Election nullification, judicial gang-up against me – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike has described the nullification of his election by the Election Petition Tribunal as a gang up against him and the people of the state arguing that the the judiciary was setting a dangerous precedent in the country with the way it had gone about elections in Rivers state.
Don’t play politics in screening of ministerial nominees, Okpozo tells Saraki
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN CITY-SECOND Republic senator and elder statesman, Senator Francis Okpozo, has admonished the senate President Bukola Saraki not to play politics with the screening of the nominees, saying the interest of Nigerians must come above their personal interest. Okpozo who was reacting to fears that the frosty relationship between the senate President […]
Tribunal upholds David Mark’s election
The victory of former Senate President, David Mark, as the senator representing the Southern Benue Senatorial District, was on Tuesday, upheld by the national and state assembly petition tribunal sitting in Markudi, the Benue State capital.
SENATE LEADERSHIP CRISIS: Saraki visits Akume
Determined to retain his position as Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki has kick-started moves to reconcile the various tendencies in the Upper Chamber with a visit to former Benue State Governor, Senator George Akume, in Abuja, weekend.
APC to Nigerians: Wait for Tuesday’s official announcement of Buhari’s ministerial list
Nigerians were yesterday, advised by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) not to accept in its entirety the list being bandied around in the media, but be patient for the official announcement of the names of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees by the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, when it resumes for plenary, after its Independence Anniversary recess.
Another Senator withdraws vote of confidence on Saraki
Barely 24 hours after the Chairman, Senate Committee on Business and Rules, Senator Babajide Omowarare (APC-Osun East), backed out of the vote of confidence given to the leadership of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, by 83 Senators, another Senator, Sabo Mohammed Nakudu representing Jigawa South-West Senatorial District, has also purportedly withdrawn the said endorsement.
Bayelsa APC gov primary was no election, says c’ttee report
Members of Bayelsa State governorship primary election committee, of All Progressives Congress, APC, have declared in the official report to the National Secretariat of the party that what was done at the Samson Siasia Stadium on September 22, was not a primary election but “a ransom for our release from captivity.”
Bayelsa APC Primary: Alaibe alleges plot to sponsor protests against him
AHEAD of the rescheduled primary by All Progressives Congress, APC, to pick its flagbearer for the December 5, governorship election in Bayelsa State, the battle to clinch the ticket is assuming a dangerous dimension, as one of the contenders, Timi Alaibe, yesterday, raised alarm over alleged plots to smear his name.
Presidency lied, UN meeting on insurgency shunned by Buhari yielded $6.8m – PDP
National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday, lampooned President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that Nigeria’s snubbing of the meeting of countries affected by insurgency at the 70th United Nation’s General Assembly meeting was an insult to the country.
Saraki: The unfolding drama
YOU know that saying: ‘Be careful what you wish for, because you might get it?’ Well, current Senate President, Bukola Saraki is experiencing that feeling at the moment.
APC stalled Ekiti Airport project since 2009 – PDP
The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, blamed the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) over the delay in the execution of the airport project in the state, saying the APC was only ashamed that a PDP government led by Governor Ayodele Fayose was showing the political will to bring the project conceived by the Federal government since 2009 to reality.
