CTC Has Proved That Gov Yusuf Was Rightfully Elected – Kano Attorney General
Kano state Attorney general and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Isa-Dederi, says the certified copy of Appeal court Judgement on Kano state Governorship election has affirmed the victory of Abba Kabir Yusuf as duly elected Governor of Kano state. Isa-Dederi made the disclosure while addressing a news conference. He said in the fresh revelation as indicated in the written judgement, the Court...
Akpoti-Uduaghan, Others Emerge Senate Committee Chairmen
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has named Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Local Content. This is just as he announced the chairmanship of other committees of the Seante. Other committees and their chairs, as announced by Akpabio, include Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim (APC-Ondo) and the Senate Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs. “Sen. Patrick Ndubueze (APC-Imo) Chairman Senate Committee on...
Three Judges Should Not Upturn Decision Of Millions Of Voters — Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described as “cathedral judgements” verdicts of the Nigerian judges on electoral disputes, saying three to five judges should not overturn decisions made by millions of voters during elections. Obasanjo described the powers vested in the hands of a few judges as totally unacceptable. The former President seemed to be speaking in relation to recent decisions of...
VIDEO: I’ll Be Among Those To Welcome Nnamdi Kanu December 15 — Hon. Aguocha
Member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency of Abia State, Hon. Obi Aguocha has expressed optimism that the embattle leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will be released come December 15 when the Supreme Court is expected to rule on his alleged terrorism charges by against him by the federal government. Nnamdi Kanu has been in detention...
Plateau Assembly Speaker, Moses Sule Resigns Amid Political Crisis
In a sudden twist of events, the speaker of Plateau House of Assembly, Rt Hon Moses Sule, on Tuesday, November 21, officially resigned from his position amid the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Sule represents the Mikang state constituency at the state House of Assembly. Following Sule’s resignation, Hon Dewan K. Gabriel, a member representing Pankshin...
FULL LIST: State Governors Sacked By Appeal Court And Reasons
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Sunday, November 19, voided the election of Caleb Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the governor of Plateau State. In the judgment, a three-member panel of the court, led by Justice Elphreda Williams-Dawodu, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the certificate of return issued to Mutfwang and issue...
“I Will Win Rerun Hundred Times In Zamfara” – Gov Lawal
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has expressed confidence that he was not afraid of the governorship rerun election, saying that he was going into the contest with full confidence. The Governor stated this while addressing his teeming supporters at the State’s PDP secretariat in Gusau, the State capital as he returned from his foreign trip. “I am very optimistic that even...
Benue PDP Heads To Supreme Court, Vows To Reclaim Mandate.
Benue State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has vowed to use all legal options to recover the governorship of the state which it believes rightly belongs to the party. The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Monday dismissed the appeal by the governorship candidate of PDP, Engr Titus Uba, and upheld the ruling of the tribunal that affirmed the election of...
Democracy Not Working In Africa Because It Was Forced — Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, said democracy has not been working as a system of government in Africa because it was “forced” on the continent. Obasanjo stated this in his address at a high-level consultation on “Rethinking Western Liberal Democracy for Africa”. The former president said the Western style of democracy failed in Africa because it...
Appeal Court Affirms Benue Governor, Alia’s Election
The Court of Appeal, in Abuja, has affirmed the election of Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State. It dismissed the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate in the last governorship election, Titus Uba. PDP and Uba had challenged the September 23 judgment of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which dismissed their petition against the return of Alia. Alia...
