The House Committee Chairman on National Planning and Economic Affairs, Isiaka Ibrahim, says the National Bureau of Statistics, (NBS), needs to be insulated from political interference to perform more effectively. Ibrahim said this at a public lecture to mark the 2023 African Statistics Day celebration in Abuja on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has Reinstated the re-election Abdullahi Sule as governor of nasarawa state and debunked his removal by the tribunal. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the March election but David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
A certified copy of Appeal court Judgement on Kano state Governorship election has affirmed the victory of Abba Kabiru Yusuf as duly elected Governor of Kano state. In the fresh revelation as indicated in the written judgement, the Court of Appeal, set aside the judgement of the Kano election petition tribunal for lacking in merit….
As more Nigerians protest the overturning of voters’ decisions at polling units in the March 18 governorship elections in Kano and other states where opposition parties won, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has cautioned leaders on the dangers that come with political injustice. Faulting the verdict of the Appeal Court on the electoral disputes in Kano,…
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, said in the wake of the poor run of some elected governors of the party at the appeal court, the PDP and former Vice President and his spokesman have become overtly desperate to hang their woes on President Tinubu and the judiciary, an important…
The Presidency, on Monday, blamed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the current state of Nigeria’s democracy. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said that the democracy the country currently practises dates back to direct inputs by Obasanjo when he led the country’s first as military Head of State from…
by Ibrahim Musa Since pre-independence, Kano’s politics has been radical and non-aligned. Even when the state finds itself pitching tents with the center, its leftist tendency never dies. Both Sardauna of Sokoto and Shagari did not find favors with Kano politics despite sharing similar ethnic and cultural biases with the Hausawan Kanawa. History reminds us…
After careful study and rigarous stakeholders engagement, Kano state Governor and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) have decided to approach the Supreme Court on the judgement of Appeal Court delivered yesterday in Abuja. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf revealed this on Friday night in a special broadcast made to the good people of Kano in…
Appeal court sitting in Abuja has up held the earlier verdict of the Kano election tribunal judgement which nullified the victory of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. The Court also affirm that Nasir Gawuna of the APC as the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Kano. A three-member panel of justices led by Justice…
Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday nullified the victory of Governor Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the winner of March 18 governorship election Zamfara state. In a unanimous decision, the three-member panel led by Justice Oyebisi Folayemi, on Thursday nullified the return of Justice Sybil Nwaka who read the…
