Former Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has said that if the ‘Obidients’ were removed from the political space, the nation would be left with tyranny.He said the supporters of the Labour Party, LP Candidate Peter Obi, are responsible for the absence of peace and tranquillity in the political space.Sani tweeted,
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that FCT is regarded as the 37th state of the federation and as such, a candidate needs to score 25 percent of the valid votes cast in at least two-thirds of 37 states to be declared as winner in the presidential election.INEC
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State has filed petition at the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal challenging the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) won the governorship election held on March 18, 2023.The petitioner, on
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, presided over the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), at the Council Chambers of the Presidential villa, Abuja.President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in Saudi Arabia on an eight-day official visit to the Kingdom.The FEC meeting was physically attended by Secretary to the Government
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An appeal filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) seeking the disqualification of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja.APM was seeking to disqualify Obi from the presidential election held on February 25, 2023.In the appeal
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Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie, has reacted to labeling of supporters of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as fascists by respected Nobel Laureate and playwright, Professor Wole Soyinka.Prof. Soyinka, in an interview with Channels Television on Saturday, had accused Obi’s supporters popularly called Obidients of fascism over their refusal
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A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, nullified the delegate list of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the governorship primary election in Kogi State.The ruling followed a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/329/2023, filed by some aggrieved members of the party in Kogi, led by Realwan Okpanachi.The list was presented to
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The Nigerian National Assembly has passed the Investment and Securities Bill, which aims to strengthen the functioning of the capital market and protect investors.The bill includes provisions for more stringent punishment for operators of Ponzi schemes and illegal investment schemes that have led to the loss of billions of naira
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THE Nigerian Government in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), have repatriated 152 stranded Nigerians from Libya.The repatriated Nigerians with illegal immigrant status arrived at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, on Tuesday evening.“Today, we have successfully evacuated another 152 Nigerians stranded in Libya to Nigeria. Because of
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Dino Melaye, former senator representing Kogi West has noted that Nyesom Wike, Rivers State governor, started opposing him because he refused to support his “myopic” presidential ambition.Melaye who spoke in an interview with Arise TV on Wednesday, said Wike, lobbied to become running mate to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of
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