Abia APC Women Hold Demonstration In Support Of Onyejeocha, Accuse LP Of Attacks
All Progressives Congress (APC) women in Abia State under the aegis of Asiwaju Super Women (ASW), have protested in Umuahia over the recent demonstration by some women purported to be members of APC, against the victory of the Minister of State for Labour, Hon Nkiruka Onyejeocha at the Tribunal. The demonstrating women were said to have attacked and accused Onyejeocha...
You’re Double Faced, Blind To Truth – LP Blasts Wole Soyinka Over Attack On Peter Obi
The Labour Party (LP) has chided Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, over his recent comment against the party’s presidential candidate in the last election, Peter Obi. ABN TV recalls that the literary giant had in an interview wondered why Peter Obi claimed to have won the February 25 election. According to Soyinka, Obi “did not win that election. I was in...
Tinubu Holds Talks With Gov. Fubara, Rivers Stakeholders
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara and other stakeholders from the oil-rich state. The meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital was also attended by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, who is also the immediate past governor of Rivers State. Leading stakeholders to see the President, Governor Fubara made a case...
Delta: Appeal Court sacks Elumelu, Declares Labour Party’s Okolie Winner
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the July 24 judgment by the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal in Asaba, declaring Ndudi Elumelu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the last election for Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency of Delta State. In two judgments on Thursday, the appellate court declared Ngozi Okolie of the Labour Party...
LP Is Aware Peter Obi Lost Presidential Election — Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, yesterday, alleged that the leadership of the Labour Party, LP, knew that its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, lost the February 25 election. Soyinka accused the leadership of LP of trying to force “a lie” on Nigerians, especially youths, that Obi won the election. The Nobel laureate spoke at an event titled “The Lives of Wole Soyinka...
Sen. Ireti Kingibe Says 90 Percent Of Senators Distracted By Court Cases As She Pledges To Work With Wike
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Ireti Kingibe, on Wednesday, raised concern over the ongoing election petitions cases at the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal which, she said, were distracting lawmakers from effectively performing their duties. According to her, for the past eight weeks that the National Assembly has been inaugurated, 90 per cent of the senators have been...
Abia North Residents Jubilate As Tribunal Upholds Orji Kalu’s Victory
Residents of some Abia North communities on Monday went wild in jubilation as the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia upheld the victory of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as the lawmaker representing Abia North Senatorial District in the National Assembly. In Igbere, Bende Local Government Area, residents danced round major streets, around Ibina, Umuisi and Okafia singing and...
I Won’t Jail My Critics – Governor Otti
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti has said the days of victimizing Abians who aired their opinions about the affairs of the State are over. He recalled that Abians who aired their opinions about some deplorable conditions of the State in the past were allegedly thrown into dungeons where they spent many weeks or months just for speaking their minds. Otti,...
Senator Ireti Kingibe Defeats Aduda At Election Petition Tribunal
Abuja, Nigeria - September 12, 2023 - Labour Party Senator Ireti Heebah Kingibe has won her election petition against Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Philip Aduda. The Court in Abuja today upheld Kingibe's victory in the February 2023, FCT senatorial election. The court dismissed Aduda's petition, which alleged that there were irregularities in the election. The judges ruled that the...
Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa Appoints Son, Nephew As Ministers
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, on Monday, appointed his son, David Kudakwashe Mnangagwa, as the deputy finance minister in a new cabinet following his re-election. He also named his nephew, Tongai Mafidhi Mnangagwa, as the deputy minister of tourism and hospitality. The appointments of Mnangagwa’s family members have been greeted with criticism as they raised concerns about nepotism within the government. Africa News...
