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• Nwajiuba, Onu, Akpabio tender resignation, Malami, Ngige retain seats • Action belated, could have saved nation from drama, SANs berate Buhari There are strong indications that members of the Federal Executive Council who have declared their intention to contest the 2023 presidential election may appear before the All Progressives Congress screening committee with copies of their letters of resignation …

The policy gives politicians strict rules on where to file political and election-related cases, among other provisions, ahead of the 2023 general elections. The National Judicial Council (NJC) has issued a new policy direction on the handling of political and election-related cases as such suits begin to flood Nigerian courts ahead of the 2023 general elections. The new policy, issued at the …

Secondly, it is our position that the CBN Governor has breached the provisions of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers, by registering as a member of the APC … This intervention seeks to discuss and determine two interrelated issues. The first issue is whether the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is permitted by law, during his term of office, …

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that all members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) running for elective offices submit their letters of resignation on or before Monday the 16th of May, 2022. Nigeria information and culture minister Lai Mohamed disclosed this on Wednesday during the Federal Executive Council meeting. He said that the directive excludes the Vice President, Professor …

The Court of Appeal has voided a ruling of a high court that nullified the controversial Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022. Although the appellate court, essentially, validated the controversial law, it said it would have ruled otherwise if the main suit was properly brought before it. The law bars political appointees like attorney-general Malami from seeking elective …

• Concerns mount over appointment of convention planning committee• Court orders speedy hearing of suit challenging PDP’s primary• Umahi: If Jonathan joins APC, it’ll be one of the wonders of this century All eyes will be on the major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today, as its National Executive Committee (NEC) meets in Abuja to consider among others the …

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has shifted its planned National Caucus, Board of Trustees and National Executive Council meetings earlier scheduled to hold between 10am and 2:00pm. Prominent caucus members of the party including former Senate Presidents, David Mark and Bukola Saraki, the Chairman of the BoT Sen. Walid Jibrin and the governors of Edo, Enugu, Adamawa, Taraba …

The Trade Union Congress (TUC), one of Nigeria’s leading amalgamated labour unions, has threatened to embark on a solidarity strike with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to compel the government to address the workers’ concerns and reopen the universities. In a statement issued on Tuesday, a copy of which was obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, TUC accused the Nigerian …

• HURIWA: Buhari can’t do in six months what he failed to do in seven years. The Presidency, yesterday, declared that President Muhammadu Buhari is ready to step down at the expiration of his tenure on May 29, 2023, in reaction to the call by Senior Advocate of Nigeria and elder statesman, Chief Robert Clarke, for tenure extension. Specifically, Clarke …

…says it’s wrong to go ahead with alleged amendment A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Adopt A Goal Initiative, AGGI, Tuesday, called on House of Representatives not to join the Senate on alleged moves to amend Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act. This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive Director, AGGI, Ariyo-Dare Atoye, while decrying the ungodly move, …