The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the trending documents, which indicted Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, of drug trafficking and money laundering in the United States. Peoples Gazette on Tuesday published a 58-page document said to be released by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois detailing Tinubu’s drug deals and receipt of illegal money while in the US. The court judgement docketed on 26 July 1993 and certified by Thomas O....

ENUGU — Justice Nkonye Evelyn Maha of the Federal High Court Abuja on Wednesday disqualified Chijioke Edeoga the Enugu state Labour Party gubernatorial candidate and ordered the party to organize fresh primaries within 14 days. The contention was over the authentic candidate for the party as Chief Everest Nnaji, popularly referred to as Odengene alleged that he was unlawfully skewed out of the process. Nnaji filed a suit at the Abuja High court to determine...

ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it has been listed as a respondent in about 600 cases on issues arising from party primaries. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC’s chairman, said this on Monday at a capacity-building workshop for justices and judges on electoral matters, in Abuja. According to him, the commission has been dealing with the issues of candidates’ nominations from political parties, adding that the preparation for the forthcoming elections has...

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, says anyone supporting Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is his enemy. The governor said this on Sunday when he hosted his colleagues, Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu in Makurdi, the Benue capital. “To hell with Atiku and any other Fulani man. And any man supporting Atiku and all that is an enemy. I...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is currently facing 600 court cases that arose over the nomination of candidates for the 2023 general elections. Prof Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the commission on Monday in Abuja lamented that the situation became worrisome when a political party served 70 court summons on the electoral body in one day on the same issue. Yakubu spoke at a Capability Building organized by the Court of Appeal for Election Petition...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila says Nigeria needs leaders that will groom the young ones to take over leadership responsibilities from them as they leave the office or move to other spheres of life. Gbajabiamila was speaking at the graduation ceremony of the first 74 trainees of the Legislative Mentorship Initiative (LMI) held at the National Assembly, and noted that the absence of such a transition in leadership remained a...

Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has again said he is not certain whether the 2023 general elections will hold. The octogenarian preacher made the remark on Friday during the November edition of the church’s monthly Holy Ghost Service, tagged ‘Let it rain’. He said God has not yet spoken to him as regards the forthcoming general elections, adding that He (God) might still speak to him before the scheduled...

Rotimi Olulana, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), has described Peter Obi as the person to take Nigeria to the promised land. The former Lagos LP governorship candidate said this on Thursday at a book launch organised by Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF). Olulana said the LP presidential candidate is blessed and anointed. “Peter Obi is the Moses of our time. He is blessed and anointed to change the whole vices and I assure you...