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The 14th Amendment disqualification trial against Donald Trump began Monday in Colorado with a group of voters tying to use the Civil War-era amendment to remove the former president from the 2024 ballot, citing his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection, the CNN reports. In a Denver courtroom, Trump’s lawyers clashed with the challengers, bashing their case as an …

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers announced Monday that it reached a tentative deal with General Motors, capping a whirlwind few days in which GM, Ford and Stellantis agreed to generous terms that would end the union’s six weeks of targeted strikes, pending approval of the rank and file. According to report by the Associated Press, the deal UAW …

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara The governor of Rivers State, Similanyi Fubara, has accused security agencies of compromise while addressing some of his supporters on the crisis rocking the state. Fubara made this known on Monday morning after Edie Edison was removed as Majority Leader of the Rivers House of Assembly. He said, “From what I have seen the security …

Falana said it has been confirmed that four out of 10 persons nominated as REC last week by President Bola Tinubu are constitutionally disabled. He said the nation cannot afford to have the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that is constituted by card-carrying members and loyalists of the ruling party and its collaborators. Falana, the Chairman of Alliance on Surviving …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday said he has “absolute confidence” in the integrity of his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila. ⁣⁣Tinubu said this just before the commencement of this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. ⁣⁣His comments come just 48 hours after a report emerged that the CoS may be battling an …

The Federal Executive Council, on Monday, approved N5.9 billion for the construction of access roads for the Abuja light rail system. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, stated this to State House correspondents while disclosing the outcomes of this week’s Council meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Wike explained that the President has …

Elder statesman and the Leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, has urged President Bola Tinubu to call the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, and the security forces in Rivers State to order. Chief Clark made the call at a media briefing in Abuja, on Monday. Clark said: “I have been greatly disturbed …

The Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, addressed a press conference in Abuja on Monday over the Supreme Court’s verdict to dismiss his appeal for lacking in merit and affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu. Below is the full text of his speech: Someone asked me what I would do if I …

• Says Supreme Court has ended distractions from political opponents• Germany’s visiting Chancellor, Scholz looking to Nigeria for natural gas• Supreme Court verdict: LP alerts Nigerians to alleged trumped-up charges against its leaders  President Bola Tinubu yesterday, described Nigeria as a crawling country in the committee of thriving economies, especially in terms of development indices relating to green energy and the environment. …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday dropped a hint that he will still contest for the presidency in future. Atiku said this during a press conference in Abuja where he addressed the October 26, 2023 verdict of the Supreme Court which affirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu won the …