Kwara State House of Assembly has declared the seat of Hon. Saheed Popoola vacant after he officially announced his defection from the All Progressive Congress (APC). In a letter addressed to the INEC and dated March 28, 2022, Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Yakubu Danladi...
The Edo State House of Assembly has issued an impeachment notice to the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, amidst escalating tensions with his superior, Governor Godwin Obaseki. The rift between Governor Obaseki and Deputy Governor Shaibu has been brewing for some time now, with accusations and counter-accusations flying between the two...
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said his pact with the people of the state is to defend their interests and end godfatherism, which threatens to deprive them their democratic rights. Obaseki said he became governor with a mission to further the fight against godfatherism started by his...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, says he isn’t done running for president despite the fact that he has contested and lost six times. Speaking in an an interview on the Hausa service of the Voice of America in Abuja, he vowed to continue to...
Governor UDOM Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has been presented with the Presidential Nomination forms of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP by the Human Rights Radio, producers of the popular national radio/TV programme, Brekete Family Show. The brief presentation took place at the Government House, Uyo when the delegation from...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has appealed the judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja which reversed the commission’s disqualification of the Social Democratic Party candidate, Natasha Akpoti, in the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State. The Federal High Court presided by Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo-Giwa, had on November...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a decision of the Court of Appeal which dismissed a petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the election of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. Reiterating the point made by the appellate court on Wednesday, the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision...
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has landed in Asaba ahead of the Delta State governorship primaries of All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday. Senator Omo-Agege is a leading contender for the governorship of Delta State. The governorship primary which holds at Federal Technical College, Asaba will witness...
The PDP Kwara Central Senatorial Candidate, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi has rejected the result of the Kwara Central Senatorial election which held on Saturday 25th February 2023. Abdullahi, in a statement released by his media team on Monday, said the preliminary review of the results shows substantial irregularities and manipulations that...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the routine overseas medical checkup embarked by President Muhammadu Buhari is a direct indictment of his Presidency over its failure to fix our healthcare system, which has been wrecked by his administration. It is indeed worrisome that under President Buhari, even the hitherto highly...