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Tinubu’s Spokesman, Rahman Bags MBA In Foreign Varsity

2 years ago813 min

Tunde Rahman, the media aide to All Progressives Congress (APC) President-elect Bola Tinubu, has earned an MBA from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. His first master’s degree was in communications from Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo. Mr Rahman stated earlier this week on Facebook that it took him three years to complete because he had to balance studies and work. “After 3 years of painstaking efforts–glancing through materials on Leicester Blackboard in...

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INEC to publish names of candidates for governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi

2 years ago1093 min

The Independent National Electoral Commission announced that the list and personal information of candidates for the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi State will be released on Friday. This was said in a statement released on Thursday and signed by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman of INEC’s Information and Voter Education Committee. The statement claims that 17 political parties nominated candidates for Bayelsa and Imo States and all 18 political parties done...

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Breaking: Court adjourns Peter Obi’s petition against Bola Tinubu with reason

2 years ago771 min

The presidential election petition court has adjourned hearings on Peter Obi and the Labour Party’s appeal challenging Bola Tinubu as the victor of the February 25 presidential election. The lawsuit was postponed by the tribunal to next week’s Wednesday, May 19, according to the news. It was claimed that petitioners had asked for an adjournment before the judge made a decision.

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Breaking: 10th NASS: Idris Wase, A Few Others Storm APC National Secretariat

2 years ago5862 min

Idris Wase, the deputy speaker of the 9th House of Representatives, and a few other candidates for the speakership of the 10th Assembly’s House of Representatives broke into the APC’s national secretariat on Wednesday in the afternoon. Wase’s visit to the secretariat coincides with the debate surrounding the 10th National Assembly’s zoning template for leadership positions. The ruling party’s National Working Committee (NWC) released a zoning template on Monday, according to a previous report from...

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House of Reps postpone its plenary to May 16

2 years ago6511 min

The House of Representatives has decided to postpone the plenary that was scheduled to start today, May 9, 2023. May 16 has been set as the new date for the House meeting. This information was provided in a statement on Monday night that was published on the House’s official Twitter account (@HouseNGR) and signed by the clerk of the House, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria. The postponement was made so that House members could take part in...

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Senior APC lawmakers disagree with Tinubu, APC’s choice for House Speaker.

2 years ago598 min

Senior members of the ruling party in Nigeria have vowed to contest their party’s selection for Speaker of the House of Representatives. Tajudeen Abbas (Kaduna) has reportedly been chosen by the ruling APC to serve as the Speaker of the 10th House, which will be inaugurated next month. This announcement was made on Monday. The APC claimed that Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, had been consulted before making the decision. Five high-ranking APC lawmakers, who had...

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Presidential Polls: Tribunal warns against using technicalities, delay strategies

2 years ago98711 min

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), which met yesterday under tight security, issued a warning to all parties not to use technicalities and delay tactics that might impede the timely resolution of the five petitions it was considering. Justice Haruna Tsamani, the five-member tribunal’s chairman, issued the warning during his inaugural speech to formally begin the pre-hearing session. 180 days are given to the tribunal to complete its task. Justice Stephen Adah, Justice Monsurat O....

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Peter Obi arrives at Presidential Election Tribunal in Abuja [PHOTOS]

2 years ago561 min

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s candidate for president in the election on February 25, has just arrived at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja. On Monday, the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal started the pre-hearing phase of all the petitions that various opposition parties had submitted to it in an effort to have Bola Tinubu’s election overturned. Obi, who finished third in the presidential race, had asked the court to throw out the election on...

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PEPT: Atiku, PDP make their case for live broadcasting of the proceedings

2 years ago807 min

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the presidential election held on February 25, has petitioned the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) for an order allowing live broadcast of the day-to-day proceedings of the Court regarding his petition. This request was made to the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT). In their application that was submitted to the Tribunal on May 5th, Atiku and the PDP specifically prayed for “An order...

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Police free 58 hostages after raiding kidnappers’ hideout

2 years ago823 min

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has freed 58 hostages who were being held captive in the Udulu Forest, Gegu LGA of Kogi State, bordering Sardauna Forest, Nasarawa State, and other kidnappers’ hideouts in nearby communities. A shootout ensued after the bandits or kidnappers spotted the security team that had been organised by the police, according to the command’s spokeswoman, SP Josephine Adeh. The robbers were defeated and forced to flee while suffering varying...

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