APC Bayelsa Plans Befitting Inauguration for Lyon
By Gboyega Adeoye Ahead of the swearing in of the newly elected Bayelsa State governor, Chief David Lyon, slated for February 14, 2020, eight committees have been set up to ensure an unfettered celebration. In a Public Announcement signed by the Chairman of Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress, APC, Hon. Amos Jothan, Chief Samuel Ogbuku […]
Barrack Obama to Run as Kenya President Next Year
In a surprise announcement capable of upsetting African politics, former American President Barack Obama has confirmed this morning his candidacy in the 2021 Kenyan presidential campaign. Son of a Kenyan senior governmental economist, Barack Hussein Obama Sr., the politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017 is actually […]
The Imo Gubernatorial Judgement – A Painful but Legally Correct Verdict
By Kenneth Ikonne It is indeed a perplexing paradox: Hope Uzodinma may not have won the 2019 Imo State gubernatorial election, yet the Supreme Court, on the facts, was right in declaring him the winner of that election in law. The error was not the Supreme Court’s, but that of Governor Emeka Ihedioha’s legal team; […]
Falana Tackles Malami Over Amotekun, Says Security Outfit is Legal
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has differed with the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), on the legality of the southwestern states’ joint security outfit, code-named ‘Amotekun,’ saying the group is not unconstitutional as claimed. Barely a week after the five South-West governors jointly inaugurated Amotekun […]
Supreme Court Judgement Unfair, Unjust- Ihedioha
Former Imo Governor Emeka Ihedioha says the supreme court judgment that sacked him from the office and declared Sen. Hope Uzodinma winner of the March 2019 governorship election was unfair and unjust. According to statement made available to the newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday, Ihedioha said the judgement did not reflect the wishes of the […]
FG Slams Amotekun, Says it is Illegal
Few hours after the Nigeria Police disclosed its discontentment with the formation of the South West security outfit, Operation Amotekun, the Federal Government has declared the new security outfit launched by south west states of Nigeria as illegal. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice made this known Tuesday in a statement signed by […]
Pressure Mounts Over Oshiomhole’s Ouster
There are strong indications that all arrangements have been tidied to remove the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Report says the presidency had already acceded to the pressure to remove the former Edo governor in order to arrest the lingering crisis in the ruling party. It was gathered on […]
BREAKING: Supreme Court Sacks Ihedioha, Declares Uzodinma As Imo Governor
The supreme court has sacked Emeka Ihedioha as governor of Imo state, declared Senator Hope Uzodinma as winner of the March election. Details shortly
Reps Panel Asks NERC to Suspend Increase of Electricity Tariff
The House of Representatives Committee on Power has asked the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the planned increase in electricity tariff. NERC had directed the electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to enforce an upward review of the tariff starting from April 1. But at its meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, Aliyu Magaji, the committee […]
Police and “Amotekun” (Leopard) on Collision Course
By Gboyega Adeoye Even as it has not commenced operations. The Yoruba security outfit code named “Amotekun” has begun to have issues with the Nigeria Police authorities who might be unsettled with the formation of the group by the South West governors. The police has strongly warned the South-West Stakeholders Security Group working with the […]
