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Press Statement Rivers State Assembly: PDP Demands INEC to Conduct Fresh Elections in 27 State Constituencies. …Insists Defected Rivers Lawmakers Automatically Vacated their Seats The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should immediately commence the process of conducting fresh elections into the 27 State …

Vladimir Putin says he will run for president again in Russia’s elections in March 2024, in a move that could see him retain power until at least 2030. Putin made the announcement Friday after a ceremony at the Kremlin, the official residence of the Russian president.Putin will bid for his fifth …

PDP, NNPP, FIVE OTHERS FORM COALITION. A group of seven opposition political parties on Wednesday (6th December 2023) formed a new coalition in a bid to strengthen democracy in the country. The movement tagged “the Coalition of Concerned Political Parties” was formed in Abuja at a meeting attended by leaders of the …

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, is set to return to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Recall Adelabu was the gubernatorial candidate for the Accord party in the Oyo 2023 election.He left APC during the build-up to the Oyo 2023 elections after losing to Senator Teslim Folarin at the party’s primary. However, …

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, said the Federal Government sponsored 422 delegates to the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, not 1,411. Peter Obi had attacked the President Bola Tinubu-led government of sponsoring 1,411 delegates to COP28, the same number as China.Idris made the clarification in a …

No fewer than 200 private legal practitioners from the 19 Northern states have volunteered to assist Governor Kabir Yusuf of Kano State in winning his gubernatorial election appeal case at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. They spoke under the banner of “Abba Kabir Yusuf Volunteer Lawyers Forum For The 19 …

The Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, has said the National Working Committee under his leadership will not suspend or dismiss any ‘disloyal’ member. This is coming on the heels of the recent admonition by some stakeholders within the PDP, asking Damagum to sanction former Rivers …

Obaseki speaks on Shuaibu’s 2024 ambition, says only PDP can choose the party’s candidate anyway. Governor Godwin Obaseki says the Peoples Democratic Party has the sole right to determine the party’s candidate for the September 21, 2024 Edo governorship election. Mr Obaseki stated this when he visited Governor Bala Mohammed …

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, presented the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget proposal to a joint session of the 10th National Assembly in Abuja — his first since assuming office exactly six months ago. Full Text] Tinubu’s 2024 Budget SpeechRead the full speech below: In furtherance of my sacred duties and …

Protesters today again stepped out on the streets of Kano over the sacking of Governor Abba Yusuf by the Appeal Court. Two weeks ago, the appeal court panel upheld the verdict of the tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay which sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023. The lower court had declared 165,663 votes of …