The Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC) has faulted the scheduled August 30, Rivers State local government election, saying that the Commission, as presently constituted, lacks the legitimate authority to conduct any election. The umbrella body of registered political parties in Nigeria expressed displeasure over what it described as illegality and unconstitutionality of the proposed election by the electoral body. In a press statement on Wednesday, signed by Dr. Yusuf M. Dantalle, National Chairman and...

Gbenga Hashim Vanguard, a political group, has said that no regional warlord can deliver victory for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2027 presidential election. The Coordinator of Gbenga Hashim Vanguard North West, Honorable Aminu  Bala Wudilawa, stated this in a press statement on Wednesday and called on the leadership of the main opposition party to reject blackmail and pressures to hand over the party’s presidential ticket to any regional political warlord under the...

Residents of the Federal Housing estate in Bauchi have protested an alleged plan to evict them from their homes by the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, along with the Nigerian Air Force. The peaceful protest took place on Tuesday at the estate built in 2016 for low-income earners, where many of the residents live in two-bedroom bungalows. They appealed to President Bola Tinubu to stop the move and protect them from being forced...

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has stated that the House will consider and vote on the Special Seats Bill and other key constitutional amendment proposals when it reconvenes in October. Recall that the National Assembly is currently on its annual recess and is expected to resume plenary in September. In a press statement on Monday signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu, Kalu disclosed this during a...

The Adamawa state government has received food and non-food items from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for onward distribution to victims of the recent flood disaster in Yola South LGA that claimed 25 lives. The items include 500 bags of 25kg rice, 500 bags of 25kg maize, 500 cartons of spaghetti, 50 cartons of seasoning cubes, 50 cartons of tomato paste, 50 kegs of vegetable oil, and 50 bags of iodized salt. Other items...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld Dr. Musa Mohammed’s position as the duly elected National President of the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN). The judgement has effectively putting to rest a prolonged leadership dispute within the transport union. In a ruling delivered in Appeal No: CA/ABJ/CB/467/2021, the appellate court dismissed the suit filed by Mr. Eriyo Osakpamwan, ruling that the matter had become purely academic and no longer held any substantive...