The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has struck out two motions filed by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, in an appeal over the suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, from the Senate. In striking out the motions, the appellate court, presided over by Justice Hamman Barka, also awarded the sum…
An All Progressives Congress chieftain, Jesutega Onokpasa, is dead. The lawyer and prominent political commentator died on Monday. Announcing his demise on his X account on Tuesday, a pro-APC crusader, Okezie Atani, said the prominent political commentator was survived by his wife and children. He wrote, “We lost Barr. Jesutega Onokpasa, may his soul rest…
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has denied his involvement in an alleged plot to overthrow the country’s current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Speaking for the first time in court, Bolsonaro, who ruled the country between 2019 and 2022, said a coup was an “abominable thing” and there was “never even a possibility of…
The Kogi State Executive Council has reaffirmed its commitment to grassroots development, economic sustainability, and infrastructural growth following its latest meeting held at the EXCO Hall, Government House, Lokoja. Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo charged government officials to remain close to the grassroots and ensure constant engagement with the people, noting that such connection is key…
Former Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has revealed that ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar is preparing to leave the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the 2027 elections. Recall that Atiku was the PDP’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, with Okowa as his running mate. On March 20, 2023, the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku, Labour Party’s…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals celebrated election victory in a stunning turn of fortune but fell short Tuesday of winning an outright majority in Parliament, and the party will have to seek help from another, smaller party. The vote-counting agency Elections Canada finished processing nearly all ballots in what turned out to be a…
National Chairman of the ruling Party, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has boasted that more governors will join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at his residence in Abuja when he received former prominent members of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) from Kano State into the APC, he said 2027 was a done deal.Among the former…
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has berated the recent high-profile defections from the Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, while urging others who want to leave the party to do so now. Saraki also insisted that there is no cause for alarm and that the party is entering a phase of rebirth and…
After many months of speculation by political observers and pundits vis-â-vis affirmative body language of key stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has finally made public his decision to move over to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Oborevwori declared, on Wedday at the Government House Asaba, that he…
China has called on the US to cancel its sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods entering the country as a sign that the President Donald Trump is serious about resolving the trade war between the two countries. A Chinese official said there had been no trade talks with the US, despite suggestions otherwise from the Trump…
