Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai has said that he would contest for the 2023 presidency only if President Muhammadu Buhari insisted he should. El-Ruifai, who spoke on ChannelsTV’s Politics Today on Wednesday, was reacting to speculations that he will be the running mate to the former governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi in next year’s poll. “I’ve said over and over that I’m not a contestant for any office. I’m not aspiring for anything. “If Governor Rotimi Amaechi is interested in running for any office, he has the right to do so. But I’m not running for anything and I’m…
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Mike Ozekhome has opined that the Federal High Court could not sack Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi and his deputy, Dr Eric Igwe for defecting to another political party different from the one they were elected. Justice Inyang Ekwo had sacked the duo for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The court, in its ruling, held that the votes that produced Umahi and his deputy were obtained under the PDP and could not be transferred to the APC. However, Ezekhome in a statement he personally signed said that appellate courts have had different…
Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai has vowed that his Yobe state counterpart, Mai Mala Buni will not return as Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). El-Rufai, who spoke on ChannelsTV’s Politics on Wednesday, said Buni, who is currently in Dubai for medical attention, can only return as governor of Yobe, but not as chairman of the ruling party. According to him, Niger state governor, Abubakar Belllo has the backing of President Muhammadu Buhari and 19 governors. “Buni is gone, the secretary is gone. Gov. Bello is in charge and he has the backing of…
Terrorists on Tuesday attacked the convoy of the Deputy Governor of Kebbi state, Samaila Yombe in Kanya village in Danko/Wasagu local government of the state, with a record of heavy casualties. The deputy governor confirmed the attack to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday, saying that he was in Kanya village with the commanding officer of 223 Battalion Zuru to assess the level of Kebbi state government’s assistance to security. According to him, the bandits were mixed with members of the community when the convoy arrived the village. “Yesterday at Kanya, the bandits mixed up with the inhabitants of Kanya.…
The main opposition candidate in South Korea’s presidential election, Yoon Suk-yeol has been elected the country’s next president on Thursday. He defeated the ruling party candidate, Lee Jae-myung candidate, who has also conceded defeat and congratulated Yoon in a statement read at the party headquarters. Yonhap
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it will decide on the sack of Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi and his deputy when served with the court order to that effect. Festus Okoye, INEC’s chairman, information and voter education committee, said the commission had not receive copies of the judgment from the court. “The Commission has not been served with a copy of the said judgment. The Commission will meet and take a decision when it is served with a Certified True Copy of the judgment. “The Commission will meet and take a decision when it is served with a…
As calls by some Nigerians continue to grow for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to declare his ambition to contest the 2023 presidency, his spokesperson, Laolu Akande has said that the vice president will communicate his stance officially. Akande, who fielded questions from State House correspondents shortly after photo sessions to mark the vice president’s 65th birthday on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja said that at present, Osinbajo was focused on supporting President Muhammadu Buhari to deliver in addressing Nigeria’s challenges. “Well, like he has said up to this time, he is committed to the work that he is elected…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba has ordered immediate evacuation of all exhibited impounded, accident and unregistered vehicles from Police stations across the country. A statement by the acting spokesperson of the Force Headquarters, CSP Olumuyiwa Afejobi on Tuesday, said “the order is predicated on the incessant embarrassing and unprofessional manner in which these vehicles are stacked within police facilities causing nuisance and disgusting sight at Police stations. “The IGP frowns at the practice of stockpiling vehicles recovered from crime scenes or vehicles which ownership is being contested or in doubt; in police premises with stringent requirements and cumbersome…
The political movement, National Movement (TNM), led by former Kano state governor, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso has adopted the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), as the platform to wrestle power in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The National Chairman of the party’s caretaker committee, John Ifeimeje disclosed this at a press conference held by the movement’s interim leadership in Abuja on Monday. The TNM, which was launched in February 22, is a group of concerned and patriotic Nigerians from all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, who are worried about the state of the nation and agreed to…
The Group Executive Director, Gas and Power, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Abdulkadir Ahmad has revealed that the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Natural Gas Pipeline Project (AKKP) has reached 73.3 per cent completion stage. Recall that the AKKP was approved by Nigerian government to transport natural gas from Ajaokuta in Kogi state to Kano in Kano state, through several states and urban centres. Ahmed disclosed this when he spoke as Guest Speaker at a Public Lecture in honour of Suleiman Umaru, Emir of Lere in Kaduna state, organised by Kaduna Chapter of Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineer (NSCHE), in Kaduna on Monday. Represented by…