The crisis rocking the Labour Party has worn a new look following the latest move by the Lamidi-Apapa faction as it approached tribunals seeking to withdraw all cases involving the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi challenging the outcome of the 2023 general election. The Apapa-led faction is seeking to scuttle the party’s ongoing contention of the electoral process which led to the declaration of the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu as President-Elect. The move is said to be fueled by convictions from the Apapa-faction that the case in the court lacks merit and it is…
Author: Victor Fola
Former Minister of Justice and Attorney-general of the Federation (AGF), Michael Aondoakaa has said that having dual citizenship is not enough to disqualify a Nigerian by birth from contesting elections in the country. The former AGF made this known in a chat with Arise TV on Tuesday. According to him, dual citizenship can only disqualify “a person who obtains such status by naturalisation or registration”. This clarification in corroboration with the latest revelation from the former president of Guinea, Alpha Conde quell contentions that have circulated in the media that president-elect, Bola Tinubu allegedly obtained Guinea citizenship and therefore was…
Former President of Guinea, Alpha Conde has recounted the legendary strides of President-elect, Bola Tinubu that merited him an ‘honorary’ Guinean citizenship. Conde who recalled the impacts of Tinubu in Guinea and Africa by extension, while speaking to Daily Sun, described Tinubu as the biggest Pan-Africanist he has ever seen, reposing confidence in his capacity to have a successful tenure as president of Nigeria. Also speaking expansively with the news outlet, a top Guinean government official during Conde’s administration and now Ambassador African Union (AU) Agenda 2063, Ousmanne Yara said Tinubu got his Guinean citizenship because Conde, saw him as…
President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured Nigerians that his ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda shall be delivered upon assuming office. Tinubu also rubbished rumours that he is sick, asserting he is ‘strong’ and ‘ready’ for the tasks ahead. Tinubu, who left Nigeria on March 21 to rest in Paris, France, got a rousing reception on arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Speaking to Nigerians, Tinubu said: “I’m happy to be back. I have rested, I’m refreshed and I’m ready for the task ahead. Forget about what the rumour mill may have told you. I’m strong, very strong.” In a tweet,…
The federal government has asked Nigerians trapped in Sudan to avoid taking “treacherous journey” to the country’s borders in a bid to escape. The government issued the warning in a joint statement signed by Janet Olisa, a director in the ministry of foreign affairs, and Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, a permanent secretary in the ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development. The ministries expressed concern over the “dire humanitarian situation” in Sudan and empathised with the civilian population caught up in the ongoing crisis between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). They said plans were in motion…
Popular activist, Deji Adeyanju, has warned those who want the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu dead that they might end up passing away before him as life is full of surprises. Recall that the president-elect returned to Nigeria on Monday to a rousing reception indicative of the anxious anticipation of his incoming administration. Reacting to his arrival in sound health, Adeyanju, in a series of tweets, called out those who thought the former Lagos State governor was in a foreign country over an ailment. Adeyanju urged the opposition to get out of their folly and channel their focus instead to the next…
President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that he is strong and ready for the tasks of leading the country ahead of the May 29 inauguration ceremony. Tinubu made this known on arrival in Abuja on Monday evening after about a month vacation in Paris, France. The president-elect was received by a mammoth crowd of enthusiastic associates and supporters who thronged the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja where his plane touched down. Tinubu was in company with his wife, Senator Remi Tinubu, and son, Seyi Tinubu. Among those at the airport to receive him were Vice President-elect…
It was an electrifying atmosphere at the presidential wing of the Abuja airport when President-elect, Bola Tinubu arrived the country. Nigerians who had gathered in their numbers to welcome the president were thrown into enthusiastic jubilation the moment Tinubu stepped out of the plane. Accompanied by his wife, Senator Remi, a delighted Tinubu waved to the cheers of the crowd as he disembarked from the plane. The president-elect had jetted out of Nigeria to France on March 21, a trip his campaign council said was meant for him to take a rest and plan ahead of his inauguration on May…
Enugu State Police Command says that one Onuabuchi Agbo has been detained after being accused of killing his friend Peter Ukekwe, 44, by strangling him to death and burying him in a shallow grave in Enugu State. The suspect who hails from Ebonyi State, had visited a native doctor, identified as Onyeka Ede, with his deceased friend at Amori, Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, but left their host’s house in the night, only for him to strangle his friend to death and bury him in a shallow grave. According to a statement by the spokesperson for the…
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has disclosed that agency employees intervened during an accident at the Moshalashi Roundabout in the Lagos neighborhood of Iyana-Ipaja to save three people who were critically injured. The agency disclosed this on Monday in a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Mr Adebayo Taofiq, noting that there were three victims (two men and one woman) and that the tragedy was caused by overspeeding, according to a preliminary inquiry. One of the passengers who was saved, according to the statement, was discovered in possession of more than 100 baby…