•Alex Otti Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has nominated transition council chairmen and their deputies for the 17 local government areas of the state. This is contained in a statement today by the Abia State Commissioner Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Uzor Nwachukwu. Below is a list of the nominees and their […]...
•Matawalle and Lawal Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, says sponsoring people to “lie and say despicable things” about him won’t get him removed as a minister. Matawalle, the immediate former governor of the Zamfara State, said this while reacting to corruption allegations leveled against him by the state government, reports Dail...
•Senator Neda Imasuen A Labour Party lawmaker in the Senate, Senator Neda Imasuen, has said it is unfair for Nigerians to criticise Labour Party lawmakers for not rejecting the plan by the National Assembly to buy Sport Utility Vehicles allegedly worth N160m for each lawmaker. Imasuen, who is Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges an...
In the past few weeks, the sacking of lawmakers by the Court of Appeal from their respective seats has set many tongues wagging. In separate judgments by the Appeal Court, each of the federal lawmakers got sacked for different reasons, reports The Nation. Elisha Abbo (Adamawa North) was the first to be sacked followed by […]
With a few days to the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi, it is almost certain that insecurity and near loss of confidence in the electoral process may force about 70 per cent of eligible voters out of the election, especially in Imo State. From antecedents at the last elections, about 20 per […]
•Timipre Sylva Ahead of the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has added the name of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, to the final list of candidates for the poll. INEC, in the new list published on its website, said the addition [&h...
•Orji Kalu The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has reaffirmed the victory of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), representing the Abia-North senatorial district. In a unanimous ruling today Monday, November 6, the Appeal Court upheld the judgment of the National Assembly Petitions Tribunal, Umuahia which earlier dis...
•A protest by LP Members of the Abia State chapter of the Labour Party took to the streets of Umuahia, the Abia State capital, today to protest the sacking of Senate minority whip Darlington Nwokocha by the Appeal Court on Saturday. A panel of the Appeal Court sitting in Lagos had declared the candidate of […]
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso of the All Progressives Congress and reinstated Yusuf Umar Datti of the New Nigeria People’s Party in the Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency Election. The three-panel led by Justice Tunde Oyebamiji Awotoye allowed an Appeal by Yusuf Datti and averred that the tribunal was ...
•Atiku JOY ANIGBOGU reporting A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed optimism that the main opposition party will be re-launched now that the legal battle regarding the February 25 presidential election is rested with the Supreme Court judgment and the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is o...

