It is expectedly, a confounding idea, that former President, Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan would contest the 2023 election. More unsettling, of course, is the possibility that the President would be running on the platform of the APC against his party, the PDP. Naturally, his party should be perplexed with such a prospect and unexpectedly, a…
The governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has agreed on a zoning formula for all the six geopolitical zones. Speaking on behalf of APC governors shortly after meeting with President Muhamadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja, El-Rufai said the positions were swapped among the geo-political…
Former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso has announced the formation of a political platform known as The National Movement (TNM). Kwankwaso announced the formation of the party at a meeting of the promoters of its on Tuesday in Abuja. Some members of the new political platform are Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, from Kaduna State; former…
A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) seeking to invalidate some provisions in the Nigeria Police Force Regulations (NPFR) which forbid unmarried female police officers from getting pregnant. The NBA had approached the court to challenge the legality of regulation 127 of the NPFR, arguing that…
By Patience Dombin, Jos The All Progressives Congress (APC) Leaders Forum in Plateau state have condemned statements credited to Bola Tinubu, an APC presidential aspirant, that he was ready to fight dirty with anyone in his quest to become Nigeria’s President come 2023. Tinibu was reported to have said this when he visited the Olubadan-…
By Patience Dombin, Jos A federal high court sitting in Jos, Plateau state capital, has sentenced the former minister of water resources, Sarah Ochekpe to six years imprisonment. Ochekpe served as minister in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. In 2018, Ochekpe, alongside former acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Plateau, Raymond Dabo and…
