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A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined to grant an interim order stopping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its planned meetings and national convention. In a ruling delivered on Thursday, James Omotosho, the presiding judge, refused the plaintiffs’ ex parte application seeking interim injunctions to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the PDP from proceeding …

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has alleged that the current hardship being experienced in the country is mentally affecting Nigerians. Obi, also a former Governor of Anambra State, lamented what he described as troubling and deepening mental health crises in the country, saying that poverty and unemployment have pushed many Nigerians …

Catholic missionary priest working in Gambia, Rev Fr Kelvin Ugwu, has criticised Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka over what he described as the writer’s silence on the hardship facing Nigerians under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In a Facebook post titled ‘Prof Soyinka then vs Prof Soyinka now’, on Saturday, the priest compared Soyinka’s past activism under previous administrations to his …

It took a journalist with real courage to tell Umahi what many have long known: that he has been full of himself ever since he stumbled into Nigeria’s political scene. When Umahi was the governor of the backwater state of Ebonyi, he acted like a god demanding worship. He treated journalists covering the statehouse like houseflies at best—and mosquitoes at …

Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has criticised some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) abandoning the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC), labeling their action as cowardly. Speaking at the inauguration of the media sub-committee of the National Convention Organising Committee (NCOC), Mohammed said staying back to fight is what makes a man. The PDP has been …

The senator representing Anambra Central, Victor Umeh, has disclosed that former Anambra State governor and Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, owns more than 200 shops in the Trade Fair Complex recently demolished by the Lagos State Government. The Lagos authorities had defended the demolition, citing violations of the state’s physical planning and development control regulations. However, speaking during an …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is reportedly contemplating replacing his Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, following his alleged deteriorating health condition. Edun has been a key figure in the administration’s economic management team since August 2023. Sources in the presidency disclosed that Edun, who has been battling undisclosed health challenges for several weeks, is expected …

Over 1,000 lawyers under the aegis of the Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners (ALDRAP) have called for disqualification of Joash Amupitan as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The lawyers who are also staff and consultants of the National Assembly warned that Amupitan’s involvement with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last election creates …

Hon. Ugochukwu Agballah, Chairman of the APC in Enugu State, has fired back at the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) after they dissolved the state executive. In a strong communique, he called the decision “strange, unconstitutional, and reminiscent of military-style impunity.” The ousted executive, through Agballah and State Publicity Secretary Hon. Titus Ezeagu, condemned the NWC’s 179th meeting held on …

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said the National Assembly will not allow any member to undermine its integrity or hold its proceedings hostage, stressing the need for discipline, respect for rules, and institutional order in the conduct of legislative business. Akpabio stated this in a statement released on Saturday by his media aide, Eseme Eyiboh. In the statement titled, “The …