Politics

HOW TINUBU, BUHARI ORDERED ME TO JOIN APC – NDUME Borno South Senator Ali Ndume has recounted how former President Muhammadu Buhari and President Bola Tinubu ordered him to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) some years ago. Mr Ndume, a member of the APC, disclosed this in a viral video posted by Channels Television on Friday. He was removed …

PHILIP SHAIBU DUMPS PDP FOR APC, KNEELS FOR OSHIOMHOLE The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Comrade Phillip Shaibu, has officially dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The embattled Deputy Governor dumped the main opposition party at a campaign rally held on Saturday in the state. Shaibu, at the rally, declared his official return to the All Progressives Congress (APC). …

NO GOING BACK ON PLANNED PROTEST ON #ENDBADGOVERNANCEINNIGERIA – AREWA YOUTHS The Arewa Youth Ambassadors, a northern group, has vowed to continue with the planned protest scheduled to commence on August 1, aimed at expressing its dissatisfaction with President Bola Tinubu’s anti-people policies. The group also debunked the rumours making the rounds that it had shelved the mass action saying …

LABOUR PARTY DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN PLANNED PROTEST, KNOCKS PRESIDENCY The Labour Party (LP) has denied allegations that its national leader, Mr. Peter Obi, or any of its leaders, are behind the planned nationwide protest against bad governance in the country. The party described the claims as “delusional” and “the author’s figment of his imagination.” The party made the reaction in …

PRESIDENCY JITTERY OVER MASSIVE PROTEST ON #ENDBADGOVERNANCEINNIGERIA, CALLS IT CIVILIAN COUP AGAINST TINUBU The Bola Tinubu Presidency has said the planned massive nationwide protests by the citizens is a “civilian coup” against the government in power. The Tinubu government accused the supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi as the …

EDO GOVT WANTS FG TO PROBE KILLING OF POLICEMAN, DEMANDS SHAIBU’S ARREST The Edo State Government has called on the Federal government to set up an investigative panel to unravel the cause of the shooting that claimed the life of a police officer at the Benin Airport gate on Thursday. A Police Inspector attached to the governorship candidate of the …

INEC CHAIRMAN EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER GOVERNORS’ INFLUENCE ON LG ELECTIONS The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has expressed concern over the growing trend of governors influencing local government elections, turning them into “mere coronation” exercises. Speaking at a stakeholders’ forum in Abuja, Yakubu decried the situation where governors impose their preferred candidates on the …

IPAC DISAGREES WITH SENATE OVER CREATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has strongly condemned the proposed bill by the Senate to create the Local Government Independent Electoral Commission. The bill was sponsored by Senator Sani Musa and IPAC says the move is unacceptable and unnecessary, adding that it will lead to duplication of functions …

COURT STOPS INEC FROM RELEASING VOTERS REGISTER FOR RIVERS LG POLLS A Federal High court in Abuja on Friday stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing voters register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) for the purpose of conducting the forthcoming local government elections in the state. Justice Peter Lifu issued an order of interim injunction …

NEPOTISM PRO-MAX: SIX OF TINUBU’S LAST TEN APPOINTEES ARE FROM SOUTH-WEST Nigerians have come down hard on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the lopsidedness in his political appointments. He is being accused of continuing from the nepotism of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari after making 10 new appointments, six of which favoured his South West region. The trend of his lopsided appointments …