President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to screen and confirm 10 new Resident Electoral Commissioners for a term of five years. The President’s request was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at plenary on Tuesday. The new RECs were appointed last week to serve in the Independent National Electoral…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has said it would not release any confidential documents or information on President Bola Tinubu to the public. The United States federal agency made this known on Monday in response to a suit filed before the United States District Court of the District of Columbia by an…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed a top prosecutor for the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Rotimi Oyedepo, and six others as new aides. The new appointees have been deployed to the Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja. They are meant to function under the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi….
President Bola Tinubu appointed Etekamba Umoren, a close associate of Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, as the new Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner, despite his link to some previous embezzlement cases. Umoren was one of the 10 new Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) Tinubu appointed on Wednesday. In a statement, the State House said that…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, will on Monday address the press on some crucial national issues. According to a statement by the PDP Publicity Office on Saturday, Atiku’s address will centre on issues of serious importance to the nation. This is coming about 48…
The federal government spent a whopping $507,384 on hotel accommodation for President Bola Tinubu at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). When converted to Naira, $507,384 is equivalent to N390,690,753 at the current exchange rate. According to a memo dated September 11, 2023, and obtained by FIJ, $422,820 (N325.5 million) out…
The Labour Party (LP) candidate in the February 25 presidential election has told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to tell Nigerians who he really is and to resign from office immediately. Peter Obi made the “plea” during a press conference held on Wednesday, October 11, 2903, at the Odi/Datti Presidential Campaign Headquarters in Abuja. Obi said…
President Bola Tinubu on Monday begged a federal judge in the United States to ignore records that suggested the person who was admitted into Chicago State University in the 1970s was a female, saying his Nigerian political rival, Atiku Abubakar, was trying to sandbag him in the ongoing case over academic documents. “It is established…
The Presidential Elections Petion Tribunal has dismissed Labour Party/Peter Obi’s petition on 25 per cent for FCT needed to win the presidential election. According to the court, FCT residents have no special privileges as the petitioners claimed. Omonaijablog reports that the court has also rejected the reports of forensic analyses tendered by LP’s three witnesses….
Staff of the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have resorted to prayers ahead of the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Wednesday. Truetells Nigeria had earlier reported that the presidential tribunal confirmed that September 6 has been chosen as the date to deliver ruling on the petitions challenging the victory of President…
