Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to do the right thing by declaring the authentic winner of the governorship election in Adamawa State.A mild drama played out on Sunday at the Adamawa State Collation Centre in Yola when the State Resident Electoral Commissioner Hudu Yunusa Ari controversially…
As Joe Biden prepares to launch a re-election bid, a new poll shows that about half of Democrats want him to run again, but more than 80 percent said they would still back the US president against a Republican rival in the general elections in 2024. The poll released on Friday by The Associated Press-NORC…
GBENGA ODOGUN writes on the crisis that rocked the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State following the emergence of Alhaji Ahmed Dodo as the party’s governorship candidate Before the primary for the Kogi State All Progressives Congress, which was held on April 14, there were disagreements and intrigues among members on the mode of primary…
Hungary’s populist leader Viktor Orban had a one-word response to the head of NATO, after he visited Ukraine and promised eventual membership to the war-torn country. “What?!” Orban tweeted on Friday, as he shared a link to a Politico article with the headline: “Your place is in NATO, alliance chief tells Ukraine on first wartime…
By Ayomide Otitoju Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami has been given an award for Excellence in Public Service by President Muhammadu Buhari.The award was given at the maiden edition of the Nigeria Excellence Award in Public Service, recently.Mr. Nami, alongside 43 others including former President Goodluck Jonathan, were conferred…
The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has granted an exparte application by Labour Party’s gubernatorial candidate, Gbadegbo Rhodes-Vivour, for a substituted service on the state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.Mr Rhodes-Vivour and Labour Party, through their counsel, Olagbade Benson, had informed the tribunal that Mr Sanwo-Olu evaded service of the petition on him by the court’s…
The German foreign minister has urged China to pressure Moscow to end the war in Ukraine, saying no other country had “more influence on Russia”. Speaking on Friday after a meeting with her Chinese counterpart Qin Gang in Beijing, Annalena Baerbock said she also expressed concerns about human rights issues and escalating tensions with Taiwan.Her…
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has nullified and set aside the Ward and Local Government congresses purportedly conducted on February 7 by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State. The congresses were for the purpose of nominating APC’s Governorship Candidate for the November gubernatorial polls. The court voided the…
Many traders and customers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have lamented the low patronage and high prices of goods.The traders and customers spoke on Friday in Abuja. One of them, Aliyu Isa, a meat seller at the Wuse market, described the low patronage as worrisome.“I have been coming here to sell cow meat…
