2027: ‘Tinubu not tired’ – Yilwatda fires back at Obi’s resignation call
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has dismissed Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi's suggestion that President Bola Tinubu is "tired" and should step aside ahead of the 2027 elections.
‘Sins‘ of sacked ministers
It is no longer news that President Bola Tinubu has sacked six ministers in a major cabinet reshuffle. The reasons he rejigged his team for the third time, technically, since he was sworn in on May 29, 2023, are raising dust in the polity.
Kano imposes movement restrictions ahead of LG polls
Kano State Government on Friday announced a movement restriction across the state ahead of Saturday’s Local Government elections. The restriction, effective from midnight to 6 p.m. on election day aims to ensure a peaceful and orderly conduct of the polls. The state Commissioner for Information, Baba Dantiye, said in a statement that the precautionary were […]
Again, court sacks all NNPP candidates in Kano LG Polls
By Bashir Bello KANO — A Federal High Court sitting in Kano and presided over by Justice Simon Amobeda, has again sacked all the 44 Local Government chairmanship and councillorship candidates of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) submitted to the state independent electoral commission for the Saturday election. Justice Amobeda gave the order following […]
Falana writes FHC CJ, demands reassignment of Rivers Assembly case to P-Harcourt
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has requested the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, to reassign the case filed by Martin Amaewhule’s faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly against the Rivers State government and others, to the Port Harcourt Division of the court.
Court reserves judgment in pro-Wike lawmakers’ suit seeking to stop Rivers funds
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday reserved judgment in a suit filed by Rivers House of Assembly led by Mr Martin Amaewhule, seeking to stop all allocations to the state. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik adjourned the judgment to a date that would be communicated to parties after the lawyers to the plaintiffs and the […]
Greatest honour to Prof Nwosu is to ensure credible, transparent polls – Tinubu
—- Mourns ex-NEC boss By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja President Bola Tinubu has said that the best way to honour the late defunct Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, NEC, Professor Humphrey Nwosu is to ensure that elections in the country are credible, transparent and democratic. This was contained in the President’s tribute to Prof. Nwosu […]
Ex-NEC Chairman, Professor Humphrey Nwosu who conducted June 12 election dies in U.S. hospital
He died in a hospital in the United States, according to a reliable source, who confirmed the news to Vanguard
Ondo 2024: INEC fixes mock accreditation for November 6
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Nov. 6 for the conduct of mock accreditation in Ondo State.
Cabinet reshuffle: Scrapping superfluous ministries commendable — Okupe
A former presidential spokesman Dr Doyin Okupe has commended President Bola Tinubu’s decision to scrap ‘superfluous ministries’ in his cabinet reshuffle. Okupe, former Director-General of Mr Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation,gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. He said: “President Tinubu has done the needful […]
Obasanjo, Danjuma decry dwindling quality of leadership in Nigeria
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-Chief of Army Staff, Gen. T. Y. Danjuma (retd), have decried the dwindling quality and standard of leadership in Nigeria.
