By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising or participating in any congress organised by committees appointed by the Senator David Mark-led caretaker leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The court, in the judgment that was delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, also restrained the…
…As Justice Abdulmalik insists party’s NEC ‘re the rightful body to conduct conventions and congresses By Olayinka Ajayi The African Democratic Congress Presidential Candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Mr. Dumebi Kachikwu, has described the nullification of conventions by the Federal High Court in Abuja as ‘kangaroo congresses and conventions.’ In a statement, Kachikwu, while reacting to Justice Joyce…
*Says ‘I’m leaving Labour Party tomorrow’ By Olayinka Ajayi The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party LP, in the 2023 elections, Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said whoever is going to defeat President Bola Tinubu in the forthcoming presidential election must be a man of impeccable character. Baba-Ahmed, in an interview with Channels Television, insisted that the Labour Party won…
Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party’s vice-presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, has announced his intention to leave the Labour Party and join the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP). Baba-Ahmed made the announcement on Tuesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s political programme, Politics Today, citing internal disagreements and a departure from the party’s founding ideals as reasons for…
By Henry Umoru ABUJA — Former senator representing Zamfara Central in the 7th and 8th National Assembly, Senator Kabir Marafa, has defected from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), saying he wishes his former party well. Marafa’s defection comes barely three weeks after he urged his supporters in Zamfara State to commence a registration…
…Pays for purchase of nomination form By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Governance Advisory Council, GAC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos has endorsed the deputy governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, as the consensus candidate in the forthcoming governorship primaries for the 2027 poll. The GAC is the highest decision-making organ of the APC in Lagos. Earlier on Monday, Lagos…
By Dapo Akinrefon & Olasunkanmi Akoni, LAGOS The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, has promised to serve Lagosians “with integrity, focus and a clear sense of purpose” when elected governor in the 2027 elections. Read Also: Video: ‘He’s fit, prepared’ – Sanwo-Olu endorses Hamzat for 2027 Lagos governorship Hamzat made the promise in a post on X…
By Adeola Badru Former 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, and a key figure in the coalition movement within the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr. Peter Obi, is currently in a closed-door meeting with Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, at the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan. The meeting came barely 72 hours after a high-level opposition parties’ summit was…
By Henry Umoru ABUJA- THE President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has declared vacant the Ondo South Senatorial District seat vacant. Akpabio made the announcement during plenary on Tuesday. According to him, declaring the seat vacant followed the appointment of Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, who hitherto occupied the seat, as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. The President…
…. seeks quick delivery of Supreme Court judgment By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Tuesday wrote to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, to demand quick delivery of judgment in the leadership crisis threatening its political fortunes. The party, which is home to a coalition of frontline opposition figures in the country,…
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