Politics

Femi Owolabi The National Assembly and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ikeja, has struck out a suit filed by the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) challenging the victory of Senator Adetokunbo Abiru in the December 2020 Lagos East senatorial district poll. In a ruling delivered on Tuesday, Justice Bassey Ikpeme who chaired the three-man panel struck out the petition after an application by the APM and its candidate, Olusola Babatope, to withdraw their petition. The other two members of the panel were Justice Mohammed Abubakar and Justice M.M. Odanya. Both petitioners had approached the Tribunal to nullify Abiru’s victory which was declared by the Independent National Election Commission (INEC). Apart from third defendant Abiru, his party – th...

Johnson Emilade A legal practitioner & administrator,Barr. Uche Ohia, has condemned the leadership of Imo state's Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) for the party's statement addressed to Hope Uzodimma over the recent conflict between the incumbent governor and Senator Rochas Okorocha. Barrister Ohia who trolled the party for not lauding the bravery of the governor for trying to checkmate thuggery,opined that the party's press statement titled"Don't Turn Imo Into a War Zone" sounded like a case of sour grapes. While making reference to a precedence, he said the governor had every right to protect the interest of the state, warning that the Party should hold its piece if they can't contribute positively to the issue. He said:"A senior govt. official involved in the recovery ...

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, responds to the reactions trailing his rumoured bid to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC). Over the last week, millions of Nigerians have expressed concern about which direction I am going politically and much has been said. Some have gone out of their way to reach out to me and offered their counsel out of genuine love and concern. Others have not reached out to me and have written or spoken out of ignorance, hate and malice imputing the worst motivations for actions that they claim I have purportedly taken. This contribution is an attempt to provide answers to just a few of the oftentimes asinine and absurd assertions and observations that the latter group has made. Som...

Johnson Emilade The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has raised concerns over the alleged dubious schemes employed by the State's All Progressives Congress (APC) to hoodwink and lure unsuspecting members of the public into registering with the party. In a statement signed by the State's Publiciity Secretary,Ogubundu Nwadike,the opposition party expressed thier dissatisfactions over the nationwide registration process of the ruling party, accusing them ofdeceiving people with false information to lure them into registering with the party. The statement partly reads"The APC has shown desperation in procure members at all cost with false claims,by telling the general public that "the exercise will be used for the payment of unemployment benefits, sharing of proceeds f...

Johnson Emila The Independent National Elections Commission(INEC), has moved to increase the numbers of existing polling booths, as they look to reduce crowding and ensure a great voters experience during the 2023 general elections. This revelation was made known by INEC's Federal Commissioner in charge of information and and voter education, Festus Okoye on Arise tv's Morning show as monitored by Overtnews.He confirmed thy plans are in place to create new polling booths alongside existing ones to help decongest polling booths even as the country prepares for a general elections amidst a global pandemic. Okoye explained that polling booths were last created in 1996 when the total registered voters were 50,000,000, a number which according to him has increased significantly du...

Adamu Bello The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lifted the suspension placed on seven of its members in the House of Representatives. The members are Honourable Ndudi Elumelu, Honourable Wole Oke, Honourable Lynda Ikpeazu, Honourable Anayo Edwin, Honourable Gideon Gwani, Honourable Toby Okechukwu and Honourable Adekoya Addul-majid. This was disclosed in a statement signed on Thursday by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan. The statement said further that the National Working Committee (NWC) lifted the suspension based on the recommendations of the various committee set on issues relating to the suspension. The party charges the lawmakers to be loyal to the party and obey its directives in line with its constitution and vision of its found...

Johnson Emilade After weeks of courting and political romance from the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC),Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan looks set to remain with the People's Democratic Party(PDP) after meeting with some of the opposition party's chieftain in a move jeered towards reconciling aggrieved members back to the party. In its bid to strengthen the party's chances during the upcoming elections, a committee was inaugurated to reconcile aggrieved members who left the PDP as well woo new members into the party ahead of the 2023 general elections. The meeting with Jonathan came on the heels of perceived growing rapport between some leaders of the APC and the former president that triggered speculations that the ruling party may be courting Jonathan for the 2023 preside...

Kemi Adeosu Gbenga was a front row member of the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, having led the campaign team of defeated presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku. Daniel is expected to pick up the membership card of APC before the registration of new members closes today. In a statement, Daniel apologised to his former party for the short notice, stating that his support for Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, was a pointer. He explained that the decision took a speedy curve with the request of the national caretaker Chairman of APC to visit him along with three governors. “I thought I should quickly brief the house before the news goes viral,” he said. The statement made available to Overtnews read that “Dear Friends & Colleagues, pardon my s...

Dayo Oseni Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has called on Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to be more proactive in fighting insecurity in the state. He made the appeal during his appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, while reacting to the recent security tensions in the state, and most recently the violence that broke out in Shasha market in Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan on Saturday. The former governor also called on all governors to come together and collectively fight the growing wave of insecurity in the country.

Mustapha kazim Ahead of the March 27 local government election in Sokoto State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced its withdrawal from the exercise. Addressing journalists on Sunday at the party secretariat in Sokoto, APC Caretaker Chairman, Isa Sadiq Achida, said party cannot participate in an election that will be conducted by unfair, compromised and bias umpire. According to him, the state electoral commission is a composition of men not only loyal to the state government, but very close allies of the state governor, and are allegedly ready to do his bidding. He said the party is pained that the present administration in the state has destroyed the local government administration, noting that the APC cannot tarnish its good mage by participating in a comp...