The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has reacted to the recent telephone conversation between the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Obi said the US should respect the principles of law and democracy by allowing the courts of law in Nigeria to decide who the winner…
The Federal High Court in Kano has declared the votes polled by the Abia State governor-elect, Alex Otti, in the last general election as wasted but refused to nullify the certificate of return issued to him as the winner of the poll. The judgement delivered by M.N. Yunusa on Thursday affects other Labour Party candidates…
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, has dismissed as false and unfounded, the statement ascribed to the Labour and Civil Society Front (LCSF),threatening to disrupt activities in the country if justice was not delivered in the presidential election petition. Instead, Ajaero said LCSF was a platform founded with the aim of…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the November 11 governorship election in Kogi state, Senator Dino Maleye yesterday constituted a committee to draw a blueprint for his campaign as well as his administration, if elected. Melaye said that the Policy Document Development Committee (PDDC) is to chart a way forward for his administration, if elected the…
But for the timely intervention of police officials, angry supporters Labour Party (LP) supporters suspected to be sympathetic to the Julius Abure faction of the party would have lynched the Acting National Chairman, Mr. Lamidi Apapa. Apapa was attending the court’s proceedings for the first time yesterday, even though the court had declined to recognise…
In a recognition by the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON), the premier association of all broadcasters in Nigeria, ARISE News Channel emerged the Best TV Station of the Year, beating heavyweights, like Channels TV, at the maiden edition of The Nigeria Broadcasting Awards (TNBA), held last night in Lagos. The television station also clinched the…
•Says Deputy Governors are partners, not spare tyres By Ayomide Otitoju New entrants to the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), on Tuesday, drew valuable lessons from the hands-on experience of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on the job in the last four years. The Lagos State helmsman shared perspectives and practical ideas on governance during an interaction with…
Britain’s King Charles III has been crowned in a once-in-a-generation royal event witnessed by hundreds of high-profile guests inside Westminster Abbey, as well as tens of thousands of well-wishers who gathered in central London despite the rain. While Charles became King on the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II last September, the coronation on…
Calls are once again ringing out in Canada and the United States for action to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls, a persistent problem that has devastated communities across North America for decades. Friday marks Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day in the US, while it is the National Day of Awareness for…
