Reports claiming that the federal government is in talks with infamous bandits and other terrorists wreaking havoc in Zamafara State have been refuted by the administration. According to a report by ProbitasNews, the governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, charged that the FG was secretly holding talks with terrorists in a few local government districts of the state. The governor requested that the FG elucidate the accusation and look into the acts of certain dishonest...
Mr. Kemdi Opara, the Young Progressives Party’s (YPP) candidate for governor of Imo State in the off-cycle election scheduled for November 11th, has voiced his displeasure with the state’s leadership. Opara made the claim on Sunday during an interactive discussion about Imo State’s future with media in Owerri, the state capital. Speaking about his political campaign for the upcoming governorship and his plans to change the State, Opara stated that he entered the race to...
As of right now, Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello’s only political goal is to support President Bola Tinubu in his endeavors. As a candidate for president under the All Progressives Congress (APC), the governor of Kogi State responded to a query on his future plans by pointing out that if President Tinubu wins, all Nigerians would have achieved success. Saturday in Abuja was the third annual GYB Seminar for Nigeria’s Political & Crime Correspondents/Editors, where...
Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party has filed a petition with the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Enugu challenging the election of Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Lawyers, party supporters, and some journalists have been prevented from entering the Enugu State High Court Complex during this time. The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal is currently sitting in Enugu and is expected to hand down its decision shortly. The metropolitan area of Enugu is...
The Labour Party’s Lamidi Apapa faction has recommended the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to seek another political platform to pursue its presidential dream ahead of the 2027 polls. The Apapa group, whose legitimacy was just confirmed by the Edo Division of the Court of Appeal, said that it had begun looking for a new presidential candidate ahead of the 2027 election. Abayomi Arabambi, the faction’s spokesman, confirmed this in an exclusive interview on...
The 10th National Assembly has been in session for just over three months, but the destabilization agents don’t seem to be taking their time. Those who profit from disputes are already fomenting unfounded rumors among MPs in an effort to sow discord and divide the Legislative Arm of the government. The Senate has been particularly peaceful since the 10th Senate’s inauguration on June 13, 2023, with Distinguished Senators settling into their legislative responsibilities with great...
The federal government has till Friday to accede to the demands of the Nigeria Labour Congress, or else there could be further labour unrest. While pleading for more time to resolve the labour movement’s complaints, this occurred. The leadership of the labour movement reminded the government explicitly that no one could accuse it of not giving the government more than enough time to fulfil its demands, according to information acquired during the meeting between the...
Prior to the election on November 11, Timipre Sylva, the candidate for governor of Bayelsa State on the ticket of the All Progressives Congress, and Douye Diri, the current governor and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, spat insults on Sunday over charges of surveillance and violence. In a statement sent by his Special Adviser for Media and Publicity, Julius Bokoru, Sylva alleged that Diri had hired spies to track his whereabouts. The second-term...
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal had already fired certain House of Representatives members and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hold new elections in impacted seats. The Labour Party, Nigeria’s second opposition party, which won the House of Representatives and Senate, has suffered a huge defeat after the tribunal fired their members and declared their prior election triumph null and void. This article by TheNigwrian News outlines the LP’s House of Representatives...
The case of former Kano State governor Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya, who contested Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila’s victory in the February 25th Senatorial elections, was dismissed by the National/State House of Assembly Election case Tribunal. Justice R O Odogo, who delivered the decision in Kano on Monday, said that the petition of the All Progressives Congress Senatorial candidate was not only incompetent, but also unable to discharge the burden of proof. “We find no merit in this...
