said the governor did not get the approval to buy 820 of the 5,000 buses he proposed for mass transit in the state. In a motion titled, ‘Lagos State House of Assembly Motion Number 2,’ the lawmaker representing Eti Osa Constituency 2, Gbolahan Yishawu, said the executive proposed to spend N17bn to purchase the buses in the 2017 budget, but…

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The National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lokoja has nullified election of Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, on Friday. Melaye has described the ruling of the tribunal nullifying his victory in the March 22 election and ordering a fresh election as a total miscarriage of justice. In a statement, he said his legal team was already studying the judgement, adding that he would appeal it. He said he was confident that the Appeal Court would upturn the judgement of the lower tribunal. According to him,…

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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday allegedly raided the residence of former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. News had earlier filtered in that the EFCC was searching the Epe home of the former governor, with many online news platforms claiming the acting public relations officer of the commission, Tony Orilade, confirmed the development. But hours later, Orilade issued a statement saying: “The EFCC has since early hours of today been inundated with calls that operatives of the commission raided the residence of the former governor of…

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The appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, seeking access to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s sever, has been dismissed by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The Dattijo Muhammad-led five-man panel, in a unanimous judgment, dismissed the appeal, saying there was no basis to interfere with the earlier decision of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal rejecting the appellants’ request to access the said server. Justice Centus Nweze, who read the lead judgment of the apex court, said the appellants failed to establish that the tribunal…

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Sen. Ike Enweremadu, the immediate past Deputy President of the Senate, has confirmed a physical assault on him by some members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, in Nuremberg, Germany, on Saturday. Enweremadu confirmed the attack in a statement released by his Media Assistant, Uche Anichukwu in Abuja. Reports has it that a 64-second video about the attack had gone viral on the social media earlier on Saturday. In the video, Ekweremadu was seen being violently questioned over his alleged conspiracy with the Federal Government to proscribe the…

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Former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been accused of double standard by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) yesterday, over the unity of the country. The group was reacting to a news report of Monday, August 11, 2019, captioned ‘‘Let’s work for growth, not separation,’’ purportedly attributed to Tinubu. “We find it ridiculous that he still thinks he can get away with this latest rap on national growth after having stood against it for quite long,” the…

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One of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Ministerial nominee, Emeka Nwajiuba, has been sacked by the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday and Chike Okafor was declared in his place as the winner of the House of Representatives seat for Ehime Mbano /Obowo/Ihitte Uboma Federal Constituency of Imo State. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had declared Honourable Okafor of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner and issued him with Certificate of Return, for Ehime Mbano/Obowo/Ihitte Uboma Federal Constituency but the Federal Capital Territory High Court nullified the result of the…

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Rochas Okorocha, senator representing Imo West constituency, has requested an apology from the governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha, the states PDP and the members of the Committee on Recovery of Government Property, for slapping his daughter. Disclosing this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, the former governor Okorocha averred that since the incident happened on Friday, neither the governor nor the government he heads or even the head of the Committee, has deemed it necessary to apologize to the woman. The statement reads thus:…

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President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to explain to Nigerians how $1 billion allegedly disappeared from the Excess Crude Account (ECA). In a statement yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party drew the attention of Nigerians to “the shocking confession by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Babagana Mongunu (rtd), that he was not aware of the whereabouts or disbursement of the $1billion drawn from the ECA by the Buhari presidency in 2017 for security purposes.” According to the party, “the…

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National leader of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, paid condolence visit to Pa Rueben Fasoranti over the killing of Mrs Funke Olakunri, the daughter of the elder statesman. Tinubu warned against stigmatizing herdsmen in the country. He advised against using the incident to divide the country. Recall that the family of the Yoruba leader and the Pan Yoruba Socio- Political group, Afenifere have insisted that the 58 year old mother of two was shot dead by Fulani herdsmen who had attempted to kidnap her and other three…

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