A federal high court in Abuja has issued an arrest warrant for Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. The warrant, issued by Justice Emeka Nwite on January 31, stems from Ehie’s alleged involvement in the burning of the Rivers State House of Assembly. Ehie, the immediate past Speaker…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State expressed gratitude for the support of President Bola Tinubu, stating that he stands strong due to Tinubu’s assistance. Speaking during a special thanksgiving service at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Opobo Town, Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area on Sunday, January 28, Fubara praised Tinubu as a “great and wonderful father.”…
Bilikisu Kazeem, a 37-year-old woman, succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained during a clash between the police and kidnappers on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident to reporters. She stated that, as a result of the encounter, nine out of ten individuals were successfully…
The Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, expressed his opinion that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should be considered for inclusion in the Guinness World Records for “inflicting the most hardship on Nigerians.” In an interview with Vanguard, the former governor of Anambra state emphasized that the evaluation of President Tinubu’s performance since May 2023 should…
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has nominated Olayide Owolabi Adelami as the new deputy governor of the state. Adelami’s name has been submitted to the state House of Assembly for formal approval. Previously serving as the Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly until his retirement in April 2018, Adelami’s nomination follows the vacancy in…
Justice Chinwendu Nwogu of the State High Court in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum challenging the constitutionality of President Bola Tinubu’s “peace pact” between Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. Led by former Governor Rufus Ada-George, the…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Umar Ganduje, emphasized that politicians pose the most significant challenge to the conduct of elections in Nigeria. Speaking on Wednesday during a meeting with Hawa Habibu, the director of election and party monitoring for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ganduje acknowledged the pressing issue of…
On January 12, the Supreme Court confirmed Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s election as the governor of Lagos State. Sanwo-Olu had been declared the winner of the March 2023 Lagos State governorship election by INEC. However, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV) of the Labour Party and Abdulazeez Adediran (Jandor) of the PDP, who secured 312,329 and 62,449 votes, respectively, contested…
The Supreme Court has confirmed Abba Yusuf, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate, as the duly elected governor of Kano State. This decision set aside the judgments of both the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and the Court of Appeal, which had earlier declared Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the…
The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Alex Otti as the Governor of Abia State in the March 18, 2023, governorship election. Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, in delivering the lead judgment on January 12, declared that the appeals brought before the court by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Chief Okey Ahiwe, and the All…
