Arochukwu/Ohafia Fed. Constituency: I’ll Recover My Mandate, LP’s Ibe Okwara Vows After Tribunal Ruling That Sacked Him
Member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency Abia state, Ibe Okwara Osonwa has reacted to the judgement of National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal which voided his election, saying he would recover his mandate. In a statement shortly after the judgement of the tribunal on Monday led by Hon. Justice Adeyinka A. Aderibgbe, he faulted the tribunal for disqualifying him as the candidate...
Court Dismisses Abure’s Objection Challenging Suspension As LP Chair
A federal capital territory (FCT) high court denied Julius Abure's challenge to his dismissal as chairman of the Labour Party (LP). On April 5, the presiding judge, Hamza Muazu, barred Abure and three others — Farouk Ibrahim, Clement Ojukwu, and Oluchi Opara — from working as national officers of the LP. The plaintiffs in CV/2930/2023 notified the court that the defendants...
APC’s NWC Upholds Obaseki’s Disqualification (VIDEO)
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has confirmed the disqualification of Governor Godwin Obaseki to contest the party’s primaries for the Edo state governorship elections. Making the announcement late Saturday in Abuja, APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole said Obaseki, in addition to presenting faulty certificates, had abused his powers as Governor of Edo State. The APC...
I’ll Retire Atiku, Buy Him Goats To Rear, VP Shettima Says After PEPC Judgement
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that he will retire the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections Atiku Abubakar to his hometown and buy livestock for him to rear. Shettima said this during a chat with reporters moments after the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu at the Court...
2023: On Southern Presidency We Stand In Interest Of Equity, Akeredolu Insists
The Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has denied supporting any presidential candidate under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying his focus is to see a Southerner become the president in the 2023 presidential election...
Current Challenges Can’t Stop Tinubu’s Victory — Wife
Wife of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has said her husband, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, would win next Saturday’s polls despite the current challenge of naira scarcity in the land. She spoke Friday in Abuja during a pre-election strategy meeting with zonal, states and local government women leaders of the APC. She said, “They said...
Tinubu Will Be Third African President To Be Sacked By Court – Atiku’s Camp
Following allegations of ballot rigging in the recently concluded presidential elections, the campaign council for Atiku Abubakar stated that Nigeria would become the next African country to annul a presidential election that resulted in the election of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Tinubu, as president-elect. Note that despite complaints from opposition political parties, the Independent National Electoral...
Lagos Plotting Colonisation Of Northern Nigeria — Kwankwaso
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 election and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has alleged plans from Lagos to colonise the northern region. Kwankwaso, who made the allegation while delivering a speech during the convocation ceremony of Skyline University, Kano, also claimed that Lagos has been on the way...
JUST IN: Supreme Court Affirms Ifeanyi Uba’s Election
The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed the election of Sen. Ifeanyi Uba of Young Progressives Party (YPP) as duly elected to represent Anambra South Senatorial District at the National Assembly. The apex court in a unanimous decision dismissed the appeals brought by Chief Chris Uba and Dr. Obinna Uzor, challenging the election of Ifeanyi Ubah. Justice Sylvester Ngwuta who led four...
We Are Prepared For Rerun In Enugu State On Feb. 3 – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is prepared to conduct the rerun elections some parts of Enugu State on February 3 as ordered by Appeal Court. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Dr Chukwuemeka Chukwu, disclosed this on Thursday during a stakeholders’ meeting in Enugu, organised ahead of the polls. The News Agency of Nigeria of Nigeria (NAN) recalls...
