Peter Obi’s campaign DG accuses judiciary of creating crisis in Labour Party

The Director General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, has blamed the judiciary for the crisis rocking the party. He said that the judgment by Justice Muazu ordering Abure and other national executives of the party to stop parading themselves as national officers of the party created the crisis currently engulfing […]

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Supplementary elections: Parties battle for two governorship, 94 legislative seats

Political parties, including the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, are set to battle for 94 legislative seats in federal and state parliaments in Saturday’s supplementary elections. Supplementary governorship elections will hold in Adamawa and Kebbi states on the same day. In the general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared winners for […]

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South South, South East set to clash over Senate presidency

Political stakeholders from South-South and South-East regions are set to disagree over the presidency of the 10th Senate. A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), John Mayaki, has faulted Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba for recommending the South-East for the Senate President seat. Harping on equity and justice, the former Chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), […]

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Wike tells opposition: Allow APC choose National Assembly leadership

Warns against alleged plot to impose Melaye as Kogi governorship candidate Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged opposition parties to allow the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership to choose the leadership of the National Assembly because it is their entitlement. He urged the minority in both chambers of the National Assembly to form a […]

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LP crisis: Apapa-led NWC ignores Abure, screens governorship aspirants

Nigeria’s Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, adjusts his glasses during a press briefing on the outcome of the 2023 Nigeria presidential and general election in Abuja on March 2, 2023. – Peter Obi announced on March 2, 2023, he would challenge the outcome of Nigeria’s fiercely fought presidential elections after official results awarded victory […]

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Burden of proof: Much ado about Tinubu’s asset declaration

Barely two months to his May 29 inauguration, the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, faces a burden – to declare or not to declare his assets in accordance with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution and the Code of Conduct Bureau. Provisions on the declaration of assets by all public officers in Nigeria are entrenched in […]

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Interim govt: Apologise publicly or risk suit, APC councillors tell Datti

Councilors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have demanded a public apology from the Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Datti Baba-Ahmed, over his comment on the swearing-in of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, come May 29, 2023. The councilors under the auspices of the National Progressive Councillors Forum […]

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Call for interim govt won’t stop May 29 handover to Tinubu – APC

APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu The All Progressives Congress said on Friday that the debate on the alleged attempt to foist an interim government on the country would not disrupt the handover of government to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on May 29. The Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council and the leadership of the ruling party also dismissed […]

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Post-Election Lagos: Dousing ethnic tension and task before Sanwo-Olu

Governor Sanwo-Olu, casting his vote during the last governorship election The 2023 general elections have come and gone but the disunity and tension it fermented remain with the eggheads of certain ethnic groups, especially the Yoruba and Igbo in Lagos. The tension is allegedly caused by the defeat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by […]

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Obi supporters protest in U.S., LP distances self from interim government plot

The protesters demanding INEC declare Peter Obi the winner of the February 25th election.Pix: PM News • APC kicks as U.S. approves White House park for anti-Tinubu rally • Lalong: Interim government advocates are daydreamers • Name, arrest those behind plot, IPAC chairman, Agbakoba charges DSS • DSS alarm, ploy to arrest Atiku, Obi before […]

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