The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has said the brains behind the Monday protest of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja were moves to overthrow the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Uzodinma, who made the allegation on Monday, said this while addressing some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who were Read more
Vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election alongside leaders and members of the party on Monday held a protest in Abuja to denounce the recent Supreme Court judgement that sacked one of its governors, Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State. The protest was led by the party’s national chairman, Uche Secondus, and other Read more
…affirms Ganduje as Kano governor The Supreme Court has affirmed that Governor Aminu Tambuwal was duly elected in the governorship election conducted on March 9, 2019. It, therefore, struck out the appeal brought by Ahmed Aliyu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, challenging the said election. Delivering the judgment, Justice Abba Aji affirmed that Read more
Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president of Nigeria, has said since the Supreme Court is final, the party must accept its judgment on the governorship election in Imo State. The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, nullified the election of Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)as the governor of Imo State. The apex court declared Hope Uzodinma Read more
The Supreme Court has sacked Emeka Ihedioha as governor of Imo state, affirming Hope Uzodinma as winner of the March 9 election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Ihedioha winner of the election but Uzodinma, who came fourth, challenged the outcome of the election in court. The INEC results indicated that Ihedioha, who Read more
Peoples The Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the “fizzling” All Progressives Congress, APC, and the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Presidency of bungling Nigeria’s national unity through their exclusionist policies, divisive comments, disregard for rules, political witch-hunt and failure to bring perpetrators of violence to book. PDP lamented that all efforts by well-meaning Nigerians and groups to Read more
The pioneer executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, on Saturday reunited key figures from the two major political parties in Nigeria. Ribadu, the presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the 2011 general election, dragged some of Nigeria politicians to the wedding ceremony of his son, Mahmud Read more
A former minister of communication, Adebayo Shittu, has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may find it difficult to get votes in 2023 following ongoing internal issues yet to be resolved in the party. Shittu who stated this in Osogbo when he featured on “The Frontliners”, a programme organised by the association of Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has intervened in the ongoing feud between Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and the immediate past Senate President Bukola Saraki over the recent demolition of Ile Arugbo (old people’s home) in Ilorin, the state capital, The Nations reports. Newsheadline247.com understands that President Buhari has set up a private investigative committee to examine Read more
The presidency on Monday replied popular cleric, Tunde Bakare, who advised President Muhammadu Buhari to pick his successor for the 2023 presidential election. Femi Adesina, President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson, has said it is not the wish of his principal to handpick his successor following a request by popular cleric, Pastor Tunde Bakare. He added that Read more
