….Faults NWC for jettisoning equity, fairness Following the zoning and endorsement of some candidates for the leadership of the National Assembly (NASS) by the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Plateau Elders Forum has insisted that the House of Representatives should be led by an indigene of the state. Rising from a meeting in the house of the chairman of the Forum, Ambassador Yahaya Kwande, in Jos,  the executive council members of...

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, on Wednesday, adjourned the petition challenging the election of Bola Tinubu by Peter Obi and the Labour Party to Wednesday, May 17. The Tribunal commenced sitting on Monday, May 8 to hear the petitions by five aggrieved political parties and their candidates challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election. The parties are the Action Peoples Party, APP; Action Alliance, AA; Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; Labour Party, LP and...

President Muhammadu Buhari who has been out of the country since May 3 will spend an extra week in London, Femi Adesina has said. The West African Pilot News reports that President Buhari departed for London on Wednesday, May 3 to join other world leaders to attend the coronation of King Charles lll on May 6, 2023. In a statement on Tuesday, Adesina, the special adviser to the President on media and publicity, explained that...

Exactly 54 days after the 2023 general election, the complete results of the presidential polls are yet to be uploaded on the INEC Result Viewing, IReV, portal. The general election was held on Saturday, February 25, 2023, for presidential and National Assembly elections and elections for 28 of the 36 governorships and State Houses of Assembly followed on Saturday, March 18. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, introduced a technology, the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the people of Osun State to give Governor Ademola Adeleke all the support he needs to ensure good governance in the state. The President’s admonition was in reaction to the affirmation of Adeleke’s victory during the July 16, 2023, gubernatorial polls by the Supreme Court yesterday. “With the final decision by the Supreme Court on the July 16, 2022, governorship election in Osun State, all hands should be on deck...

Ex-President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani over the demise of his wife, Mrs Jane Nnamani, on Monday in Enugu State. According to a condolence message to Nnamani, Jonathan expressed his sadness over the news of the passing of the spouse of the former Senate President, describing it as sudden and distressing. The former President further noted that late Mrs. Nnamani made valuable contributions to the growth of the...

The petitions filed by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, before the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja challenging the victory of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu at the February 25, 2023, presidential election has slated 10th  May 2023 for the continuation of the pre-hearing session. Five political parties including Action Alliance (AA), Allied Peoples Party (APP), Labour Party (LP), Allied People’s Movement (APM), and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have filed petitions...