The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar has called the attention of Nigerians to what he terms the “game plan of upturning the democratic wishes of the people of Adamawa State” in the governorship election in the State. Atiku, in a...
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has been declared the winner of the Sokoto South senatorial district election. Tambuwal, a two term governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) emerged winner with a total number of 100,860 votes. With a vote margin of 4,976, he defeated his closest rival...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, has said that the governor-elect of the State, Abba Kabir Yusuf​​​, of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) scored only 178,374 votes in the just-concluded governorship election in the state and shouldn’t have been declared the winner. The Independent National Electoral Commission...
Ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Kogi State, the deputy governor, Edward Onoja, and the Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello, Pharm. Mohammed Abdulkareem Asuku, have withdrawn from the race. The ruling APC had fixed its governorship primary election for Friday, April 14, 2023. The...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has made a case for capacity building for members of the incoming 10th National Assembly for efficient and effective service delivery. Lawan said there should be provisions for capacity building especially for the new members of the 10th Assembly to achieve the set...
Hushpuppi’s Ally, Woodberry, Pleads Guilty To Internet Fraud, Forfeits $8m, Others Serial Internet fraudster and Hushpuppi’s associate, Olalekan Jacob Ponle, known as Woodberry, has pleaded guilty to internet fraud. Woodberry had pleaded not guilty at first to the eight-count fraud charge brought against him for engaging in a scheme known as...
The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has challenged the competence of a petition the Labour Party, LP, and its candidate, Peter Obi, filed to nullify his election. Tinubu, in a preliminary objection he filed alongside his Vice-President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, maintained that Obi was bereft of the locus standing to file a...
Labour Party (LP) said its presidential candidate Peter Obi is being impersonated in London which forms the basis of his detention. According to the Labour Party, Obi, just back from London, United Kingdom where he celebrated Easter, confirmed that he was harassed by London immigration officials and placed for detention...
The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has filed a petition before a Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal challenging the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for declaring Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) winner of the March 18 election. The petitioner in a...
The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating alleged crude oil sales revenue loss has summoned the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami to appear before as part of it’s ongoing investigation. Chairman...