Mohammed said: “It has now emerged that the money spent to purchase the armoured cars was not appropriated, which is a violation of the Nigerian Constitution; that due process was not followed in buying the cars, as the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has testified, and that the Minister – who was said to have approved the purchase – violated the law by approving an expenditure over the 100 million naira limit
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An Ilorin, Kwara State High Court on Friday dismissed an application by All Progressives Congress to stop the Kwara State…
The motion filed by the party’s lawyer, Deji Gbadeyan, urged Justice Suleiman Kawu to hear the matter on Tuesday in view of its urgency
At the wedding ceremony of the son of Senator Odion Ugbesia of Edo State, held in Warri, Uduaghan said Delta State remains a PDP-controlled state and as such no other political party can secure electoral victory in it
O’tega Emerhor of the All Progressive Congress, who polled 29,075 votes, and Ede Definone of the DPP, who scored 29,055 votes had faulted the results, wondering why the Independent National Electoral Commission declared Hon. Emmanuel Aguariavwodo of the PDP as the winner, having polled 263,024
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it is raising the alarm because, as the saying goes, all it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing
Among those who welcomed him at about 1:30pm were the Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; and the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi
It prayed that God will give Agagu’s family and the families of all the victims the grace and strength to tide over the calamitous occurrence and the difficult days ahead
It called on traditional, religious, political and opinion leaders in the affected areas to intervene urgently to end the cycle of violence being perpetrated by the sect
It however warned that giving presidential backing to the police – or any national institution at all – to commit impunity and violate the
nation’s Constitution is the fastest means to destroy such
institutions and erode public confidence in them
The Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission on Tuesday fixed August 31 for the conduct of fresh election in Offa Local Government Area
In a most predictable fashion, the rabid nature of the reaction confirms the truth that Nigeria is being run by little minds and irritants
Reading the communiqué after the four-hour meeting, Fayemi said the governors extensively discussed constitutional amendment and resolved that the issue of local government administration is a matter within the purview of the federating unit and that federalism is the basis of the nation’s sovereignty
Kalu, who was on his way to deliver a lecture on Governance and Politics in Nigeria at the Atlantic Council in Washington DC, United States of America, told newsmen at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport that it was good the Independent National Electoral Commission registered the APC
Ribadu, in a statement in Abuja, congratulated key players in the merged parties “for shoving their personal interests in order to allow for mutation of a pan-Nigerian party that can provide credible alternative to the ruling party”
The APC, made up of the Action Congress of Nigeria, the All Nigeria Peoples Party and the Congress for Progressive Change has had a running battle with INEC over its move to merge and become a new political party
Jega said this while fielding questions from newsmen at a one-day workshop organized by the United Development Programme and the Democratic Governance for Development Project in collaboration with Inter-Party Advisory Council on the revalidation of the reviewed code of conduct for political parties in Minna, the Niger State capital
“Unless the PDP is able to re-invent itself and truly serve the interest of the larger segment of the society, it is my contention that the party will lose the next gubernatorial election
Mohammed spoke in Lagos at the 7th Town Hall Meeting of Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing Lagos Central
Earlier, the Chairman of the Igbo Community Union in Edo State, Chief Luke Abass, had thanked the governor for supporting the Igbo Community and giving employment to Igbo youths even when a state in the South East retrenched non-citizens in their civil service