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BREAKING: “Snatch, Grab and Run Tactics” – Atiku Breaks Silence, Reacts to Court Rulings Favouring…
Former Vice President and the PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has voiced his concerns over recent court rulings…
Nasarawa Residents Resort To Seven-Day Prayer Session Ahead Of Court Of Appeal Ruling In Governor…
Some residents of Nasarawa State who are supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, David Ombugadu on Monday started a seven-day combined prayer session towards the victory of Ombugadu ahead…
Judgments sacking Kano, Plateau govs should be reviewed — Falana
Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, said the judgments of the appellate court sacking Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State and Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State should be reviewed.…
Appeal Court upholds Alia’s election as Benue governor
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, affirmed Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the validly elected governor of Benue State.
The appellate court, in a unanimous decision…
A/Court Judgement: Police Warn Against Plot To Stage Violent Protests In Kano
Kano State Police Command has warned of any move by some party supporters plotting to stage violent protests in the state following the Appeal Court’s judgement on the State governorship dispute.
The Commissioner of…
Western Liberal Democracy Not Working For Africa – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday submitted that Western Liberal Democracy has not been as a system of government in Africa because it was “forced” on the continent.
Obasanjo said this while delivering his…
Concerns over Tinubu’s flurry of appointments, reversals
The manner in which President Bola Tinubu reversed some political appointments has continued to keep tongues wagging on the quality of due…
Tinubu sued for allegedly appointing APC loyalists as top INEC officials
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and 34 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the appointment of at least four members of the All Progressives…
BREAKING: Appeal Court Sacks Plateau Gov, Declares APC Candidate Winner
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the election of Governor Caleb Muftwang of Plateau State.
A three-member panel, in a unanimous decision on Sunday, held that Muftwang was not validly sponsored by the…
Edo Needs Practical, Not Experimental Governance – Shaibu Declares Intent to Contest Guber Election
Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has renewed his hint at contesting the 2024 governorship election, stating that the state needs practical governance, not…
Bayelsa poll: Jonathan under fire over comment on mother’s relocation
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has come under fire over his comment that he would have relocated his mother elsewhere if Timipre Sylva, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had won the Bayelsa…
Lagos paid N200 million to Tunde Ogala, other APC lawyers to defend Sanwo-Olu in pre-election…
The Lagos State government budgeted at least N200 million as legal fees to defend the incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, in the electoral tribunal, records from the state government have shown.…
Resume Office Within 72 Hours Or Face Our Wrath – PDP Group Threatens Akeredolu
Members of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the aegis of the conglomerate of PDP Support groups has given Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State the ultimatum to either resume office or hand over to…
Sylva calls Jonathan a hippopotamus over comment on Bayelsa election
Former minister of petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has blasted former president Goodluck Jonathan over his comment on last Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State.
Jonathan had said that he would have…
Emulate Weah, congratulate Tinubu – LP faction tells Aiku, Obi
The Lamidi Apapa-led faction of Labour Party has called on its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to borrow a leaf from the Liberian election by…
Atiku, Wike rift splits PDP, stalls reconciliation
The rift between the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has continued to split the party.
Sunday PUNCH gathered that…
Judgment on Kano poll: We’re challenging ‘robbery’ at Supreme Court — Gov Yusuf
Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has described the Appeal Court judgment, sacking him from office as robbery, saying he would challenge the ruling at…
The Mistake We Used To Nail Kwankwaso, Gov Yusuf – Ganduje
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Gnaduje, has opened up on what his party used to nail Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State.
The Independent National Electoral Commission…
KOGI’S vote-buying slogan: East for Ajaka; Central for Ododo; West for N5k
THE Kogi State 2023 governorship election has come and gone with Alhaji Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, declared winner and the next occupant of Lugard House.
Truly, Ododo’s victory at the first…
‘It can’t stand’ — NNPP to challenge appeal court verdict sacking Abba Yusuf
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) says it will explore all legal means to reclaim its mandate in Kano state.
Oladipupo Olayoku, the NNPP spokesperson, told TheCable that the party would “pursue the matter to a…
Insecurity: I’d have relocated my mum to Abuja if Diri had lost, says Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan says he would have relocated his mother to Abuja, the nation’s capital, if Duoye Diri, the governor of Bayelsa, had not been reelected.
Jonathan spoke on Friday when he visited Diri in…
Judgement: Panic In Kano As Parents Rush To Pick Children From School
There was tension in Kano on Friday as parents and guardians rushed to pick their wards in schools.
A head teacher of one of the private schools in Normandsland area of Fagge Local Government in Kano told Daily Trust…
BREAKING: Appeal court upholds judgment sacking Abba Yusuf as Kano governor
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State.
The panel upheld the verdict of the tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay which sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023.
The…
PDP Now Liability To Democracy – APC
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lost its purpose and is now a liability to partisan democracy.
The party said this while reacting to the…