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
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 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
BY GODWIN OBI The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have instituted a suit to restrain the Labour Party (LP) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from doing anything to stop the collation and announcement of the results of the February 25 presidential election. InContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been formally declared winner in Ekiti State. He won in all 16 local government areas to defeat the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and New NigeriaContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Senate Committee on Finance on Friday invited the Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Okolieboh Sylva to throw more insight over alleged “unremitted” charges deducted from the Remitta payment platform into the Federation Account in the last 10 years. In his explanation, the Acting AccountantContinue Reading