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Thursday, 30 March 2023 07:36

APC, PDP to DSS: Arrest advocates of Interim Govt

Presidential campaign councils of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party have challenged the Department of State Services to get tough with plotters of the interim national government. The councils, in separate interviews with our correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja, said the push for the ING was unconstitutional, adding that the plotters should be arrested. They spoke against the backdrop of a statement issued by the security agency that some people were plotting the ING. DSS had earlier on Wednesday raised the alarm over a plot by some Nigerians to thwart the May 29 inauguration of the President-elect,…

Wednesday, 29 March 2023 03:35

Tinubu nominates Kebbi gov, Wale Edun into Presidential Transition Council

Bola Tinubu, president-elect, has nominated Atiku Bagudu, governor of Kebbi state, as one of his representatives on the presidential transition council (PCT). The president-elect also nominated Olawale Edun, a board member of the ministry of finance incorporated (MOFI). Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) and chairman of the council, said the nominees of Tinubu have since joined the “transition process”. “The presidential transition council which was inaugurated on February 24 is made up of 24 members which include two persons from the president-elect’s team,” NAN quoted him as…

Wednesday, 29 March 2023 03:34

PDP replaces National Chairman Ayu with deputy after court order

National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has replaced Iyioricha Ayu as National Chairman. At an emergency meeting on Tuesday, the NWC acknowledged the order of the Benue State High Court, which barred Ayu from parading himself as Chairman of the opposition of the party. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary of the party, said after a careful consideration of the Court Order and in line with Section 45 (2) of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017), the NWC resolved that the Deputy…

Wednesday, 29 March 2023 03:32

Afenifere sacks two national officers over unauthorised statement condemning Iwuanyanwu

Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-political organisation, has suspended two of its national officers for issuing an “unauthorised statement” against Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. The affected officers are Jare Ajayi, the national publicity secretary, and Kole Omololu, national organising secretary. The organisation issued the directive in a communiqué released at the end of its monthly general meeting, on Tuesday. The communiqué was signed by Ayo Adebanjo, Afenifere leader, and Sola Ebiseni, secretary-general. BACKGROUND Last Saturday, Iwuanyanwu, chairman of the council of elders, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, said there is no fight between the Igbo and Yoruba people in the country. He added that those destroying Igbo…

Tuesday, 28 March 2023 04:07

Pro-Tinubu/Yakubu protest turns violent in Abuja over ‘fee settlement’

A pro-Bola Tinubu protest, yesterday, in Abuja, turned violent over breach of monetary settlement by organisers to hired protesters. Organised under the aegis of The Natives to counter calls for the cancellation of the presidential polls and, some participants of the protest prior to its commencement unleashed violence on fellow protesters, passersby and motorists for over one hour. An eyewitness said organisers had failed to meet their own term to protesters, thus sparking anger and counter-protests. “Before the protesters hit the road, few of them, armed with daggers, broken bottles, cudgels, sticks and other weapons went gaga, attacked fellow protesters,…

Tuesday, 28 March 2023 04:06

Court restrains Ayu from parading self as PDP national chair

A high court in Benue state has granted an interim order restraining Iyorchia Ayu from parading himself as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). W.I. Kpochi, the presiding judge, gave the order on Monday while ruling on a motion ex parte marked MHC/633/2023 filed by Conrad Terhide Utaan. “An order of interim injunction restraining the 1st defendant lyorchia Ayu from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) having lost membership of the party, pending the hearing and determination of Motion on Notice already filed,” the judge ruled. “The application is supported by…

Tuesday, 28 March 2023 04:04

Nasarawa women protest half-naked over gov election results

No fewer than 1,000 aged women from across the 13 local government areas of Nasarawa State on Monday held a protest in Lafia, the state capital, seeking a review of the recently conducted governorship election in the state. The women, dressed half-naked with leaves in their hands, sang emotional songs in Hausa language. Speaking during the protest, which held at the Peoples Democratic Party secretariat in Lafia, the state Women Leader of the PDP, Stella Oboshi, claimed that the party’s governorship candidate, David Ombugadu, won the poll. According to her, the Independent National Electoral Commission was wrong to have declared…

Monday, 27 March 2023 03:41

UK places 10 Nigerians on visa ban over ethnic profiling

The United Kingdom (UK), yesterday, said it has placed no fewer than 10 Nigerians on its visa ban watchlist for alleged ethnic profiling and undermining democracy during the just concluded general elections. British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, who spoke in an interview with Nigeria Info FM, yesterday, deplored the attacks and anti-Igbo messages deployed by some politicians especially in Lagos State to scare away voters from the Southeast saying it was unacceptable. He said many mega cities around the world have recorded huge strides because of their diversity of human capital and that attacking and preventing non-indigenes…

Monday, 27 March 2023 03:40

Atiku hails UK over position on ethnic slur, visa ban

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has praised British envoy, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, for naming the Director New Media of the Bola Tinubu Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, among those making inciting comments. In a statement on Sunday, Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, said the Department of State Services (DSS) ought to invite Fani-Kayode as his rhetoric could set the country on fire. Shaibu maintained that Fani-Kayode’s claim that he would make Nigeria ungovernable if Tinubu is not inaugurated as President on May 29, 2023, was infuriating and is deserving of the attention…

Monday, 27 March 2023 03:39

PDP suspends national chairman, Ayu

Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday announced suspension of its National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, for alleged anti-party activities. Ayu was suspended by the PDP Ward Executives of his Igyorov Ward in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. PDP Ward Secretary, Vangeryina Dooyum, on behalf of Kashi Philip, who is the Ward chairman, told journalists in Makurdi, that the national chairman’s suspension followed his alleged anti-party activities. The secretary in a statement signed by 12 out of the 17 member Ward Executives, noted that the decision to suspend the National Chairman was reached after the leadership reviewed his conduct at…

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Sunday, 26 March 2023 04:15

You’re ‘busybody’ in another’s internal affair, Appeal Court says in dismissing PDP’s suit against Tinubu, Shettima

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, Friday evening, dismissed an appeal by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and his deputy, Kassim Shettima, in the 25 February election. A three-member panel headed by Justice James Abundaga, in a unanimous judgment, held that the PDP failed to establish that it had a legal basis (locus standi) to institute the case. PDP, in an appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CV/108/2023, had asked the appellate court to reverse the 13 January judgment delivered by Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja which dismissed…

Sunday, 26 March 2023 04:14

INEC issuing only ‘doctored’ CTC of election results - PDP

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters of directing Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) in states and the FCT to ensure comparison with IREV data before issuance of Certified True Copies of form EC8A.Spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Charles Aniagwu at a news conference in Asaba urged INEC to do right thing by allowing the states which are the original sources of the documents to issue same without comparing with the IREV data.Aniagwu pointed out that the reason PDP was seeking the CTC of the form EC8A was to enable it prove its…

Saturday, 25 March 2023 04:21

Appeal Court upholds Adeleke as winner of Osun governorship election

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the election of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State. A three-member panel of justices presided by Mohammed Lawal Shuaibu on Friday held that the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and former governor, Gboyega Oyetola failed to prove allegations of over-voting against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In the unanimous verdict, the appellate court also awarded N500,000 cost against the APC and its candidate. The panel, however, dismissed Adeleke’s contention that the comments by the chairman of the governorship election petitions tribunal saying about “go low low, Buga won” did amount to bias.…

Friday, 24 March 2023 03:18

Protesters in Abuja demand ‘Interim govt’, arrest of Mahmood Yakubu

A new set of protesters Thursday stormed the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja over the just-concluded 2023 general elections, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to put in place an interim government before he leaves office on May 29. The angry protesters under the umbrella of the National Youth League for the Defence of Democracy (NYLDD) also demanded an immediate arrest of chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, by the Directorate of State Security Service (DSS). Armed with placards with various inscriptions, the protesters asked the federal government not only to sack Yakubu but also probe the…

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