•INEC Chairman, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the N40 billion earmarked for it in the 2025 budget. Chairman of the Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, rejected the estimate during budget defence before a joint committee session on INEC and Electoral Matters, at the National A...
•IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu and his lawyers in court Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu who is currently being detained has opposed the request by the federal government for the resumption of his trial. Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, revealed in a post on X yesterday. According to him, his client Kanu […]
•Donald Trump The Bahamas yesterday said it had rejected a proposal from the incoming Trump administration to take in deported migrants, as the next US president seeks to follow up on pledges to slash immigration. Donald Trump’s team has drawn up a list of countries to which it wants to deport migrants when their home […]
•Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo The local government election conducted in Ogun State yesterday was marred by malpractice, delays, and voter disenfranchisement, according to Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, a Southwest Chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). Ajadi described the election as a sham, emphasising that results announced...
The Nasarawa State chapter of the Labour Party has rejected the results of the 2nd November Local Government chairmanship and councilorship elections in the state, which saw the ruling All Progressives Congress winning in all 13 Local Government Areas. The state LP chairman, Alexander Ombugu, expressed his discontent today during a State Execu...
•Umar Damagum currently addressing the Press in Abuja The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the results of the Edo State Governorship election as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Acting National Chairman of the party Amb. Umar Damagum announced this at an ongoing media briefing in Abuja, today. He i...
•Ighodalo, Obi and Akpata A Political group, under the aegis of Obidients United For Equity, Justice, and Fairness has accused Mr Peter Obi for unilaterally adopting Olumide Akpata as standard bearer of Labour Party thereby jettison the principles of internal democracy. In a press release made available to our correspondent in Lokoja, the grou...
•Julius Abure The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refused to recognise Julius Abure as the National Chairman of Labour Party, despite retaining his name on its website, on the list of political party chairmen. This new revelation is contained in a counter-affidavit filed in the Federal High Court Abuja, in response to Labo...
Labour yesterday rejected the reasons given by the police for its action at the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which the union described as an invasion. On Friday, the police said its men raided an office within the NLC headquarters building but not the NLC offices, reports The Nation. “Detectives, armed with the […]...
Northern Youth Assembly (Majalisar Matasan Arewa) on Wednesday kicked against calls for the relocation of NCC IT park from Kano to Kebbi, sequel to attack on the facility by hoodlums during the nationwide protest. A statement by the Arewa Youth Assembly signed by Dr. Aliyu Mohammed, President, and Dr. Hafiz Garba, Secretary respectively, that ...

