Financial autonomy: Anambra House of Assembly staff embark on strike

Staff of Anambra State House of Assembly, under the aegis of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have commenced an indefinite strike. The strike they said is to press home their demand for a financial autonomy of the legislative arm of government. Chairman, PASAN in Anambra state, Mr Abraham Okoye in an interview with journalists said the indefinite strike was as a result the inability of the executive arm of various states to accord full...

Explosion: Rivers State House Of Assembly Suspends Four Members

Four of members of Rivers State House of Assembly has suspended over an allegation of masterminding the explosion that rocked the Assembly complex on Sunday night. The Speaker of the House, Martins Amaewhule, announced the suspension of Edison Ehie, Leader of the House representing the Ahoada constituency and six other members of the House, on Monday morning. Other Assembly members suspended are Goodboy Sokari Goodboy, also representing Ahoada, Adolphus Timothy, representing Opobo/Nkoro, and Victor Oko-Jumbo,...

Kogi Guber: Onoja receives Ex-PDP guber aspirant, Erico into APC

Opposition parties in Kogi State have been dealt another major blow in Olamaboro Local Government Area (LGA) following the defection of a former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon Dr. Joseph Ameh Erico who formally dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Hon Erico, alongside other defectors from the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Labour Party, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), and other political parties, were received by the State Deputy...

Atiku briefs the press after losing the election legal battle – Transcript

Following the affirmation of President Bola Tinubu’s election by the Supreme Court last Thursday, Atiku Abubakar held a press conference at the Peoples Democratic Party’s, PDP, headquarters in Abuja on Monday. Below is the transcript of Abubakar’s speech: Protocol. Gentlemen of the press. Someone asked me what I would do if I lost my election petition appeal at the Supreme Court. In response, I said that as long as Nigeria wins, the struggle would have...

Rivers State House of Assembly set ablaze

An unexpected fire engulfed the State legislature complex in Rivers State on Sunday night. Hoodlums, suspected to be politically sponsored, reportedly broke into the building and set it on fire using Improvised Explosive Devices [IED] at about 10:00 p.m. on Sunday. Only the chamber of the assembly was affected as the swift intervention of the emergency response team stopped the inferno from razing the entire building. A lot of property was destroyed. The Sunday night...

Olawepo-Hashim tells Tinubu to prioritise rescuing Nigerians from grim realities

Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, a Chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and a former Presidential candidate, has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the Supreme Court verdict which validated his victory in the February 25 presidential election, and urged him to now face the job of rescuing Nigerians from the daily grim realities they face, with more seriousness. Recall that Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  and his...

Sen. Binani, Fintiri Reacts To Tribunal Judgement 

Following the judgment of Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal on Saturday that affirmed the election of Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri as Governor Adamawa State, both APC candidate Sen. Binani and Fintiri reacted to the judgement. Sen. Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani, the Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) says she accepted the tribunal verdict in good faith and thanked the juries for delivering the judgement. Binani, in an interview with newsmen also thanked supporters for their physical...

Tribunal Affirms Election Of Fintiri, Dismisses Binani’s Petition

The Governorship Electoral Petition Tribunal on Saturday, dismissed the petition filed by APC Governorship candidate in Adamawa, Sen. Aishatu Dahiru Binani against Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of PDP. Sen. Binani filed a petition challenging the declaration of Fintiri as Governor of the state in the 18th March, 2023 Governorship election. In the petition, Binani, joined INEC, Fintiri and People’s Democratic Party (PDP), alleging that the election was not conducted in compliance with the electoral act....

“Under my Watch, APGA is Offering itself to Nigerians”, Ezeokenwa Declares

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance – APGA, Barr. Sly Ezeokenwa, has said that his party keyed into the demand by young people to be mainstreamed in politics, and elected a youth as the National Chairman of APGA. Speaking to a cross-section of Anambra journalists who paid a courtesy call on the National Chairman, as part of the range of activities to mark the Anambra State NUJ Press Week, Barr. Ezeokenwa said...

Tribunal To Deliver Judgement On Adamawa Governorship Election

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal (GEPT) will on Saturday, October 28, 202,3 deliver judgment on the petition filed before it by the APC Governorship candidate in the 2023 elections in Adamawa state, Sen. Aishatu Ahmed Dahiru Binani against INEC, PDP, and Governor Fintiri of PDP. According to the Secretary of the GEPT, the judgement will be heard by 9: a.m. Before the fixing of the date, political space was dominated by social media critiques on...

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