The President-elect Bola Tinubu on Tuesday night jetted out of the country to rest after a heated electioneering period, The West African Pilot News had learnt. Since Tinubu declared his intention to run for the 2023 presidential election and emerged as the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nigerians raised concerns about his health status with critics urging him to quit the presidential race due to his apparent health challenges. However, the former...

Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has called on Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, immediately after his swearing-in, if he is not released before then. He said that Kanu is needed around the table as an important stakeholder in discussions about healing and sustainable peace in the South East. Soludo in a press statement tagged, “The Conclusion of the 2023 General...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday mandated its relevant committees to investigate ceaseless train accidents in the country, the number of lives, and the value of property lost in the mishap. The decision by the lower chamber followed the adoption of a motion by Unyime Idem (PDP, Akwa Ibom) refreshing the memories of his colleagues on a series of train accidents that had claimed many lives and property in the country. “In January 2023, a...

The All Progressive Congress Party, APC, on Tuesday filed an originating summons against the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Barrister Festus Okoye and Dr. Chukwuemeka Joseph Chukwu in the Federal High Court of Nigeria. Joining the 17 political parties in Enugu in the suit, the plaintiff claims for Declarations, Injunction and Orders against the above four defendants as concern possible violation of the electoral acts 2022 in collation of the 2023 gubernatorial elections...