The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has dismissed a certificate forgery suit filed by the Action Alliance (AA) against Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). AA had on 21 June approached the court for an order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting and publishing Tinubu’s name as a candidate in the forthcoming general election. The party equally asked the court for another order restraining the...

The board of editors of THISDAY newspaper and ARISE News on Monday said the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) demanded the sack of Rufai Oseni, the co-host of Arise News’ The Morning Show. The board, in a joint editorial published in the 12 December edition of THISDAY newspaper, also accused the council of requesting the sack of Shaka Momodu, an editor and columnist of THISDAY. According to the board, the...

Nyesom Wike, Rivers governor, says he has no issue with Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate. The governor said this on Tuesday when political associates and Rivers elders visited him at his residence to mark his 65th birthday. “I have no problem with the presidential candidate. All I am saying is what is the interest of Rivers people? What is the interest of the south-south and the south?” Wike asked. “I don’t regret...