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The Court of Appeal’s Abuja division has overturned Senate Minority Leader Simon Mwadkwon’s victory in the Plateau North senatorial election on February 25. The Appeal Court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to hold a new election within 90 days. The appeals of Chris Giwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Gyang Zi of the Labour Party (LP) were dismissed by the court. Giwa and Zi had challenged the decision of the National/State...

The National Democratic Coalition was forewarned by the All Progressives Congress chapter in the United States on Sunday night not to proceed with its scheduled press conference regarding the controversy surrounding President Bola Tinubu’s academic certificate from Chicago State University, citing the university’s confirmation of its authenticity. The threat comes two days after NADECO USA’s Publicity Secretary, David Adenekan, declared that the organization will host a global news conference inside Chicago City Hall on Monday...

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has slammed President Bola Tinubu for his attempt to gag the press, as well as the continued detention of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. Lawal said in a statement on Wednesday, in response to the APC Spokesman, Felix Morka, who challenged him on his earlier...

The G5 group includes former Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) as well as Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state. At the Aso Villa in Abuja, President Bola Tinubu met with members of the G5, or the Integrity Group. Although details of the meeting were sketchy at the time of filing this report, it was gathered that the president and the former governors discussed a working relationship....