The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 2023 governorship election in Adamawa State, Aishatu Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, has prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from voiding a declaration that announced her as the governor-elect of the state. The Leadership newspaper reports that Binani asked the court for an order prohibiting the election umpire from taking any further steps towards the declaration of the winner of the election pending the determination of her application for judicial review. The APC candidate was illegally declared the governor-elect of…
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The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has revealed that Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Kwankwaso fuelled the victory of the President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The former governor of Lagos State disclosed this during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. He added that the three major opposition Candidates gave Tinubu the victory when they refused to form an alliance ahead of the election. Recall that Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who got 6,984,520 votes, while Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) polled 6,101,533 to come third and Rabiu…
The R21 Malaria Vaccine (Recombinant, Adjuvanted), produced by Serum Institute of India Limited, has received registration approval from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control, or NAFDAC. The agency said the action was part of its mandate as stipulated by its enabling law, NAFDAC Act CapN1, LFN 2004. Announcing the approval on Monday, NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, noted that Malaria is one of the most important public health concerns in the world. Adeyeye revealed that a dosage of R21 Malaria vaccine, which is 0.5ml, is made up of 5g of R21 malaria antigen and 50g of…
The Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola has revealed that the Nigerian constitution permits both Nigerian citizens and the incoming president, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to hold dual citizenship. Fashola stated this in an interview on Channels TV on Sunday. According to the former governor of Lagos State, having dual citizenship would prevent a citizen from becoming Nigeria’s president. Asked if he thought the Nigerian president is allowed to have dual citizenship, according to the constitution, Fashola said, “It is place of birth; if you are born to Nigerian parents! I will check but I doubt if Nigeria’s constitution…
The Federal Government has appealed to the aviation union workers to end the ongoing strike. The Federal government, through the Ministry of Aviation, expressed its displeasure at the ongoing warning strike by the aviation unions despite efforts to meet the demands of the workers. The ministry added that the strike has caused immense disruption to air travel across the country. Odutayo Oluseyi, the ministry’s head of press and public relations, stated in a statement that the strike is pointless since it will make life more difficult for “our residents, alter flight schedules, result in economic losses, and severely impact our…
Micro-blogging platform, Twitter has come down on controversial blogger David Hundeyin as his account has been locked after a flurry of complaints over his incessant fake news and cyber-bullying contents. Recall Hundeyin had been accused, on numerous occasions, of putting out unfounded and divisive contents on his page which have consistently attracted a barrage of undiscerning followers. News media outlet, Sahara Reporters confirmed the recent development on Monday. Hundeyin’s latest ouster comes in less than two months after he was axed from Oxford University over misconduct bordering on misogynism, sexism and racketeering
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has claimed that every accusation leveled at President-elect Bola Tinubu is unfounded or is not supported by proof. Fashola disclosed this when he appeared on Channel Television’s Sunday Politics. The minister outlined how Tinubu’s controversy will help Nigeria reposition itself as the world leader. There is no “sainthood” in government, according to Fashola, and efficiency and performance should be the main priorities. “I think those issues have been ventilated sufficiently,” he said. “When Nigerians have decided, those issues don’t matter. That is what they have said by these votes. “Everytime, it gets…
In the wake of the Senatorial election concluded over the weekend, the All Progressives Congress (APC) came away with the majority after it won 59 seats. Five other political parties, including the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have collectively 50 seats. In the weekend’s supplementary election held in seven senatorial districts, the APC won four and the PDP three. The PDP’s tally is 36, Labour Party (LP) eight; the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) won two each. The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Young Peoples Party (YPP) won one seat each. Two heavyweights…
By Dele Alake Nothing captures and portrays the crisis of credibility and integrity of the vast majority of a sectional intelligentsia than a recent piece by Dr Chidi Amuta titled ‘Peter Obi and the looming tyranny’. To some who thought Chidi was supposedly more cosmopolitan, liberal, less parochial and less paranoid, his vituperation is more revealing than concealing. In the absurd and falsely alarmist apocalyptic piece, Amuta squanders valuable time and needless words lamenting an imminent tyranny of the incoming All Progressives Congress (APC) administration, which is entirely a figment of his fertile imagination. What a not insignificant number of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has rejected the declaration of Senator Aisha Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, as the winner of the governorship election in Adamawa State. The electoral body also summoned the Resident Electoral Commissioner for the state, Barrister Hudu Yunusa over the controversial declaration. INEC stated this via its Twitter handle on Sunday, “The attention of the Commission has been drawn to a purported declaration of winner in the Adamawa Governorship election by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) even when the process has clearly not been concluded. 2. The action of the REC is a usurpation of…