BY GODWIN OBI The National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Kano, Sunday, invalidated the victory of Yusuf Datti Umar as the winner of the February 25 elections for Kura/ Madobi/Garin- Mallam Federal Constituency in Kano State. The tribunal led by Justice Ngozi Flora Azinge voided the victory ofContinue Reading
Atiku Abubakar, former vice president BY GODWIN OBI The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25, 2023, presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has cried out over the non-availability of the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court three days after it was delivered. Atiku made this knownContinue Reading
Tinubu and Atiku BY GODWIN OBI Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25, 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm over what he described as a sinister plot to undermine the Nigerian judiciary as well as democracy. All Progressives Congress (APC) fired back,Continue Reading
The Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR has commended the Governor of Kaduna State Malam Nasir El Rufai for the people oriented projects executed during his tenure as Kaduna State Governor. Dr Jamoh stated this during the Public Presentation of a book titled “Putting The People First: The El-rufaiContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI More senators-elect have openly opposed the zoning arrangements of the the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting that no one would impose any candidate on them. This is coming as former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, revealed why he is unwilling to drop his Senate PresidencyContinue Reading
• Insists zoning should be to South • APC senators-elect root for Kalu BY GODWIN OBI More details have emerged on what transpired at Wednesday meeting the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, held with the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some National Assembly members over theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Upon his return to Nigeria from France on Monday, the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu says he is hail and hearty contrary to speculations that he was seriously ill. He stated this at his residence in the Asokoro area of Abuja shortly after his return from France. Addressing hisContinue Reading
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo BY GODDY OBINWA Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that Nigeria is more divided than it has ever been after the 2023 general elections and called for national reconciliation to assuaged the aggrieved and the youths for national peace and cohesion. He made the call at theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has condemned the “persistent” aversion to people of southeastern extraction, which he describes as Igbophobia. Speaking at an event in Anambra State to commemorate Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s one year in office, Obasanjo recalled his work with the professor of economics as well asContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Eight days after Nigeria held its presidential poll, the United States, has said that the exercise failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election after polling 8,794,726 votes, almostContinue Reading