Politics

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has accused the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government of plotting to rig the 2023 general elections by nominating presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The Governor, who made the accusation in Port Harcourt during the …

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari will tonight at 8pm host the 109 Senators of the National Assembly at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This is sequel to a resolution of the Senate on April 27, 2021, mandating the leadership of the upper legislative chamber to schedule a meeting between the president and …

According to reports, the suspected mastermind in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise has been apprehended by Haiti’s national police. A Haitian doctor living in the U.S. state of Florida was arrested, police chief Leon Charles said at a news conference. The suspected killers called him after the attack and …

A High Court sitting in Awka has declined to renew an order it granted embattled litigant Senator Ugochukwu Uba on the 5th of July, 2021 seeking the non-recognition of Mr. Valentine Ozigbo as the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State. The said order, initially granted by …

Some PDP chieftains say it is too early to conclude on which zone would produce the party’s presidential candidate in 2023. PDP supporters at a rally [PDP] Despite the clamour for the presidency to be zoned to the southern part of the country in 2023, there are indications that the …

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has postponed its wards, local governments and state congresses indefinitely. The development was conveyed in a letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, dated July 6. The letter was signed by the National Chairman of APC’s Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, who …

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP has kicked against Lauretta Onochie’s nomination as a commissioner for the Independent and National Electorial Commission. CUPP alleged that the Buhari administration is harbouring a third term agenda and that it is the major factor in the nomination of the president’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta …

South-East governors have jointly decided to pitch their tent with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in order to bring more devel­opment to the region, Daily Indepen­dent has exclusively gathered. The region currently has five states with Imo and Ebonyi states already among the states controlled by the ruling party. …

The Nigerian Senate has began the screening of President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide Lauretta Onochie. The screening of Onochie and others for appointment as National Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission started on Thursday. Onochie arrived at the Senate wing of the National Assembly about 11 am; accompanied by the Special Adviser to …

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