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Former Deputy Senate President,Senator Ike Ekwermadu on Friday debunked the rumour of joining Labour Party. There was a rumour on Friday that the Senator who withdrew from the People’s Democratic Party governorship primary election in Enugu State, had defected to the Labour Party. Reacting to the news on Friday night, Ekweremadu debunked the rumour through his media aide, Uche Anichukwu saying that the information was false and should be disregarded accordingly. “EKWEREMADU HASN’T JOINED LABOUR PARTY” “Our attention has been drawn to an online misinformation to the effect that former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has joined…
One of the gubernatorial aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Akwa Ibom,Senator Ita Enang, and other aspirants have frowned at the emergence of Udofia as party’s candidate in next year’s general elections. Speaking during a joint media briefing by gubernatorial aspirants of the party, the immediate past Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta, Senator Ita Enang and Augustine Utuk, the aggrieved party members said the exercise further lost its legality as INEC did not monitor the purported primary as required by the law “I and others are jointly addressing this press conference on the state…
Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has explained the reason behind his decision to join Labour Party few days after he resigned and finally dumped the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, saying the party was the right platform that aligned with his aspiration. Obi who stated the reasons on his tweeter handle on Friday said, I have chosen a route that I consider to be in line with our aspirations and my mantra of taking the country from consumption to production. He wrote, “I thank all Nigerians, especially our youths who have joined me in the mission of taking back…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has changed it’s decision about the extension of the deadline for political parties to conduct primaries. The commission made this in a statement on Friday. The electoral umpire extended the deadline after meeting with the leadership of the 18 registered political parties on Friday in Abuja stated that the extension does not affect the schedule of activities next year’s general elections. INEC said it has given political parties 6 extra days to conduct its primaries. INEC in a statement by its Commissioner for information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye on Friday, urged all…
Son of the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Folajinmi, has lost the bid to return to the Lagos State House of Assembly. He was defeated on Friday . He was defeated by Seyi Lawal who polled 15 votes as against Folajinmi’s 9 votes. Folajinmi is a first timer in the House of Assembly.
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly Mudasiru Obasa has returned unopposed as the candidate of the All Progressive Congress for the Agege 1 State Constituency in the ongoing primaries of the party. Obasa, representing the Agege State Constituency 01, contested against another aspirant, Dada Olusegun, at the primary held on Friday at Maternity Centre, Iloro, Agege. 25 delegates voted with five delegates from each of the five wards in Agege Local Government. Yinka Durosimi, the party’s Electoral Officer, who announced the result, said Obasa secured 25 votes to emerge winner of the election. Durosimi said five delegates represented…
Police in Texas have revised key details about Tuesday’s deadly school shooting as criticism mounts from parents over the initial response. The gunman roamed outside the Uvalde school for 12 minutes before entering unchallenged, police said on Thursday. That contradicted earlier statements which said the attacker had been confronted and shot at by an officer. He killed 19 children and two teachers before he was shot dead 90 minutes after he arrived, police said. That delay, combined with video footage showing frustrated parents being tackled and handcuffed by police while the gunman was still inside the school, has led to…
Senate Minority Leader and governorship aspirant in Abia State, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party and resigned as the Minority Leader in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. Abaribe, who was one of the top contenders for the party’s governorship ticket in Abia State, pulled out of the primary on Wednesday. He confirmed his exit from the PDP and as a minority leader in both the party and the Senate in separate letters to the ward chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State and the President of the Senate…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined to grant bail to former Governor of Imo State Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha was arrested on Tuesday Wednesday in his house in Abuja after long hours of drama and tension. The former Governor who is a serving senator had filed an application asking the court to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to release him. Justice Inyang Ekwo declined the request by the former governor to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release him on bail. In a brief ruling on the bail application filed by Okorocha, Justice Ekwo…
A Federal High Court in Yenagoa on Friday cleared former President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the 2023 presidential election. Justice Isa Hamma Dashen, presiding judge, gave the judgement on Friday. He also held that Jonathan’s right to vie for the office of president again cannot be stopped by any retroactive law. Details soon…