BY GODWIN OBI Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Wednesday faulted the zoning arrangement for the 10th National Assembly proposed by his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as a “skewed arrangement that reinforces injustice” This is even as 52 Northern groups have rejected the APC’sContinue Reading
NASS: Senators-elect push for Kalu, Yari BY GODWIN OBI Attempts by the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to impose his prefered leadership candidates on the forthcoming Senate has suffered a setback, as Senators-elect have vowed to resist the plot and forge ahead with their plans to elect their own candidates. APC announced theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Muhammadu Buhari has urged residents of Osun State to team up with Governor Ademola Adeleke to build up the state In a statement on Tuesday, presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, said the President recognised Tuesday’s verdict of the Supreme Court on the July 16, 2022 governorship election inContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, the nation’s capital has adjourned its sitting to Tuesday. It also adjourned for the continuation of pre-hearing proceedings till Wednesday for the petition of the Labour Party and Peter Obi and that of the Action Peoples Party (APP). Tuesday’s proceedingsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Journalists in Katsina State have been commended for their role in the successful conduct of the 2023 general elections.The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara made the commendation when the executives of the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ Katsina State Council paid himContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The purported endorsement by some outgoing governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of certain individuals for leadership positions in the 10th National Assembly is causing ripples among leaders of the APC and some incoming members of the National Assembly. In aContinue Reading
—He lacked understanding at inception, says expert BY GODWIN OBI Before he won the 2015 presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari led the opposition party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) in grand opposition to the removal of petrol subsidies. President Buhari’s contention then was that there was no subsidy on petrolContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said the unity of Nigeria is non-negotiable, assuring all citizens that he will be fair to all. Tinubu spoke when he commissioned the Magistrates’ Court Complex in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital at the instance of Governor Nyesom Wike. TheContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Troops of the Nigerian military have killed over 70 suspected terrorists in counterinsurgency operations in the North-East region. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Musa Danmadami, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing journalists about the operations of the military in the last two weeks. HeContinue Reading
Ekweremadu BY GODWIN OBI THE Speaker of the Parlament of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Parliament/Community Parlament, Hon. Sidie Mohamed Tunis has written a letter to the Chief Clerk of the Central Criminal Court in London to temper justice with mercy over the conviction of former DeputyContinue Reading