Politics

JUST IN: Tinubu Reportedly Anoints Godswill Akpabio As Next Senate President, Barau To Deputize Him; APC Sources Reveal Sources from the camp of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have revealed that former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, is Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s anointed candidate for the office of the Senate President in the 10th National Assembly. Recall that Senator Godswill Akpabio and Senator Jibrin Barau had reportedly intensified lobby yesterday, April 25th, with a visit to Tinubu at his Abuja residence. According to Imran Muhammad, a chieftain of the APC, the outcome of the meeting favoured Godswill Akpabio…

Discountenance letters seeking withdrawal of our petitions by our Suspended National Officers, Labour Party tells tribunals. LP called on the police, the State Security Services (SSS) and anti-graft agencies to quickly apprehend and question the party’s ex-officials involved in the letter before they succeeded in igniting the nation. Labour Party (LP) has called on all election petition tribunals to disregard letters by its suspended National Legal Adviser, Samuel Akingbade, withdrawing all the party’s petitions. The party’s Acting National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, stated on Tuesday in Abuja that the presidential election petition tribunal in particular should dismiss the letter. He…

Obi, LP Fault INEC’s Objection to Petition against Tinubu Obi, LP Fault INEC’s Objection to Petition against Tinubu*Says reply as unbiased umpire embarrassing Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the recent general election, Mr Peter Obi, has faulted the objection of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to its petition against the election of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as president. Obi in his reply to the response of INEC to his petition at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, observed that the action of the electoral umpire was not only unwarranted but an embarrassment to the country. According to the…

NEWSBREAKING: Court Rules On APC’s Binani Suit Over Adamawa Gubernatorial Election The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last governorship election in Adamawa State, Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed (Binani). Recall that Binani had sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), seeking a judicial review of the electoral umpire’s decision to reverse her earlier announcement as the winner of the election by the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa Ari. At the resumed hearing of the case on Wednesday, Binani’s lawyer informed the court about…

If Nothing Is Done About Tinubu’s Perjury Before May 29th, He Will Have Immunity – Aondoakaa Former Attorney General of the Federation and former Minister of Justice, Micheal Aondoakaa has come out to say that if nothing is done about Tinubu’s alleged perjury (related to his alleged dual citizenship) before the 29th of May, he will have immunity upon being sworn in as president and cannot be prosecuted. According to Aondoakaa who appeared in an interview on Arise TV this morning… “Mind you, if no action is taken before the 29th of May on Tinubu’s alleged perjury, he will have…

BREAKING: Appeal Court Petitioned To Stop Tinubu’s May 29 Inauguration A fresh petition has been filed before the Court of Appeal, seeking to stop the May 29 inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s next president. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had weeks ago declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate as the February 25th presidential election winner. Tinubu is billed to be sworn in on May 29, 2023. However, a suit marked CA/CV/259/2023 has been instituted by a Presidential candidate in the 2019 Presidential election and constitutional lawyer, Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru, and his political party, Hope…

Sen. Theodore Orji: I Am Stepping Down As Senator To Give The Younger Generation An Opportunity Senator Theodore Orji, a former governor of Abia State, decided it was important to explain his decision to leave the Nigerian Senate. He made it very apparent that, he was making this decision, to allow the younger people in his state, a chance to participate in national governance. The Nigerian Tribune news network, which broadcasts on social media, announced this event on its Twitter page. They claimed that Theodore Orji, a former governor of the state of Abia, gave an explanation for why he…

Your Petition Against Tinubu Dead On Arrival, Withdraw It, Nnamani Tells Peter Obi: Former Enugu Governor, Chimaroke Nnamani has advised Mr Peter Obi to withdraw his petition challenging the election of Sen. Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Election Tribunal. Nnamani said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, urging Obi and his supporters to accept the reality of the fact that Tinubu had emerged as the President-elect of Nigeria. “Obi knows he has neither spread nor national appeal to win the presidential election. What Obi is doing with the petition is trying to de-market Tinubu. “His petition is dead…

Joe Igbokwe Reacts To Exclusion Of Igbos In Tinubu’s Transition Committee Joe-Igbokwe-Bola-TinubuSpecial Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Drainages, Joe Igbokwe, has reacted to the exclusion of Igbos in the transition committee of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. AttNews reported that Tinubu had recently forwarded a 13-man list, in addition to the earlier transition committee lists sent to the outgoing Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, with the exclusion of the Southeast. Reacting to this, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, in a post via Facebook, questioned the authenticity of the news. Joe Igbokwe, who seemed to be…

It Is Time To Turn Things Around – Olumba Olumba Sends Message To All Igbos Across The Nation The spiritual leader and founder of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu has weighed in on the profiling situation of the Igbos. AttNews reports that there have been widespread reports of the intimidation of Igbos in Lagos state after the presidential election in which the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi won the election in the state. Reacting to the situation in a statement released on Saturday night, the spiritual leader scheduled a special meeting with…