In several parts of the country, supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi trooped out in large numbers to demonstrate their solidary for his candidacy in next year’s election. In Lagos, Benin City, Asaba, Zaria and other cities, they turned the Independence Day celebration into a show of strength for their candidate. In Lagos, they …

Even as Senate President Ahmad Lawan accepted his fate in the Yobe North senatorial ticket controversy, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in his home state has vowed to appeal last Wednesday’s judgment affirming Alhaji Bashir Machina as the party’s candidate for the senatorial district. The Federal High Court in Damaturu declared Machina as the authentic APC candidate for the Yobe North …

Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Thursday for hearing in a suit seeking to nullify the elections of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) respectively. The former Minister of State for Education, Barrister Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, who resigned from the …

Nigeria might not have been 62 years old today as an independent nation if the likes of Adunni Oluwole had their way. Oluwole was a unitarist, human rights advocate and reputed anti-corruption activist. But she died in 1957, three years before the British colonialists allowed Nigeria to rule itself. She was 52. Petite and fragile, Oluwole was one of Nigeria’s …

Remain calm on the Federal High Court decision over Osun governorship primary, Famodun assures APC members* The Chairman of the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Gboyega Famodun has enjoined all the members of the party and supporters to put their minds at rest over the Federal High Court, Abuja, decision which yesterday nullified the nomination …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday evening nullified the nomination of Osun State Governor Mr Gboyega Oyetola and his running mate, Mr Benedict Alabi as candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 16th July governorship election in the state. The court premised its judgment  on the ground that Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, who …

Former Governor of Imo State, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha has apologised to the Igbo over his comments at the 2022 New Yam festival ceremony of the Mbaise people living in Ghana. In a viral video that generated millions of comments, Ihedioha allegedly described supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, as saboteurs. But while featuring on …

As the presidential campaigns officially kicked off, the Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has called on the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, to step down. Senator Omo-Agege, who is also the APC Delta State governorship candidate, hinged his call on equity, insisting that by contesting the polls …

The leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is again at the back foot defending an allegation of corruption within its leadership as some members of its National Working Committee (NWC) returned “strange” fund recently paid into their bank accounts. The party has been battling for months with opposition from within by a group loyal to Rivers State Governor …

The Supreme Court has affirmed that Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke is the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 16th July election. The five-member panel of the court dismissed the appeal filed by former governorship aspirant, Prince Dotun Babayemi challenging Adeleke’s emergence as the PDP governorship candidate. Babayemi had also lost at the lower courts. …