A mammoth crowd of party supporters and other residents on Monday thronged the streets of Bauchi to receive President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on a campaign tour of the state. Tinubu, who had spent the night at the capital of the north-eastern state, joined the APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, governors and other party chieftains to receive President Buhari at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport Monday morning. On ground to receive the president were Senate President Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
Ex-Chairman of Ikeja branch of the Young Lawyers’ Forum (YLF) of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Yusuff Temilola Nurudeen has been nominated as a member of the Nigerian Bar Association National Executive Committee (NBA-NEC). In his new role, Nurudeen will be working closely with the National Executive Committee and 150 distinguished members of the Bar including 38 Learned Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs). Nigerian Bar Association National Executive Committee (NBA-NEC) is the highest decision-making organ of the association. Pursuant to Section 8(6) of the NBA Constitution 2015 (as amended in 2021) the National Executive Council (NEC) subject to the provisions…
Monday, 23 January, 2023, will remain indelible and a watershed in the race towards who occupies the Oke Mosan seat in the 2023 gubernatorial polls. That day, the Court of Appeal, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, upheld the petition of the candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Barrister Biyi Otegbeye. The appellate court equally upheld the petitions of all the 23 House of Assembly candidates of the party in the forthcoming general elections. The APC had spurred some elements in the Labour Party to drag the ADC to court, alleging that Otegbeye as well as 23 Assembly candidates of the…
The Federal Government has inaugurated a magnificent edifice in highbrow Asokoro, Abuja to house the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) The Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is one of the over 100 Nigerian Diplomatic Missions across the world. The request for the establishment of the Mission was approved by President Goodluck Jonathan, in 2012, in compliance with the provisions of Article 8(1a&b) of the ECOWAS 2010 Supplementary Act which defined the Roles of the Permanent Representatives of Member States to ECOWAS and mandated all…
A day after her official resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC) was made public, Hajia Najatu Muhammad, had declared her support for Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The human rights activist has also decided to express support for candidates across some other parties. Thus, she is in support of the Governorship Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf. Hajia Naja as she fondly called has equally declared support for Aisha Binani, APC Governorship Candidate in Adamawa State. It could be recalled that Naja resigned from APC and quit…
The Federal Government has inaugurated high-level Steering Committee for the Eradication of Statelessness in Nigeria in order to kickstart the implementation of its five key priority activities. The Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Committee Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made this known at the inaugural meeting of the High-Level Steering Committee (HLSC) to Eradicate Statelessness in Nigeria held on Thursday, 19 January, 2023 at the Ministry of Interior. According to the Minister, who defined Statelessness as an emerging global phenomena in which a person is not considered or recognized as a national by any Nation or State under the operation…
By Olawale Osifeso Following his suspension by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for anti-party activities, ex-Governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, has appealed to his numerous supporters to remain calm. He assured them that the illegality will not be allowed to stand. Recall that late on Friday, 20 January, 2023,the National Publicity Secretary of the party announced the decision of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP to suspend the Senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District for anti-party activities. According to a statement released in the early hours of today, Saturday, 21 January, 2023, Dr Chimaroke said, “I…
By Olawale Osifeso The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended a chieftain of the party,a former Governor of Enugu state, and Senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District, Dr Chimaroke Nnamani for anti party activities. Debo Ologunagba, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP announced this in a statement issued on Friday, 20 January, 2023. He said seven others have been suspended along side the senator for ‘anti party activities’ Reacting to the report,the Spokesperson for the APC Presidential Campaign,Festus Keyamo has tagged the suspension a waste of time. In a tweet on his verified twitter handle, Keyamo described the suspension…