Politics
Ganduje presents three volumes transition report to Abba
The outgoing Kano State Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Wednesday presented three volumes transition report to the Kano State Governor-elect, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf. In a short meeting at the Kano Government House Ante Chamber Hall, Ganduje who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, reiterated his commitment to…
Kwara governor Abdulrazaq emerges Chairman of NGF
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has emerged through concensus as the new Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF). Abdulrazaq, who won reelection, will replaced Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State whose tenure of office would elapse on May 29. This was contained in a communiqué signed by Tambuwal, a Sokoto Senator-elect, at the…
Ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair pledges support for Tinubu administration
A former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has expressed his readiness to support the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to succeed in office. A statement by the spokesman for the president-elect, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, said Mr Blair gave the commitment on Tuesday when he visited the president-elect at the Defence House, Abuja. He said…
Kano judge denies ruling on Abia governorship
Justice Muhammad Nasir-Yunusa of the Kano Division of the Federal High Court said the candidates who participated in the 2023 general election in Abia were not parties before his court. He therefore denied nullifying the candidature of the Abia Governor-elect Alex Otti. Mr Nasir-Yunusa, however, said it nullified the election of the candidates for Kano…
Ganduje unsettled, hires emissary to frustrate Tinubu, Kwankwaso talks
The outgoing Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has hired a top Northern politician to persuade the President-elect Bola Tinubu to stop further reconciliation and plan to work with an opposition, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Tinubu met recently with the National Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and 2023 Presidential candidate, Senator Kwankwaso…
Court nullifies Alex Otti, LP candidates’ elections in Kano, Abia
Justice M N Yunusa of Federal High Court has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Alex Otti, and all the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia and Kano States. Justice Yunusa rule that the candidates emergence at the primary polls didn’t comply with the provisions of the 2022 electoral act. The Court…
Obi urges U.S. to let court decide legitimate Nigeria’s president
Nigerians expect that the US responses to our affairs should be based on mutual respect…
Atiku fumes as U.S. approves Tinubu’s election victory
Says I am in disbelief that Blinken called Tinubu.
Nigerian, Yemi Mobolade, elected mayor of Colorado Springs in keen contest
Yemi Mobolade, a Nigerian immigrant and businessman with no political experience, will be the first elected Black mayor of Colorado Springs after he defeated Wayne Williams on Tuesday night in the city’s runoff contest. Mobolade had received 57% of the vote to Williams’ 43% as of 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. Williams conceded at about 7:30 p.m. When the…