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| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 2, 2019 | Edo gov’ship: Obaseki/Shaibu ticket non-negotiable — Group | A group in Edo State, Edo Continuity Network (ECN), has said the joint ticket of Gov. Godwin Obaseki and his Deputy, Philip Shaibu, for the 2020 governorship election on the platform of the APC is non-negotiable. In a statement signed by its Director of Publicity, Zibiri Muhammed, and made available to journalists in Benin, yesterday, ECN said the report in the media that Gov. Obaseki was under pressure to drop Shaibu as deputy was false and misleading. It added that Obaseki was comfortable with his deputy and had never failed to exhibit and demonstrate that comfort, trust and dependability, hence he entrusted power to him recently as the acting governor while proceeding on annual leave. | Edo State governorship election 2020. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/edo-govship-obaseki-shaibu-ticket-non-negotiable-group.html | 1 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 2, 2019 | Let our votes count, Kogi labour tells INEC. | The organised labour in Kogi State has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure the votes of teeming workers in the state count during the November 2, 2019, governorship election in the state. State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Com. Onuh Edoka, made the call yesterday in Lokoja during an address on the occasion of this year’s May Day celebration. Com. Edoka maintained that workers in the state constituted a critical mass of the voting population and as such should be allowed to decide who governed them by ensuring a transparent, free, fair and credible election. | Kogi State govership election 2019- INEC | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/let-our-votes-count-kogi-labour-tells-inec.html | 2 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Thursday, May 2, 2019 | Buhari reshuffles staff ahead of second term inauguration | President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redepoyment of 71 staff of the State House Aso Villa, Abuja, ahead of his inauguration for a second term in office. A circular from the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHSOF), revealed that a total of 71 staff on SGL 07-14, both security and civil servants were affected. | President Buhari's staff reshuffle | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/buhari-reshuffles-staff-ahead-of-second-term-inauguration/ | 3 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Thursday, May 2, 2019 | Gov Yahaya Bello endorses Lawan/Gbajabiamila for 9th Assembly | Governor Yahaya Bello has declared his unalloyed support for the endorsement of Sen. Ahmad Lawan and Hon Femi Gbajabiamila as the heads of the 9th Senate and House of Representatives respectively. Gov Yahaya Bello The Governor who made this known while on a courtesy visit to the National Leader of the party, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos said the decision of the party remains his position on the next National Assembly leadership. | National Assemble leadership race. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/gov-yahaya-bello-endorses-lawan-gbajabiamila-for-9th-assembly/ | 4 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 2, 2019 | INEC can’t withhold my certificate of return –Okorocha | Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has said the Independent National Electoral Commission lacks the power to withhold his certificate of return. Okorocha was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the February 23 Imo West senatorial election. In his petition to INEC on Tuesday, Okorocha said he was not happy that the body decided to withhold his certificate of return after he was announced as the winner of the election. But INEC claimed the declaration was made under duress. The petition titled, ‘Need to Avert Abuse of Office and Political Corruption by my Political Opponents with the Active Collaboration of INEC’s Leadership in Clear Violation of the Law,’ was addressed to the Chairman of the commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu. | Imo West Senatorial elections 2019 | https://punchng.com/inec-cant-withhold-my-certificate-of-return-okorocha/ | 5 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 2, 2019 | Buhari can order army to produce his certificates if they exist – Atiku | The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have faulted President Muhammadu Buhari for saying his academic certificates are with the Nigerian Army. Replying to Buhari’s response to their petition filed before the Election Petitions Tribunal, they said if it was true that the certificates existed, Buhari as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces could order the army to produce them. Atiku said he attached his academic certificates to the Form CF001 he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission. In a joint petition filed on March 18, the former Vice-President and his party urged the tribunal to declare them the authentic winner of the February 23 presidential election, insisting Buhari did not possess the educational qualifications he claimed to have in his INEC Form CF001 | 2019 presidential election petition-Atiku | ttps://punchng.com/buhari-can-order-army-to-produce-his-certificates-if-they-exist-atiku/ | 6 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 2, 2019 | Ekiti APC suspends Oni for alleged anti-party activities | The immediate past Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Segun Oni, has been suspended indefinitely from the party. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Oni, who was also a former governor of Ekiti State, was suspended over alleged “anti-party activities.” In a letter dated May 1, 2019 and addressed to Oni by the party’s executives in Oni’s Ifami Ward II, Ekiti, the party said it took the action over the failure of the party chieftain to appear before them to clear the allegations against him. The letter was signed by the Chairman and Secretary of Ifaki Ward II, Shina Akinloye and Ogunyemi Taiwo, respectively, as well as 24 other executive members in the ward. | Ekiti APC internal crisis- Segun Oni | https://punchng.com/ekiti-apc-suspends-oni-for-alleged-anti-party-activities/ | 7 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 2, 2019 | Suspension: Akeredolu will Not Succumb to Intimidation, Says Aide | Following the reported suspension of the Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Special Duties and Strategy, Dr. Doyin Odebowale, Wednesday declared that the people of the state and the governor would not succumb to intimidation. Odebowale, who blamed the current APC crisis in the state on the plan of some people to govern the state by proxy, said those accusing the governor of anti-party activities in the last general election were the architect of the situation in the state. A former Commissioner for Regional Integration in Osun State and former Chairman of Alimosho Local Government in Lagos State, Mr. Bola Ilori had in a reaction blamed Akeredolu for the crisis that led to the defeat of the APC in the last election. | Ondo APC internal crisis- Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/02/suspension-akeredolu-will-not-succumb-to-intimidation-says-aide/ | 8 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Thursday, May 2, 2019 | Obaseki Denies Rumoured Rift with Oshiomhole | Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has debunked rumours making the rounds that all is not well between him and former governor of the state and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole. He described the rumour as “fake news.” Obaseki debunked the rumour yesterday while addressing journalists at the Benin Airport. The governor is expected to resume office after his one-month annual leave, during which period his deputy, Hon. Philip Shaibu, acted as governor. “I feel very good, refreshed and ready to resume after the break from work,” he said. | Gov. Obaseki and Oshiole's alleged rift. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/02/obaseki-denies-rumoured-rift-with-oshiomhole | 9 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Friday, May 3, 2019 | World Press Freedom Day : Media won’t be muzzled under my watch – Buhari | PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has assured the media that he would continue to ensure that the media was not muzzled in any way. President who gave the assurance in Abuja on Thursday, saluted journalists round the country as they join their professional colleagues round the globe to mark World Press Freedom Day. World Press Freedom Day is observed every May 3 to celebrate fundamental principles of press freedom, evaluate press freedom round the world, defend media from attacks on their independence, and pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession. The President in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina urged Nigerian journalists to use the day to appraise and recommit themselves to the ethics that guide their noble profession. | World Press Freedom Day- Buhari | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/world-press-freedom-day-media-wont-be-muzzled-under-my-watch-buhari/ | 10 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Friday, May 3, 2019 | PDP to Buhari: End your private trip, come back, face security challenges | The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Thursday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to return home and fix the security challenges facing the country. Disclosing this in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said that Buhari’s trip to the UK is ‘completely unacceptable’, noting that he practically abandon his responsibilities as the Commander-In-Chief of the country. | Prevailing insecurity issues. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/pdp-to-buhari-end-your-private-trip-come-back-face-security-challenges/ | 11 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Friday, May 3, 2019 | APC peopled by hypocrites, Atiku chides ruling party over Cameroonian citizenship claim | A few weeks after the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, urged the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to dismiss his suit challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the February 23 election, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as described the party as home to hypocrites who speak from both sides of the mouth. The former Vice President flayed chieftains of the APC, arguing that rather than providing evidence to support Buhari’s supposed victory at the poll; they are busy chasing trivialities to hoodwink innocent Nigerians. | Atkiu's citizenship claim. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/apc-peopled-by-hypocrites-atiku-chides-ruling-party-over-cameroonian-citizenship-claim/ | 12 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Friday, May 3, 2019 | Jonathan delighted to lead observer mission to South African elections | The Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) has announced the arrival in South Africa of its election observation mission (EOM) led by former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to observe the country’s national and provincial elections. A statement issued by the South African-based EISA ahead of the May 8 elections quoted former President Jonathan of stating that the polls would provide another opportunity for South Africans to exercise their voting right and deepen the roots of the nation’s democracy | South Africa's 2019 Elections. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/jonathan-delighted-to-lead-observer-mission-to-south-african-elections/ | 13 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 3, 2019 | Tribunal orders INEC to allow PDP inspect election materials in A’Ibom | The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Uyo, Akwa Ibom on Thursday ordered INEC to allow the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legal team to inspect election materials used during the March 9 Governorship Election. The tribunal Chairman, Justice A. M. Yakubu, gave the order while ruling in a Motion on Notice filed by the PDP legal team led by Mr Godwill Umoh. | Election Petition Trbunal, PDP, Akwa Ibom State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/tribunal-orders-inec-to-allow-pdp-inspect-election-materials-in-aibom.html | 14 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 3, 2019 | Ogun Minority Leader defects to APC | Mr Olawale Alausa the Minority Leader, Ogun House of Assembly, on Thursday, defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC ). The lawmaker who represents Ijebu-Ode constituency announced his defection in a letter dated April 23, and read by the Speaker, Mr Suraj Adekunbi during plenary in Abeokuta. | Party Defections. Ogun State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ogun-minority-leader-defects-to-apc.html | 15 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 3, 2019 | Zamfara APC: Supreme Court fixes May 16 for hearing of motions | The Supreme Court has set May 16 for hearing and determination of the appeals over the disqualification of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates in Zamfara State in the last general elections. The Governor Abubakar Yari-backed faction of the APC had filed the appeal before the Supreme Court challenging the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Sokoto, which set aside the judgment of the Zamfara High Court recognizing the primary of October 3 and 7, 2018. | APC Zamfara Crisis. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/zamfara-apc-supreme-court-fixes-may-16-for-hearing-of-motions.html | 16 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 3, 2019 | 2 petitions as Katsina tribunal commences sitting | The Katsina State Governorship and House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal will hold its inaugural sitting on Monday, next week, the Secretary of the tribunal, Aishatu Abubakar, said yesterday. Abubakar, in a statement issued to newsmen in Katsina, said the tribunal would sit at the State High Court Complex. | Eletion Petitions -Katsina State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2-petitions-as-katsina-tribunal-commences-sitting.html | 17 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 3, 2019 | Benue election tribunal begins sitting | The National and House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Benue State, yesterday, held its inaugural sitting. Chairman of the tribunal, Justice A.A. Adeleye, sitting with two other colleagues, Justice C.M Ken-Eze and Justice A.A Mamadi, in his inaugural speech, assured lawyers and petitioners that the law would take its rightful course. | Eletion Petitions -Benue State | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/benue-election-tribunal-begins-sitting.html | 18 |
| Punch Newspaper | Friday, May 3, 2019 | Fresh suit seeks reversal of APC’s zoning of NASS positions | A Kogi State High Court sitting in Koton-Karfe has nullified the April 2 resolution of the state House of Assembly calling for the removal of the state Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah, for gross misconduct. The court also set aside the resolution of the House recommending Alhaji Yahaya Adamu, Chief Registrar of the state High Court, to the state Judicial Service Commission for disciplinary action for gross misconduct. Justice Alaba Omolaye-Aiileye, the High Court judge quashed the resolution in his ruling on motion number HC/KK02M/201 in the suit number HC/KK/11CV/2018 brought by the Chief Judge, Ajanah, and Chief Registrar of the state High Court, Alhaji Yahaya Adamu. | Removal of Chief Judge- Kogi State | https://punchng.com/court-nullifies-kogi-assemblys-call-for-cjs-removal/ | 19 |
| Punch Newspaper | Friday, May 3, 2019 | Fresh suit seeks reversal of APC’s zoning of NASS positions | A fresh suit filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja is seeking an order nullifying the All Progressives Congress’ zoning arrangement for the principal officers of the soon-to-be proclaimed 9th National Assembly. The suit filed on Thursday by a group, Kingdom Human Rights Foundation International, and an acclaimed aggrieved member of the APC, Kenneth Uzochukwu, described the party’s zoning arrangement which they claimed excluded the South-East geopolitical zone as “unconstitutional, unjust, discriminatory and clannish.” The APC, which constitutes the majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, had adopted Senator Ahmed Lawan from Yobe State in the North-East geopolitical zone as its candidate for the position of the Senate President and Femi Gbajabiamila from Lagos State in the South-West zone for the Speaker of the Green Chamber. | National Assemble leadership race. | https://punchng.com/fresh-suit-seeks-reversal-of-apcs-zoning-of-nass-positions/ | 20 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 6, 2019 | Atiku: Yar’adua’s administration best in executive-legislative rapport | The presidential candidate of the PDP in the February 23, 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has described late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua as a decent politician whose administration (only) did not suffer from executive-legislative tension in the Fourth Republic. Atiku, in a statement yesterday by his media office to mark the ninth year anniversary of the demise of Yar’adua, said unlike the current government under which there was unprecedented violence and insecurity in the country, Yar’adua stabilised the nation and ensured the return of peace in the Niger Delta. The former vice president said the late Yar’adua would be remembered as an advocate and proponent of the rule of law and the doctrine of separation of power. | Executive Legistive relations in Nigeria | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/atiku-yaraduas-administration-best-in-executive-legislative-rapport.html | 21 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 6, 2019 | Dabiri-Erewa renews call for Diaspora voting. | The presidential aide Abike Dabiri-Erewa yesterday told Nigerians in the Diaspora to prevail on the National Assembly to approve voting for Nigerians in the Diaspora. Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora, made the call at a Diaspora Leadership Conference, organised by the Nigerian Consulate in New York, The SSA, whose confirmation as chair of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission is pending in the senate, said that Diaspora voting was one of the things the commission would pursue relentlessly when operational. | General Elections- Diaspora voting. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/dabiri-erewa-renews-call-for-diaspora-voting.html | 22 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 6, 2019 | Uncertainty in Lagos PDP as Ogunlewe denies defection | There was uncertainty and confusion at the weekend over the purported defection of a former Minister of Works, Sen. Adeseye Ogunlewe, from the PDP to the APC in Lagos. While reports had gone viral about his defection on Friday, the Sen. told Daily Trust that he remained in PDP, saying the report that he had dumped PDP was not true. Daily Trust reports that speculations had been rife in Lagos PDP that Ogunlewe might be on his way out following his seemingly intractable friction with the leadership of the party. | Party Defections. Lagos State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/uncertainty-in-lagos-pdp-as-ogunlewe-denies-defection.html | 23 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday, May 6, 2019 | ‘Severance Package for Federal Legislators Amounts to Abuse of Office -Victor Abasiakan-Ekim | Nigeria is one of the pocket countries in the entire world where the legislators prescribe, approve and pay to themselves extraordinary and ridiculous amount of monies as salaries and allowances. The allowances range from the inane to the profane. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) imbues the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission as the statutory body with the responsibility of fixing salaries and related allowances of persons in the service of the government of the federation. However, in total disregard to the latent provisions of the constitution, our federal lawmakers have legislated on and approved jumbo salaries for themselves without recourse to the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission. This bothers on greed, pursuit self-glorification and aggrandizement. The conduct does not take into consideration the plight of the masses and should be deprecated by all and sundry. There is no legal and moral justification for the betrayal of the trust reposed by the people in the legislature. The office of a federal legislator is not pensionable and any attempt to legislate severance package for themselves amounts to abuse of their office and cannot be justified in any guise. | National Assembly Severance Package. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/06/severance-package-for-federal-legislators-amounts-to-abuse-of-office/ | 24 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday, May 6, 2019 | APC Elders Reject Oni’s Suspension | The leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ido/Osi Local Government Area, Ekiti State saturday condemned the decision of the state chapter, which suspended the state’s former governor, Chief Segun Oni for alleged anti-party activities. The leaders, who are from Ifaki Ward II, condemned the decision of the party in a statement signed by Mr. Michael Durodola, Mr. Tayo Okanlawon, Mr. Ebenezer Ogunlana and Mr. Sola Ilori, . The APC executives in Ifaki ward II had slammed Oni with indefinite suspension from the party for allegedly involving in some activities perceived to be injurious to the interest of the party. | Ekiti APC internal crisis- Segun Oni | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/05/apc-elders-reject-onis-suspension/ | 25 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 6, 2019 | APC leaders disagree over Obaseki’s adoption for second term | The ruling All Progressives Congress in Edo State has been plunged into internal turmoil following the adoption of Governor Godwin Obaseki as the party’s candidate for next year’s governorship poll by a loyalist group. On March 31, the leaders of the party in the Oredo Local Government Area of the state at a meeting in Benin City, adopted Obaseki as their sole candidate in the 2020 governorship election. The Chairman of the party in the LGA, Godwill Alabi, and Secretary, Magdalene Isekhure, in a statement said the governor deserved a second term because of his achievements. | Edo State governorship election 2020. | https://punchng.com/apc-leaders-disagree-over-obasekis-adoption-for-second-term/ | 26 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 6, 2019 | Akoko-Edo demands deputy speaker slot in Edo | The Akoko-Edo Peoples Renaissance has called for the inclusion of members-elect from the local government area among principal officers of the next Edo State House of Assembly. The group alleged that the region had so far been short-changed in the distribution of political appointments in the state. It claimed that the region was being marginalised despite its contribution to the stability of the All Progressives Congress since it came to power as Action Congress in 2008. Leader of the group, Monday Sule, made its position known while speaking with journalists in Benin, the state capital on Sunday. | Edo State House of Assembly leadership Race. | https://punchng.com/akoko-edo-demands-deputy-speaker-slot-in-edo/ | 27 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 6, 2019 | APC accuses PDP of instigating crisis in Osun | Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party is planning to cause unrest in the state, in case the party’s victory at the election petitions tribunal is upturned by the Court of Appeal. The allegations were contained in a statement the party’s spokesman, Kunle Oyatomi, made available to journalists in Osogbo, the state capital, on Sunday. Oyatomi claimed that the PDP had been engaging in a smear campaign against the APC in order to blackmail justices of the Court of Appeal. He said, “The PDP is spreading total falsehood that unidentified officials of the APC are boasting in public that they have settled those justices in Abuja to decide in favour of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola. | APC , PDP clash- Osun State. | https://punchng.com/apc-accuses-pdp-of-instigating-crisis-in-osun/ | 28 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 6, 2019 | PDP alleges plan to arrest, detain Adeleke. | The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday raised the alarm over an alleged fresh plot by the All Progressives Congress to use some policemen to incarcerate its Osun State governorship candidate in the 2018 election, Ademola Adeleke. It claimed that the plot was aimed at forcing Adeleke to relinquish his mandate. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, made the allegation in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja. He said, “The PDP already has new information of how the APC, having seen that there is no way it can stop Adeleke at the courts, now seeks to forcefully hound him into a police station where he will be incarcerated and put out of circulation before the determination of the matters in court. | APC , PDP clash- Osun State. | https://punchng.com/pdp-alleges-plan-to-arrest-detain-adeleke/ | 29 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Monday, May 6, 2019 | We’re yet to take a position on NASS leadership – PDP | The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said its leadership and elected federal lawmakers have not taken any official position on who to lend support for the position of presiding officers of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. photos of PDP Natl. Convention venue The party said its position is predicated on reports in a section of the media suggesting that its members-elect in the House of Representatives have settled for a particular aspirant as the new Speaker. | National Assemble leadership race.- PDP | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/were-yet-to-take-a-position-on-nass-leadership-pdp/ | 30 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Monday, May 6, 2019 | SENATE PRESIDENCY: Lawan to meet Ndume, Goje, takes campaign to media houses | AHEAD of the inauguration of the 9th National Assembly and election of Presiding officers, Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, All Progressives Congress, APC, Yobe North has intensified his campaign strategy to actualize his aspiration for the position of Senate President. This time, Senator Lawan and his team, have taken the awareness and drumming for support to media houses in the nation’s capital, Abuja. Between Monday and Wednesday, the Senate leader and his supporters visited the headquarters of Daily Trust, Leadership and Blueprint, where he told the world through the media houses his plans for the Senate, if elected. | National Assemble leadership race. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/senate-presidency-lawan-to-meet-ndume-goje-takes-campaign-to-media-houses/ | 31 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | Katsina gov’ship: Lado’s petition to know fate in 180 days | The Katsina State Governorship Election Tribunal has said it will deliver judgement within the constitutionally stipulated 180 days as it will not condone unnecessary delay strategies on the part of counsels. The gubernatorial candidate of the PDP in the state, Garba Yakubu Lado, had approached the tribunal challenging the victory of Gov. Aminu Bello Masari of the APC. | Election Petition Trbunal, PDP, Katsina State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/katsina-govship-lados-petition-to-know-fate-in-180-days.html | 32 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | Imo: Dead people voted in 3 LGAs — Nwosu | The governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the March 23, 2019, gubernatorial election in Imo State, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu, has alleged that forensic investigation carried out on the election materials revealed that hundreds of dead people voted in three local government areas of Aboh Mbaise, Ahiazu and Ezihitte. INEC declared the candidate of the PDP, Emeka Ihedioha, as winner of the election. | Election Petition Trbunal, AA Imo State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/imo-dead-people-voted-in-3-lgas-nwosu.html | 33 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | ‘I’m not in Kogi gov’ship race to establish dynasty — Abubakar Idris | "I have been under very serious pressure for a while from our people, urging me to contest for the governorship of Kogi State. Initially, it was not a matter for me to take seriously because of the fact that my father is a former governor of the state. But interestingly, the pressure kept mounting on daily basis and the reasons they gave were not the kind of reasons that can be brushed aside. The truth of the matter is that we have a peculiar situation at the moment in the state; the situation we have found ourselves as a people demands that every one of us must be patriotic for us to salvage the situation. The prevailing situation in Kogi State is so sad that any right-thinking individual with a milk of compassion flowing through his veins must respond to offer his own quota to the quest of bringing our people out of the quagmire they have found themselves in" — Abubakar Idris | Kogi State governorship race 2019 - Abubakar Idris | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/im-not-in-kogi-govship-race-to-establish-dynasty-abubakar-idris.html | 34 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | Ogun: Appeal Court dismisses case against gov-elect Abiodun | The Court of Appeal in Abuja, yesterday, dismissed the appeal seeking the disqualification of the Ogun State governor-elect, Adedapo Abiodun over alleged false information. A three-member panel presided by Justice Datti Yahaya found the appeal unmeritorious. ADVERTISEMENT A lawyer, Abdulrafiu Adesina Baruwa, had appealed the decision of the FCT High Court dismissing the suit challenging the non-declaration of gov-elect Abiodun’s full academic qualifications and failure to participate in the NYSC programme. | Election Petition Trbunal - Ogun State | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ogun-appeal-court-dismisses-case-against-gov-elect-abiodun.html | 35 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | We’ll resist APC’s move to frustrate our petition — APM chair | The Allied People’s Movement (APM) has said it will resist any attempts by the APC to frustrate its petition at the Ogun State Governorship Election Tribunal. The party had rejected the outcome of the March 9, governorship election in Ogun State, and therefore proceeded to court after INEC announced APC as winner. ADVERTISEMENT The National Chairman of APM, Alhaji Yusuf Mamman Dantalle, told newsmen yesterday in Abuja that the APC had allegedly disbanded an existing tribunal and was planning to constitute another panel of judges that would dance to its tune. | Ogun State Election Petition Trbunal - APM | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/well-resist-apcs-move-to-frustrate-our-petition-apm-chair.html | 36 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | 75 parties pass confidence vote on INEC chair | Seventy five of the 91 registered political parties yesterday in Abuja passed a vote of confidence on the National Chairman INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, saying the 2019 general elections met the expectation of majority of Nigerians. Some of the parties were Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD), Labour Party (LP), African Democratic Congress (ADC), All Grand Alliance Party (AGAP), Alliance of Social Democrats (ASD). Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP), Coalition for Change (C4C), KOWA Party, Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) and Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) among others. | 2019 general elections - INEC | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/75-parties-pass-confidence-vote-on-inec-chair.html | 37 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | Ogun: Abiodun will review Amosun’s last-minute employment, contracts — APC | The Caretaker Committee of the APC in Ogun State has said that the Governor-elect, Prince Dapo Abiodun, will review last-minute employments and contracts awarded by the outgoing Governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun, when he takes over power on May 29. In a statement made available to Daily Trust in Abeokuta by the committee’s Publicity Secretary, Tunde Oladunjoye, the party vowed that the review would also be extended to the installation of new traditional rulers. | Ogun State governor-elect, Prince Adedapo Abiodun. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ogun-abiodun-will-review-amosuns-last-minute-employment-contracts-apc.html | 38 |
| Punch Newspaper | Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | 2023: Buhari must deal with overambitious APC members, says El-Rufai | The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has blamed the internal crisis in the All Progressives Congress in the build-up to the 2019 general elections on the desperation of some members who are positioning themselves ahead of the 2023 presidential election. El-Rufai, while regretting that the APC lost some states to the opposition on account of the inordinate ambitions of some members of the party, argued that it was wrong for the APC members to be scheming ahead of 2023, when President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term had not even taken off. He said Buhari must be firm and deal decisively with those ambitious members who might make his second term in office difficult for him. | 2023 Polls- APC | https://punchng.com/2023-buhari-must-deal-with-overambitious-apc-members-says-el-rufai/ | 39 |
| Punch Newspaper | Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | Ortom, PDP file defence at election tribunal | The Benue State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Monday filed its defence at the state governorship election petition tribunal. The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Emmanuel Jime, and the party had filed a petition against the victory of the PDP candidate, Samuel Ortom, in the just-concluded election. The APC governorship candidate’s petition has the Independent National Electoral Commission, Ortom and the PDP as the first, second and third defendants respectively | Election Petition Trbunal, PDP, Benue State. | https://punchng.com/ortom-pdp-file-defence-at-election-tribunal/ | 40 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | After 20 years in the Senate, David Mark begins ‘thank you tour’ to his constituents | AFTER his sojourn in the Senate for twenty years, representing the people of Benue South Senatorial district, former Senate President, Senator David Mark, will today begin a thank you tour to all the local governments that make up the zone. In a statement yesterday in Abuja by his Media Assistant, Paul Mumeh, Senator Mark would use the opportunity to appreciate his people for the trust and confidence reposed on him for 20 years in the upper legislative house. | 8th Assembly- David Mark | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/after-20-years-in-the-senate-david-mark-begins-thank-you-tour-to-his-constituents/ | 41 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | Your suggestion that TraderMoni amount to vote-buying baseless, cheap lies, BMO tells Atiku | Abuja – The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) says contrary to speculations, the TraderMoni sheme enjoys constitutional backing as one of the programmes of the Federal Government aimed at intervening in the lives of indigent Nigerian traders. Atiku Abubakar GCON BMO made this known in a statement signed by its Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju, and Secretary, Cassidy Madueke, on Monday in Abuja. | Trader Moni Vote Buying Claims- Atiku | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/your-suggestion-that-tradermoni-amount-to-vote-buying-baseless-cheap-lies-bmo-tells-atiku/ | 42 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | How can we survive when kidnapping is a new occupation? – Buhari | President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday expressed worry over the current insecurity bedeviling the nation saying kidnapping has now become an occupation and industry for the youths. President Buhari represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh stated this during the flag-off distribution of cotton seeds and inputs to 100,000 cotton farmers for 2019 planting season in Katsina. | Insecurity, Buhari, Federal Government. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/how-can-we-survive-when-kidnapping-is-a-new-occupation-buhari/ | 43 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | Jigawa lawmakers break mace over rules amendment | Members of the Jigawa State House of Assembly, yesterday, broke the mace of the assembly into three pieces following a rowdy session over the amendment of the House Standing Rule (HSR). Tension in the assembly had heightened in the past two months as agitation among members peaked over a plan to return a former Speaker, Idris Garba alias Kareka, to office. In January, 2017, Garba was impeached as the speaker of the assembly after he was accused of high-handedness and arrogating too much power to himself, as a result of which the present Speaker, Isa Idris Gwaram, took over. | Jigawa House of Assembly Crisis. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/jigawa-lawmakers-break-mace-over-rules-amendment.html | 44 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | Dogara urges lawmakers-elect to demystify godfathers | Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has advised new lawmakers to choose the kind of leadership that will be answerable to them and their constituents and not listen to godfathers who live only for themselves. Speaking yesterday in Abuja at a conference organised by the #NotTooYoungToRun movement for new lawmakers, Dogara charged them to shun the arrogance of power. He said the National Assembly had always charted its leadership course because the lawmakers were aware that external interests would never guarantee the convergence needed to legislate for the people and hold the executive arm accountable. | Convergence 2.0 - Dogara | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/dogara-urges-lawmakers-elect-to-demystify-godfathers.html | 45 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | Bayelsa: IPAC petitions INEC, seeks redeployment of staf | The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Bayelsa State has called on INEC to redeploy all its staff in the state to another state. The council alleged that most of the INEC staff had served in the state for long and had become too familiar with politicians. Chairman of IPAC in the state, Mr. Eneyi Zidougha, told journalists in Yenagoa yesterday that the call became necessary if the state must have a free, fair and credible governorship election on November 2, 2019. | Bayelsa State 2019 elections. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/bayelsa-ipac-petitions-inec-seeks-redeployment-of-staff.html | 46 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | Reps reconsider Electoral Act Bill | The House of Representatives yesterday fine-tuned the 2010 Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, which was denied assent by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2018. This followed the adoption of a report on a ‘Bill for an Act to amend the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2010,’ by a Committee of the Whole chaired by Speaker Yakubu Dogara. Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business, Edward Pwajork (PDP, Plateau), said the amendments of the Principal Act became necessary in view of the prevalent realities. | Electoral Act Amendment Bill. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/reps-reconsider-electoral-act-bill.html | 47 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | Ogun: APM, LP bicker as new tribunal members resume today | The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and a faction of the Labour Party (LP) in Ogun State are bickering as the Justice Josephine Coker-led reconstituted Ogun Election Petitions Tribunal is billed to resume pre-hearing sitting today. The former panel, headed by Justice Chinwe Onyeabo, had adjourned resumption of its Easter break till May 8, but the panel was replaced with the Justice Coker-led team following a reshuffle carried out by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa. | Ogun State Election Petition Trbunal - APM | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ogun-apm-lp-bicker-as-new-tribunal-members-resume-today.html | 48 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | Wamakko urges tribunal to strike out Maccido’s petition | The Senator representing Sokoto North, Aliyu Wamakko, yesterday, said the petition filed by the PDP candidate in the recent senatorial elections, Sen. Ahmed Mohammed Maccido, against his (Wamakko’s) re-election is “statute barred.” Sen. Wamakko, therefore, urged the election petitions tribunal in Sokoto State to strike out the case instituted by Maccido. ADVERTISEMENT Wamakko, who is the first respondent in the case, submitted that the petition was filed out of stipulated time. | Sokoto State Election Petition Tribunal - Wamako | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/wamakko-urges-tribunal-to-strike-out-maccidos-petition.html | 49 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | ADP wants service chiefs replaced | The National Chairman of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Engr. Yabagi Yusuf Sani, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to replace all the service chiefs to end insecurity across the country. Engr. Sani, who spoke with journalists yesterday in Abuja, wondered how the level of insecurity could change when the same set of service chiefs had remained in the saddle. | Insecurity challenges- ADP | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/adp-wants-service-chiefs-replaced.html | 50 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | Taraba: Tribunal receives 21 petitions | Twenty one petitions have been filed at the Taraba State Election Petitions Tribunal. The three-man tribunal under the chairmanship of Justice Eyewumi Oritsejafor, on Monday, began sitting in Jalingo, the state capital. Delivering a speech at the inaugural ceremony held at the Magistrates’/Appeal Court, Mile Six, Jalingo, Justice Oritsejafor said 21 petitions had been filed before the tribunal. Justice Oritsejafor said three petitions were filed against the senate elections results declared by INEC, four for the House of Representatives, while 14 were received for the House of Assembly. | Election Petition Trbunal - Taraba State | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/taraba-tribunal-receives-21-petitions.html | 51 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | Tribunal holds inaugural sitting on Atiku, others’ petitions today | The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal will hold its inaugural sitting on Wednesday. The Court of Appeal’s Media Officer, Sa’adatu Musa Kachalla said this in a statement on Tuesday. Kachalla said, “The Presidential Elections Petition Panel will begin its inaugural session on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at the Abuja Division courtroom. Time is 9am.” | Election Petition Trbunal, PDP, APC, INEC. | https://punchng.com/tribunal-holds-inaugural-sitting-on-atiku-others-petitions-today/ | 52 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | AKWA IBOM: APC, INEC in tug-of-war over polls materials | THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Akwa Ibom State under the watch of Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Mike Igini is in a tug-of-war with the lawyers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the inspection of election materials in respect of ongoing petitions at the tribunal. Some APC National Assembly candidates including Senator Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom North West) and the governorship candidate, Obong Nsima Ekere, had approached the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in the state to challenge the outcome of the 2019 elections. | Election Petition Trbunal, PDP, Akwa Ibom State. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/akwa-ibom-apc-inec-in-tug-of-war-over-polls-materials/ | 53 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | PDP candidate serves Fayemi notice of appeal to Apex court | The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 14, 2018 governorship election, Professor Kolapo Olusola Tuesday served Governor Kayode Fayemi the Notice of Appeal, Records of Appeal and the Appellate brief of argument through substituted means at the state Secretariat of the All progressives Congress (APC). Prof-Kolapo-Olusola The service followed the Interim Order of service granted the appellant by the Supreme Court on Monday the 6th of May, a copy of which was made available to reporters in Ado Ekiti. | Election Petition Trbunal,Ekiti State | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/pdp-candidate-serves-fayemi-notice-of-appeal-to-apex-court/ | 54 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 9 , 2019 | My Senate president ambition originated from my colleagues – Lawan | Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, says his ambition to become President of the Senate in the 9th assembly is a product of deep thinking by his colleagues, senators-elect. Lawan made the disclosure, on Thursday, when he appeared on News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. “This project is a product of deep thinking by my colleagues, senators-elect. “Some of our colleagues decided right after the Presidential and National Assembly elections to consider the possibility for us to run for the office of the senate president given our history and experience. | Senate Leadership Race- Lawan | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/my-senate-president-ambition-originated-from-my-colleagues-lawan.html | 55 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 9 , 2019 | We’re not aware of our governors’ retreat in Dubai — PDP | The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied knowledge of its governors’ induction and investment retreat purportedly slated for May 16-22, 2019, in Dubai. There is a poster circulating in the social media containing the portraits of all the serving governors and governors-elect on the platform of the PDP indicating that the retreat would have the theme; “Getting Ready for the Task.” It also indicated that the retreat would be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and precisely at The Retreat Palm, Dubai MGallery by Sofitel East Crescent, the Palm Jumeirah-Dubai. | PDP Dubai Retreat | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/were-not-aware-of-our-governors-retreat-in-dubai-pdp.html | 56 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 9 , 2019 | Senate Presidency: Buhari won’t ask me to step down — Ndume | One of the contenders for the Senate president’s seat, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has said that he believes President Muhammadu Buhari will not ask him to step down for anybody in the contest. Ndume said the president believed in democratic process and would not interfere in the process of electing leaders of the National Assembly. Speaking yesterday during an interaction with the editors of Daily Trust in the Media Trust headquarters in Abuja, Ndume also said he would not want any of the contenders for the seat to step down for him. | Senate Leadership Race- Ndume | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/senate-presidency-buhari-wont-ask-me-to-step-down-ndume.html | 57 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 9 , 2019 | Sokoto: Rep-elect fails in bid to strike out petition | The Election Petitions Tribunal in Sokoto State has dismissed a motion seeking to strike out the petition challenging the return of Alhaji Sa’idu Bargaja of the PDP as member-elect for Isa/Sabon-Birni Federal Constituency. The APC candidate in the election, Alhaji Sani Aminu-Isa, and his party, had filed a petition over alleged election malpractice. Bargaja on his side filed an application to dismiss the petition in its entirety. His Counsel, Ibrahim Abdullahi, argued that the petitioners failed to apply for pre-hearing session within seven days as required by law. | Election Petition Trbunal - Sokoto State | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/sokoto-rep-elect-fails-in-bid-to-strike-out-petition.html | 58 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 9 , 2019 | New Ogun tribunal rebuffs move to stall resumption | A move to stall the Justice Josephine Coker-led reconstituted Election Petitions Tribunal’s resumption failed yesterday in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Justice Coker had barely addressed stakeholders at the inaugural sitting when the Lead Counsel to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Mamman Osuman (SAN), asked the tribunal not to proceed with the sitting following a petition written by the party to the Court of Appeal rejecting the new panel. Osuman implored the panel to tarry its sitting pending the determination of the petition. Counsel to other parties, however, rejected Osuman’s demand, expressing their support and cooperation with the panel to assume sitting. | Election Petition Trbunal - Ogun State | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/new-ogun-tribunal-rebuffs-move-to-stall-resumption.html | 59 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 9 , 2019 | Ex-Gombe PDP rep wants defectors sanctioned | The PDP candidate in Gombe State for last Kaltungo/Shomgon Federal Constituency election, Alh. Adamu Gora Kalba, has underscored the need to ensure that electoral officers swear to neutrality oath as contained in the Electoral Act to stop irregularities in future polls. Alh. Kalba, who had earlier represented the constituency in the House Representatives in the 5th and 6th National Assemblies between 2003 and 2011, spoke yesterday in Abuja in an interview with Daily Trust. | Party Defections- PDP | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ex-gombe-pdp-rep-wants-defectors-sanctioned.html | 60 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 9 , 2019 | Reviews on 2019 poll have been positive- INEC Chairman | The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, says the reviews of the 2019 general elections have been generally positive, but not without some concerns. Yakubu, represented by Mr Mohammed Haruna, a National Commissioner, made the observation at the forum on “Media Coverage of the 2019 General Election” organised by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in collaboration with INEC, on Wednesday in Abuja. He said since the end of the general elections there were series of review by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), domestic and foreign election observers that monitored the poll. | 2019 general elections - INEC | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/reviews-on-2019-poll-have-been-positive-inec-chairman.html | 61 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 9 , 2019 | 2019 Presidential poll: Tribunal to punish premature decisions in the media, says Justice Bulkachuwa | The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, has warned against public comments which would publicly decide presidential petitions in the court. Justice Bulkachuwa stated this at the inaugural sitting of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja on Wednesday. She said such media discussions overheat the polity. “We are witnesses to what has been happening in high profile cases where such cases are being discussed and publicly decided prematurely in both the social and electronic media before the announcement of the verdict by the court,” she said. | 2019 general elections - Election Tribunals. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-presidential-poll-tribunal-to-punish-premature-decisions-in-the-media-says-justice-bulkachuwa.html | 62 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 9 , 2019 | APC says no going back on Lawan, Gbajabiamila | The All Progressives Congress has said there is no going back on the endorsement of Senator Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila as the next President of the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively. Despite the ruling party’s support for Lawan, Senator Ali Ndume (Borno) and Senator Danjuma Goje (Gombe) are said to be interested in contesting against him. Some lawmakers, including from the South-West legislators, have also declared interest in contesting against Gbajabiamila. But the APC National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, in an interview with our correspondent, said the party was already looking beyond zoning and endorsemen | National Assemble leadership race.- APC | https://punchng.com/apc-says-no-going-back-on-lawan-gbajabiamila/ | 63 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 9 , 2019 | Nigeria’s electoral law problematic, says INEC chairman | The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has described the nation’s current Electoral Act as problematic. He said a new legal framework must be put in place in order to address the irregularities being witnessed in the nation’s electoral process. Yakubu spoke during the 12th National Delegates Conference of the Forum of State Independent Electoral Commissions of Nigeria held in Jos, Plateau State capital, on Wednesday. He was represented by the commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye | 2019 general elections - INEC | https://punchng.com/nigerias-electoral-law-problematic-says-inec-chairman/ | 64 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 9 , 2019 | Jega blames bad, unenlightened leaders for woes | A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, has blamed the problems of the country on “bad and unenlightened” leadership. Jega stated this at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, where he chaired the 13th convocation lecture of the institution on Wednesday. He said, “Politics in Nigeria has been mismanaged by those who are not enlightened. Education is key to national integration, peace and development. “Our leaders may be educated but not enlightened.” | Nigeria's political problems- Jega | https://punchng.com/jega-blames-bad-unenlightened-leaders-for-woes/ | 65 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 9 , 2019 | APC says ex-Gov Oni’s suspension stands | The Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday affirmed the suspension of a former governor of the state, Chief Segun Oni. The chairman of APC in Ifaki Ward II, Shina Akinloye, and other leaders in the ward insisted that “Oni was duly and legally suspended by a party apparatus at his ward, which is Ifaki Ward II in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of the state, for alleged anti-party activities.” Akinloye and the leaders, including Femi Olanrewaju, Sule Rasaq, Suleiman Olatunji and Tunde Olanrewaju, made their position known in a statement made available to journalists in Ado Ekiti. They described those condemning the suspension as rebels who had earlier been denied opportunity to hijack the party. | Ekiti APC internal crisis- Segun Oni | https://punchng.com/apc-says-ex-gov-onis-suspension-stands/ | 66 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Thursday, May 9 , 2019 | Okorocha Alleges Plot to Truncate His Senatorial Election Victory | Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State Wednesday alleged that there is grand plot to prevent him by all means, from going to the Senate in spite of his victory at the last general election, and accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, and his party of conniving with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in spearheading the plot. He also wondered why Oshiomhole, he helped to the office of the national chairmanship of the ruling party, suddenly turned against him and had consistently worked with some political forces to frustrate him in his bid to represent his people in the Senate. | Imo West Senatorial elections 2019.-Okorocha | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/09/okorocha-alleges-plot-to-truncate-his-senatorial-election-victory/ | 67 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Thursday, May 9 , 2019 | APC Wants Tribunal to Quash Order Granted Sokoto Gov on Electoral Materials | The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded general election in Sokoto State, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, and the party have filed an application before the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Sokoto, seeking to quash some part of the order it had earlier granted Governor Aminu Waziiri Tambuwal and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to inspect electoral materials, especially the use of forensic experts. The tribunal had earlier granted an order directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow Tambuwal and PDP to inspect the electoral materials used for the March 9, 2019 governorship election and the March 23, 2019 rerun poll | Election Petition Trbunal - Sokoto State | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/09/apc-wants-tribunal-to-quash-order-granted-sokoto-gov-on-electoral-materials/ | 68 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Thursday, May 9 , 2019 | Magu: Why EFCC Intervened over Voters’ Inducement | The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has explained that the anti-graft agency intervened in the recent general election in Nigeria, in order to checkmate and prevent the moneybags from determining the emergence of leaders arising from the polls. This is coming as a pro-democracy group, The Advocates for New Nigeria (TANN), has however, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call Magu, to order over his incessant harassment of the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki and members of the opposition. | 2019 general elections - EFCC | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/09/magu-why-efcc-intervened-over-voters-inducement/ | 69 |
| Daily Trust Online | Fiday, May 10, 2019 | Atiku’ll accept verdict on petition — Spokesman | The presidential candidate of the PDP in the February 23, 2019, general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has said he will accept the verdict of the tribunal on his petition challenging the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the election. Atiku, a former vice president, said he would not allow Nigeria to experience crisis or spilling of blood of innocent Nigerians for whatever reason, adding that he was more interested in institutional reforms that would enhance national development. Speaking yesterday through Mr. Segun Showunmi, the Spokesman of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, at a media chat in Abuja, Atiku, expressed hope that the judicial officers would do what was expected of them by delivering judgement in line with their professional calling. | 2019 presidential election tribunal -Atiku | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/atikull-accept-verdict-on-petition-spokesman.html | 70 |
| Daily Trust Online | Fiday, May 10, 2019 | Senate leadership: S/South APC chairmen write Buhari, make case for Omo-Agege | Chairmen of the APC in the six South South states have written President Muhammadu Buhari on the need to support Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege for the position of deputy senate president for the 9th Assembly. The South South APC chairmen said Omo-Agege was qualified for the position considering his pedigree. | Senate Leadership Race- Omo Agegee | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/senate-leadership-s-south-apc-chairmen-write-buhari-make-case-for-omo-agege.html | 71 |
| Daily Trust Online | Fiday, May 10, 2019 | Sokoto: Aliyu asks tribunal to reverse self on Tambuwal’s forensic experts | The APC in Sokoto State and its governorship candidate, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, have filed an application praying the election petitions tribunal to quash the order it granted Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and the PDP to use forensic experts. It would be recalled that the tribunal had on April 25, granted Gov. Tambuwal and his party leave to invite forensic experts to conduct physical inspection of materials used in the election and obtain true certified copies of documents. But at yesterday’s sitting, Lead Counsel to Aliyu and APC, Chief Jacob Ochidi, said they had filed an application to quash some parts of the order, especially the use of forensic experts. | Election Petition Trbunal - Sokoto State | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/sokoto-aliyu-asks-tribunal-to-reverse-self-on-tambuwals-forensic-experts.html | 72 |
| Daily Trust Online | Fiday, May 10, 2019 | S/West PDP ‘shocked’ over Osun verdict | The South West chapter of the PDP, yesterday, faulted the Court of Appeal decision affirming the election of Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola and nullifying the verdict of the Osun Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which earlier declared Sen. Ademola Adeleke as winner of the governorship election. Chairman of the party in the state, Dr. Eddy Olafeso, said the party was shocked at the premise upon which the said verdict was “anchored”. Dr. Olafeso hinted that the decision would be appealed at the Supreme Court, expressing optimism that justice would be served in favour of the PDP candidate. | Election Petition Trbunal - Osun State | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/s-west-pdp-shocked-over-osun-verdict.html | 73 |
| Daily Trust Online | Fiday, May 10, 2019 | Quit panel on Atiku’s petition, PDP tells Justice Bulkachuwa | The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa to quit the panel sitting over the petition filed by the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who is challenging the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the February 23, 2019 election. The party premised its rejection of Justice Bulkachuwa’s membership of the panel on the grounds that her husband is a Senator-elect from Bauchi State on the platform of the All Progressives Congres (APC), the ruling party. | 2019 presidential election tribunal -Atiku | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/quit-panel-on-atikus-petition-pdp-tells-justice-bulkachuwa.html | 74 |
| Daily Trust Online | Fiday, May 10, 2019 | I am heading to S/court, says Adeleke | Following the verdict given by the Appeal Court in Abuja on Thursday, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate Ademola Adeleke has said he’ll be heading to the Supreme court to seek redress. In a statement in Osogbo, the PDP candidate said he received the news of the Appeal Court judgement with dissatisfaction. He said “I’m heading to Supreme Court” | Election Petition Trbunal - Osun State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/i-am-heading-to-s-court-says-adeleke.html | 75 |
| Daily Trust Online | Fiday, May 10, 2019 | Oyetola urges Osun people to remain peaceful as Adeleke reappeals | Governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola has urged the people of Osun State to remain peaceful. Whereas the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke has declared that he was heading to the Supreme Court to seek redress on the decision of the Appeal Court. | Election Petition Trbunal - Osun State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/oyetola-urges-osun-people-to-remain-peaceful-as-adeleke-reappeals.html | 76 |
| Daily Trust Online | Fiday, May 10, 2019 | My election, a surprise package by my colleagues – Jigawa’s new Speaker | The newly elected Speaker of Jigawa State House of Assembly, Idris Garba, alias Kareka, said his election came to him as a surprise as he never knew there was such a plan in the offing among his colleagues to elect him for a second time as the Speaker of the assembly. Garba, was elected on Thursday morning following the impeachment of the former speaker, Isa Idris Gwaram. Gwaram was impeached by 20 out of 30 members of the state assembly. | Jigawa House of Assembly Crisis | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/my-election-a-surprise-package-by-my-colleagues-jigawas-new-speaker.html | 77 |
| Punch Newspaper | Fiday, May 10, 2019 | Ogun denies gov-elect’s transition team access to facilities | Ogun State Government has denied the transition committee set up by the governor-elect, Dapo Abiodun, access to some state-owned facilities for inspection. The denial was contained in a letter from the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, which was obtained by our correspondent in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Thursday. It was gathered that the letter was a response to a request made by the transition committee chaired by the deputy governor-elect, Noimot Salako-Oyedele. | Ogun State transition committee. | https://punchng.com/ogun-denies-gov-elects-transition-team-access-to-facilities/ | 78 |
| Punch Newspaper | Fiday, May 10, 2019 | Dankwambo halts PDP govs’ Dubai retreat | The Governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Dankwambo, has asked the promoters of a weeklong retreat scheduled to hold in Dubai for governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party to shelve the idea. Dankwambo, who is the acting Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, gave the directive at a meeting he had in Abuja on Tuesday with those planning the retreat. The proposed retreat with the theme, ‘Getting ready for the task ahead,’ was meant to be an induction and investment retreat for the recently elected governors of the party. It was meant to hold between May 16 and 22. | PDP Dubai Retreat | https://punchng.com/dankwambo-halts-pdp-govs-dubai-retreat/ | 79 |
| Punch Newspaper | Fiday, May 10, 2019 | Loyalists write Oshiomhole, condemn Oni’s suspension from APC | Members of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State loyal to Segun Oni have written the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, condemning Oni’s suspension by the ruling party for anti-party activities. The loyalists, who said they were alarmed by the media reports of Oni’s suspension, pointed an accusing finger at Governor Kayode Fayemi. | Ekiti APC internal crisis- Segun Oni | https://punchng.com/loyalists-write-oshiomhole-condemn-onis-suspension-from-apc/ | 80 |
| Punch Newspaper | Fiday, May 10, 2019 | Imo lawmakers slam indefinite suspension on 27 LGA chairmen | Imo State lawmakers on Thursday suspended the elected chairmen of the 27 local government areas of the state. This followed the chairmen’s refusal to appear before the lawmakers during the plenary. The Directors of Administration and General Services and the Treasurers of the LGAs had appeared at the plenary following invitation extended to them by the lawmakers on April 25 but the LGA chairmen stayed away. | Imo State House of Assembly LGA Chairman suspension. | https://punchng.com/imo-lawmakers-slam-indefinite-suspension-on-27-lga-chairmen/ | 81 |
| Punch Newspaper | Fiday, May 10, 2019 | I am not afraid of probe, says Ajimob | Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State says he is ready for a probe of his administration. He spoke on Thursday at a Public lecture and Fellowship Investiture organised by Society for Peace Studies and Practice at the Subomi Balogun Conference Centre, University of Ibadan. “We will work till the last day of this administration. We don’t care about what some people are saying all about… As I am talking to you today, this administration still has 18 days and some hours to expire"- He said. | oyo State governor- Ajimobi. | https://punchng.com/i-am-not-afraid-of-probe-says-ajimobi/ | 82 |
| Punch Newspaper | Fiday, May 10, 2019 | Court joins PDP as co-defendant in Okorocha’s certificate of return suit | The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday joined the Peoples Democratic Party as co-defendants in a suit filed by Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, over his certificate of return. The PDP on Wednesday applied to the court to be joined as the eighth defendant amidst strong opposition from Okorocha on the grounds that the move was a ploy to frustrate his suit. | Imo West Senatorial elections 2019.-Okorocha, PDP. | https://punchng.com/court-joins-pdp-as-co-defendant-in-okorochas-certificate-of-return-suit/ | 83 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 13, 2019 | Zamfara APC: Legal logjam as S/Court fixes hearing May 16 | A constitutional crisis is brewing in Zamfara State as the Supreme Court has fixed May 16, 2019, for hearing of the appeals over the disqualification of the APC candidates in the 2019 general elections. The APC had won the gubernatorial as well as all the national and state assembly seats in Zamfara State, but the joy of those elected was short-lived when the Court of Appeal declared that their party did not conduct valid primaries, a development that induced anxiety in the state as to what would happen as the May 29, 2019, inauguration day inches closer. | Zamfara APC crisis. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/zamfara-apc-legal-logjam-as-s-court-fixes-hearing-may-16.html | 84 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 13, 2019 | Okorocha architect of his misfortune — Ex-aide | The immediate past Adviser State on Trade and Investment to Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Barr. Rex Chinasa Anunobi, has described the travails of his former boss in the ruling APC as “nemesis at work”. Barr. Anunobi, who was fielding questions from our correspondent in Owerri on whether the ruling party treated his boss fairly following Okorocha’s lamentation that the evil he feared in his former party, PDP, had befallen him 10 times in APC, said what the governor was currently facing was what he meted out to some of his aides with who he defected to APC in 2015. | Imo West Senatorial elections 2019.-Okorocha | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/okorocha-architect-of-his-misfortune-ex-aide.html | 85 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 13, 2019 | PDP chieftain warns against derailing Ihedioha’s inauguration | The Secretary of Volunteer/Support Group (VSG) of the PDP, Engr. Kingsley Onwubiko, has described the alleged plot to derail the inauguration of Imo State Governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha, as not only unheard of, but an affront on the sensibility of Imo people. Onwubiko told newsmen that the plot was a grand design to scuttle the wish and joy of Imo people. It would be recalled that some persons allegedly being sponsored by Governor Rochas Okorocha had gone to court to stop the inauguration of Ihedioha. | Imo West Governorship elections 2019. - Ihedioha. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/pdp-chieftain-warns-against-derailing-ihediohas-inauguration.html | 86 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 13, 2019 | I won’t run for senate in 2023 — Ekweremadu | The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said he will not seek re-election into the senate in 2023. Ekweremadu, who has been in the senate since 2003 representing Enugu West, said God had been kind to him, raising him to address enormous challenges his people faced. Speaking at an event to mark his 57th birthday and to appreciate God and his constituents for his re-election and triumphs yesterday in Enugu, Ekweremadu recalled how he became the chairman of his age grade association at age 10, and served as President-General of Mpu Town Union. | 2023 General Elections -Ekweremadu | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/i-wont-run-for-senate-in-2023-ekweremadu.html | 87 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 13, 2019 | Senators-elect urged to reject secret voting | The Sustainable Democracy Agenda (SUDA) has called on senators-elect for the 9th National Assembly to reject secret voting system provided in the controversial 2015 Senate Rule Book. In a statement by its National Coordinator, Ibrahim Usman, the group said the rule book used for inauguration of the 8th Senate remained a controversial document that was a subject of litigation. | 9th Assembly- Senate | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/senators-elect-urged-to-reject-secret-voting.html | 88 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 13, 2019 | PDP demands probe of Justice Bulkachuwa over corruption allegation | The PDP has asked the presidency to come clear on the corruption allegation it opened on the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa. The PDP in a statement yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said since the Buhari Presidency had alluded to issues of corruption against Justice Bulkachuwa, contrary to issues raised in the PDP petition bothering on bias, it behoved on the presidency and the APC to make public the corruption issues they alluded to. The party said the presidency should also take a step further by pursuing these issues of alleged corruption just as it did in the case of corruption allegations against the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, rather than “wickedly dragging our party into issues that have no bearing” with the PDP. | 2019 presidential election tribunal -PDP | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/pdp-demands-probe-of-justice-bulkachuwa-over-corruption-allegation.html | 89 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 13, 2019 | I’m leaving Senate to become peace ambassador —David Mark | A former President of the Senate, David Mark, has said he is retiring from active politics to become a peace ambassador for Benue State and the country. Mark stated this on Sunday during a thanksgiving service held at the St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Otukpo, Benue State. Mark, who appreciated the people of his constituency for the support given to him for the past 20 years, also thanked God for his mercy on his immediate and political families. He appealled to the people to forgive him in case he made any mistake in the course of his 20 years in the Senate. | 8th Assembly- David Mark | https://punchng.com/im-leaving-senate-to-become-peace-ambassador-david-mark/ | 90 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 13, 2019 | Nothing will stop inauguration of Bauchi gov-elect –Ningi | Abdul Ningi, the Chairman, Inauguration Committee of the Bauchi State Governor-elect, Bala Mohammed, has said nothing would stop Mohammed’s inauguration on May 29. He, therefore, called on the people of the state to disregard insinuations that power would not be transmitted to the Peoples Democratic Party on May 29. Ningi made the declaration while inaugurating members of the committee for the handover in Bauchi on Saturday. He called on all citizens of the state to be confident that the change of government would come to pass without any obstacles. | May 29, hand-over day. - Bauchi State. | https://punchng.com/nothing-will-stop-inauguration-of-bauchi-gov-elect-ningi/ | 91 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 13, 2019 | ICYMI: Dogara’s camp splits over suspected return bid | A big division has developed in the ranks of loyalists of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, following his silence on the group’s choice as the next Speaker in the Ninth National Assembly, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Dogara, who had said he was not concerned about who becomes his successor, was said to have neither adopted any of the aspirants in his camp nor declare his ambition to retain to the office. But some members of the group have alleged that they suspect that the Speaker be nursing an ambition to return to his seat in the incoming National Assembly. Members of his camp, which cut across the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, were said to have reached a consensus to field Mr Mohammed Bago from Niger State as their candidate against the Majority Leader, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, who the APC hadsendorsed for the office. The PUNCH had exclusively reported that the camp had narrowed their searchlight on two out of the five aspirants – Bago and Abdulrazak Namdas from Adamawa State. | National Assemble leadership race.- PDP, Dogara. | https://punchng.com/dogaras-camp-splits-over-suspected-return-bid/ | 92 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 13, 2019 | Ministerial list: APC NWC, states in the dark | There is disquiet in the All Progressives Congress over the list of nominees for ministerial posts by President Muhammadu Buhari. Findings by our correspondent revealed that party chieftains were finding it difficult to understand the President’s body language on the matter. Media reports had said the President might dissolve the Federal Executive Cabinet on May 22. But the shape the new cabinet would wear was still not clear on Saturday. | May 29, hand-over day. - FederalGovernment of Nigeria. | https://punchng.com/ministerial-list-apc-nwc-states-in-the-dark/ | 93 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 13, 2019 | AAC expels national secretary, others for suspending Sowore | The African Action Congress has expelled its National Secretary, Leonard Ezenwa, for suspending the National Chairman and presidential candidate in the last election, Omoyele Sowore. Sowore said this in a statement on Monday while reacting to his suspension and that of party officials loyal to him, by Ezenwa. The statement reads in part, “It has come to the notice of the office of the chairman of the African Action Congress that a group of suspended members, induced by financial reasons and anti-progressive politics, gathered in Abuja today and purportedly held a NEC meeting. | Excoss suspension -AAC | https://punchng.com/aac-expels-national-secretary-others-for-suspending-sowore/ | 94 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 13, 2019 | Arewa youths back El-Rufai on godfatherism comment | Governor Nasir el-Rufai The Arewa Youth Forum has supported the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over recent statements credited to him that godfatherism should give way in politics in Nigeria. The forum’s position was contained in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday by its acting President, Ahmed Zagi. “His call is a welcome development and should be supported by every youth in the country as it remains the only key to liberation,” the group said. According to the statement, the forum’s members agreed that such liberation can only be achieved if they resist and kick out godfatherism from Nigeria’s political terrain. “Since our country attained independence in 1960, we have had almost the same set of people dictating who becomes what in our country. | El-Rufai, Godfatherism, 2023 General Elections. | https://punchng.com/arewa-youths-back-el-rufai-on-godfatherism-comment/ | 95 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Monday, May 13, 2019 | NASS Leadership: I won’t bribe my colleagues to become Speaker — Olatunbosun | Honourable Olajide Olatunbosun represents Atisbo/SakiEast/Saki West Federal Constituency of Oyo State in the House of Representatives on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC. In this interview, he says that he will not bribe his colleagues to be voted for the Speaker of the House. He also says that he will be a servant speaker and not a Lord of his colleagues if given the opportunity. | National Assemble leadership race.- Olatunbosun | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/nass-leadership-i-wont-bribe-my-colleagues-to-become-speaker-olatunbosun/ | 96 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Monday, May 13, 2019 | Insecurity happening because we have incompetent administration – PDP | Chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have fingered the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for the growing security situation in some parts of the country. This is even as the party chided President Muhammadu Buhari for alleged abuse of power, gross insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians, constitutional infractions amongst others. | Insecurity, Buhari, Federal Government, PDP. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/insecurity-happening-because-we-have-incompetent-administration-pdp/ | 97 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Monday, May 13, 2019 | Breaking: Wike recalls 12 suspended LG chairmen | The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has recalled the 12 Local Government Council Chairmen earlier suspended by his Administration. Wike Their recall according a statement by Simeon Nwakaudu, Wike’s Special Assistant on Electronic Media is with immediate effect. The Governor charged the recalled Council Chairmen to diligently serve their people and shun all forms of lackadaisical behaviour in governance. | River State Council chairmen suspension. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/breaking-wike-recalls-12-suspended-lg-chairmen/ | 98 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday, May 13, 2019 | Ganduje Presents Staff of Office to New Emirs | Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, yesterday started presentation of staff of office to emirs of the four new emirates created out of the old Kano Emirate. The four new emirs are Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero, Bichi; Alhaji Tafida Ila, Rano; Alhaji Ibrahim Abdulkadir, Gaya; and Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar ll, Karaye. The governor had on Saturday presented appointment letters to the new emirs, saying he was unaware of any court order stopping him from breaking the former Kano Emirate. Ganduje has already presented staff of office to the new emirs of Bichi and Karaye. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Abba Anwar, told THISDAY: “The governor had already presented the staff-of-office to emir of Bichi, Aminu Ado Bayero, amid jubilation. “We are now on our way to Karaye for presentation of the staff of office to the emir.” He also said if time permits, the governor would proceed to either Gaya or Rano today to complete the presentation. | Kano State, Emir Sanusi, Kano Emirate, Kano House of Assembly | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/13/ganduje-presents-staff-of-office-to-new-emirs-2/ | 99 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday, May 13, 2019 | Oyetola Hails Osun People’s Support after Court’s Verdict | Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, yesterday hailed Osun people for the massive show of support after last Thursday’s verdict of the Court of Appeal which reaffirmed his victory in last year’s governorship election. Residents of Osogbo, the state capital, and other major towns trooped to the streets as soon as news of the appellate court’s decision filtered into the state. Speaking at a thanksgiving prayer session organised at NASFAT in Osogbo, the governor described the massive instantaneous turnout of the people to celebrate his victory as “remarkable and historic” and expressed gratitude to God and the good people of the state. He said the massive turnout of the people shortly after the judgment to celebrate the victory indicated the love, acceptance and passion that the people had for his government. Oyetola said: “Coming to NASFAT today is not only significant but aimed to praising Allah and to appreciate the good people of Osun for their unflinching suppo | Osun State Election Tribunal- Oyetola. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/13/oyetola-hails-osun-peoples-support-after-courts-verdict/ | 100 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday, May 13, 2019 | Suit Against Appointment: Acting CJN Served Process in Court | The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, was on Monday served with a suit seeking to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from appointing him (Muhammad) as substantive CJN. The Board of Incorporated Trustees of Malcolm Omirhobo Foundation had, in an exparte motion filed on April 15, 2019, asked the court to stop Justice Muhammad’s appointment as CJN, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed by the foundation. The plaintiff also asked for an order of interim injunction restraining the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (7th defendant) from confirming the appointment of Justice Muhammad as CJN pending the determination of the substantive suit challenging his appointment. | Appointment of Acting CJN- Justice Tanko | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/13/acting-cjn-served-in-court-suit-against-his-appointment/ | 101 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | El-Rufai: I’ve no apologies for my godfather comment | The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday, said he has no apology to anybody over his comment on how to retire godfathers in the country. Gov. El-Rufai had penultimate Saturday in Lagos recommended ways to retire godfathers, pointing out that the template had worked in Kaduna State. It was widely believed that the comment was targeted at a National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. | El-Rufai, Godfatherism, 2023 General Elections. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/el-rufai-ive-no-apologies-for-my-godfather-comment.html | 102 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | INEC to lawyers: Be wary of sending amateurs to commission | The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned some senior lawyers handling election petitions at tribunals to desist from sending junior lawyers to the commission to collect documents. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, gave the warning on Monday in Abuja when the commission issued a Certificate of Return to the House of Reps member-elect for Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo Federal Constituency, Imo State, Hon. Emeka Nwajiuba. He said these junior lawyers do not understand how election petition process work. | 2019 presidential election tribunal -INEC | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/inec-to-lawyers-be-wary-of-sending-amateurs-to-commission.html | 103 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | PDP protesters pass ‘no confidence’ vote on panel handling Atiku’s petition | The national secretariat staff of the PDP, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest in Abuja where they passed a vote of no confidence on the Presidential Election Tribunal handling the petition of the party’s candidate for the February 23 election. The protesters who demanded the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, to quit the panel handling the petition, said there was no possibility of Atiku “reclaiming his stolen mandate” with Justice Bulkachuwa as member of the panel. | 2019 presidential election tribunal -PDP | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/pdp-protesters-pass-no-confidence-vote-on-panel-handling-atikus-petition.html | 104 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | Sokoto: Tribunal sets aside PDP’s planned use of forensic experts | The Election Petitions Tribunal in Sokoto has set aside an earlier order it granted the PDP on the use of forensic experts. The tribunal had during its April 25 sitting granted the PDP leave to conduct manual or physical inspection of electoral materials used during the March 9 governorship and March 23 supplementary polls. It also granted an order permitting PDP to rely on the outcome of such manual/physical inspection as prepared by their statisticians and or forensic experts at the hearing. But Chief Jacob Ochidi, who is lead counsel to the APC governorship candidate, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, subsequently filed an application to quash some parts of the order, especially the use of forensic experts. | 2019 general elections - Sokoto State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/sokoto-tribunal-sets-aside-pdps-planned-use-of-forensic-experts.html | 105 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | Reps fault army, police accounts of Rivers election violence | The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Army and Police Affairs, yesterday, cited “irreconcilable contradictions and obvious perjury” in the accounts of Nigerian Army and Police over the violence in Rivers State during the 2019 general elections. Chairman of the Joint Committee, Rimande Shawulu (PDP, Taraba), and a member, Timothy Golu (PDP, Plateau), stated this in Abuja during an investigative hearing into the election crisis that rocked the state, leading to the death of about 24 persons. | Insecurity challenges, House of Rep. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/reps-fault-army-police-accounts-of-rivers-election-violence.html | 106 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | Count Buhari out of new Kano emirates controversy — BMO | The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has stated that it is cheap political blackmail for anyone to say or insinuate that President Muhammadu Buhari had fore-knowledge of the plan by the Kano State Government to whittle down the powers of the Emir of Kano by creating four new emirates. The BMO, in a statement yesterday signed by its Chairman, Mr. Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary, Mr. Cassidy Madueke, said it was equally immoral and unfair for any political party, group or individual to infer that the President should have intervened in the matter which was purely a State affair. | Kano State, Emir Sanusi, Kano Emirate, Kano House of Assembly | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/count-buhari-out-of-new-kano-emirates-controversy-bmo.html | 107 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | Gombe gov-elect constitutes 30-member inauguration c’ttee | The Gombe State Governor-elect, Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, has inaugurated a 30-member swearing-in and inauguration committee to be chaired by Sen. Joshua Lidani. The committee has Alhaji Abubakar Mu’azu Hassan as deputy chairman, while Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo Waziri will serve as secretary. Inaugurating the committee at the weekend, the governor-elect said its term of reference was to ensure smooth conduct of the swearing in ceremony on May 29. | May 29, hand-over day. - Sokoto State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/gombe-gov-elect-constitutes-30-member-inauguration-cttee.html | 108 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | Oye deserves 2nd term as APGA chair — Carefor | The National Financial Secretary of APGA, Ibrahim Garba Carefor, has said the party’s National Chairman, Chief Victor Oye, deserves another term in office given his leadership qualities that helped in extending electoral victory for the party to other parts of the country. Carefor, in a chat with Daily Trust in Katsina, said APGA under Oye’s leadership was gaining national ground and that this feat was never achieved since the inception of the party. | Party Politics, APGA | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/oye-deserves-2nd-term-as-apga-chair-carefor.html | 109 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | N23.7bn NASS severance: Lawmakers lobby to include ‘unofficial’ aides | Some lawmakers in the National Assembly are intensely lobbying to include some of their “unofficial” aides as beneficiaries of the N23.7 billion severance package for outgoing senators and members of the House of Representatives of the 8th National Assembly, Daily Trust has gathered. The lobby, according to sources, emanated from some of the legislative aides who are not officially entitled to benefit from the severance package, having fallen outside “Consolidated Aides” circle who are entitled to the severance package alongside their principals. | 8th Assembly- Severance package | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/n23-7bn-nass-severance-lawmakers-lobby-to-include-unofficial-aides.html | 110 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | Kaduna: S/Court affirms Rep Aliyu Lere’s election | The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Suleiman Aliyu Lere as the validly elected Member for Lere Federal Constituency of Kaduna State in the February 23, 2019, National Assembly elections. The five-member panel of justices of the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously held that “there is absolutely no merit in the appeal” and dismissed it. In the lead judgment of Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, which was read by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the apex court upheld the verdict of the Court of Appeal, Kaduna, on the dispute. | Kaduna State, Suprem Court, House of Rep. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/kaduna-s-court-affirms-rep-aliyu-leres-election.html | 111 |
| Punch Newspaper | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | Ekiti APC chief backs Oni’s suspension, supports party supremacy | The Director-General of the Buhari/Osinbajo Campaign Council in Ekiti State, Dr Olusegun Osinkolu, on Monday reviewed activities leading to the suspension of a former governor of the state, Chief Segun Oni, from the All Progressives Congress, saying the party was right to discipline any errant member. Osinkolu, who said Oni would not have been suspended if he had followed the dictates of the party, advised the former governor “to act like a true leader and subject himself to the party and prove his innocence.” The APC chieftain made his position known in a statement in Ado Ekiti. He said respect for party supremacy at all levels would help in strengthening the party | Ekiti APC internal crisis- Segun Oni | https://punchng.com/ekiti-apc-chief-backs-onis-suspension-supports-party-supremacy/ | 112 |
| Punch Newspaper | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | BREAKING: Ribadu represents Buhari at tribunal | The pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, has arrived the Tuesday’s proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja. When the matter slated for the day, the petition filed by Hope Democratic Party and its candidate, Ambrose Awuru, was called, Ribadu a top member of the All Progressives Congress from Adamawa State, announced himself as the representative of President Muhammadu Buhari, whose victory at the February 23 poll is being challenged by HDP. Buhari’s party, the APC, was represented by Dare Oketade, who identified himself as the party’s head of legal services. The Independent National Electoral Commission was represented by its Director, Legal Services, Oluwatoyin Babalola. However, while Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), led Buhari’s legal team, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) led APC’s team of lawyers. | 2019 general elections - Election Tribunals, Buhari, APC, Ribadu. | https://punchng.com/breaking-ribadu-represents-buhari-at-tribunal/ | 113 |
| Punch Newspaper | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | Court rejects suit seeking Oshiomhole’s probe by EFCC | The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday rejected a suit seeking an order compelling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate certain corruption allegations against the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole. Justice Anwuli Chikere, in her judgment, struck out the case after upholding the separate notices of preliminary objection filed against the suit by Oshiomhole and the EFCC. In her judgment, Justice Chikere held that the plaintiff, Bishop Osadolor Ochei, having failed to institute the suit within three months after his petition to the EFCC requesting an investigation into the allegations against Oshiomhole, was not acted on, the case had become “statute-barred.” | APC, Oshiomole, EFCC | https://punchng.com/court-rejects-suit-seeking-oshiomholes-probe-by-efcc-2/ | 114 |
| Punch Newspaper | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | Court allows Akpabio to present defence on defection suit | The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled on Monday that it would allow Senator Godswill Akpabio to present his personal defence on a suit seeking an order sacking him and 53 other members of the National Assembly accused of baseless defection from the political parties, which sponsored their elections in 2015, to another parties in 2018. The presideing judge, Justice Okon Abang ordered on Monday that parties to the suit should return to court on Tuesday for re-adoption of the processes with regard to Akpabio’s defence. Among other prominent members of the National Assembly targeted by the suit are the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, both of whom defected from the All Progressives Congress to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, last year. | Party Defections. APC, Akpaboio, Akwa Ibom State. | https://punchng.com/court-allows-akpabio-to-present-defence-on-defection-suit/ | 116 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | Talk is cheap, El-Rufai can say whatever he likes, Asiwaju remains our leader – Lagos APC | GOVERNOR Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State said Monday he owed no apologies to anyone regarding his advice to Lagos residents last week to discountenance godfathers in their political dealings. The governor, who spoke to State House correspondents after meeting behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, however, did not mention any name. But in a swift reaction last night, Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, said talk was cheap, adding Tinubu remained their leader saying: ‘”they want to be like ASIWAJU, they want to command respect, they want the world to accept them the way they have accepted ASIWAJU , they want to get great followers like ASIWAJU BAT, they want to be admired the way people admire ASIWAJU" | El-Rufai, Godfatherism, 2023 General Elections. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/talk-is-cheap-el-rufai-can-say-whatever-he-likes-asiwaju-remains-our-leader-lagos-apc/ | 116 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | I don’t know if Tinubu is the godfather of Lagos … – El-Rufai | ABUJA – GOVERNOR Nasir el-Rufai Monday stated that he owed no apologies to anyone regarding his last week’s advice to Lagos residents to discountenance godfathers in their political dealings, because he did not know anyone of them. | El-Rufai, Godfatherism, 2023 General Elections. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/i-dont-know-if-tinubu-is-the-godfather-of-lagos-el-rufai/ | 117 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | Oshiomhole denies attacking Kogi Gov, Bello over APC ticket | National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has dismissed as fake news, reports in the social media regarding its forthcoming governorship election primaries in Kogi and Bayelsa states. APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole A viral social media report had had quoted the party chairman as saying that the Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello would be denied the party’s ticket for his inability to pay worker’s salaries and deliver on the party’s manifesto. | Kogi State governorship race 2019 - APC, Yahaya Bello, Oshiomole. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/oshiomhole-denies-attacking-kogi-gov-bello-over-apc-ticket/ | 118 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | Minimum Wage : If resources are there, workers deserve it – Ortom | GOVERNOR Samuel Ortum of Benue State on Monday said that workers in his state deserve to earn more than the new minimum wage of N30, 000. But the governor said that he was constrained by scarce resources and that he was blocking all financial loopholes to ensure that the state meets up with its financial responsibility. Governor Ortom who stated this while finding questions from State House correspondents after meeting behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, also said that he disclosed security situation of the state with the President. | Minimum Wage, Benue State, Gov. Ortom | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/minimum-wage-if-resources-are-there-workers-deserve-it-ortom/ | 119 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Tribunal: PDP’s Ashiru seeks recount of ballot in Kaduna | The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State, Isah Ashiru Kudan, yesterday, filed an application seeking for a recount of the votes cast in the March 9 governorship election. Counsel to Ashiru, Elisha Kurah (SAN) submitted the application during the commencement of pre-hearing session in Kaduna before the Justice I. M. Bako-led tribunal. Kurah, who spoke to newsmen shortly after adjournment of the case said, “We filed an application requesting to recount the votes cast during the election. It is very crucial as we are alleging which is supported by the evidence, we have that most of the results declared were phantom votes.” According to him, “Votes were just inflicted randomly just to make the APC have the semblance of winning; they were back up by votes in the ballot boxes. So, we want a complete recount of the votes cast in the governorship election. We are expecting that the results would show that the PDP actually won the election,” Kurah said. | 2019 general elections - Election Tribunal- Kaduna State | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/tribunal-pdps-ashiru-seeks-recount-of-ballot-in-kaduna-2.html | 119 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Bayelsa wants Nov 2 gov’ship poll shifted | The Bayelsa State Government, yesterday, asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to set a new date for the governorship election in the state slated for Nov. 2. INEC had fixed November 2 this year for the off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states. Governor Seriake Dickson, represented by his deputy, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (rtd) who led a delegation to the INEC headquarters in Abuja, said they needed another date for the election. | Bayelsa State 2019 Gov. Election | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/bayelsa-wants-nov-2-govship-poll-shifted.html | 120 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Speakership: Gbajabiamila lobbies Dogara, others | The House Leader and front -line contender for the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila (APC, Lagos), says he is lobbying incumbent Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, to support him ahead of the June 10 inauguration of the 9th Assembly. Director-General of Femi Gbajabiamila Speakership Campaign Organization, Abdulmumin Jibrin (APC, Kano), stated this in Abuja yesterday while briefing newsmen. | National Assemble leadership race.- Gbajabiamila | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/speakership-gbajabiamila-lobbies-dogara-others.html | 121 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Kogi gov’ship: Money, incumbency won’t count — Sani Lulu | A former President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi, says the critics of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State cannot be faulted because of what is happening in his home state. Abdullahi, who fielded questions from journalists yesterday in Abuja, expressed optimism that he would defeat Governor Bello at the coming primary election and pick the sole governorship ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). | Kogi State governorship race 2019 - | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/kogi-govship-money-incumbency-wont-count-sani-lulu.html | 122 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Defection suit incompetent, lacking in merit, says Akpabio | Sen. Godswill Akpabio, Senate Minority Leader, on Wednesday told the Federal High Court Abuja, that the suit seeking him to vacate his seat at the National Assembly was incompetent. The suit was instituted on July 2018 by an advocacy body known as Legal Defence and Assistant Project (LEPAD). LEPAD is seeking the court to declare the seat of the affected national legislators vacant over their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | Party Defections. APC, Akpaboio, Akwa Ibom State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/defection-suit-incompetent-lacking-in-merit-says-akpabio.html | 123 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | INEC to prosecute electoral offenders – Yakubu | The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that it would soon commence the prosecution of electoral offenders whose case files have already been prepared by the Nigerian Police. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said this Tuesday in Abuja during a meeting with stakeholders from Bayelsa State. | 2019 general elections - INEC | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/inec-to-prosecute-electoral-offenders-yakubu.html | 124 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Anambra NYSC, INEC disagree over corps members’ election duty allowances | The National Youth Service Corps in Anambra State has directed corps members on electoral duties during the 2019 general elections who are yet to receive their allowances to forward their names to its secretariat. Mr Kehinde Aremu, Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps in the state, gave the directive while addressing some corps members in Awka on Tuesday. Aremu said the directive became necessary following a letter from the Independent National Electoral Commission, Anambra office, which claimed that the commission had paid all corps members who worked as ad-hoc staff during the elections. News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the Independent National Electoral Commission engaged corps members as ad hoc staff during the February 23 and March 9 general elections. Some of them, however, staged a protested at the INEC Headquarters in Awka last week, alleging non-payment or incomplete payment of their allowances for the election duties. | 2019 general elections - INEC | https://punchng.com/anambra-nysc-inec-disagree-over-corps-members-election-duty-allowances/ | 125 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | 9th National Assembly: Dogara’s loyalists negotiate for leadership, committee appointments | Members of the House of Representatives loyal to the Speaker, Mr Yakubu Dogara, have started negotiations with the Majority Leader and candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the Speaker in the ninth National Assembly, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, for leadership positions and committee appointments. The PUNCH learnt in Abuja on Tuesday that Dogara was also in talks with Gbajabiamila on the fate of his loyalists in the next Assembly. While the APC candidates for the presiding offices of the House – Speaker and Deputy Speaker – have been declared, those who will occupy the principal offices are still unknown. The offices include Majority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader, Chief/Majority Whip and Deputy Chief/Majority Whip. | National Assembly leadership race.- PDP, Dogara. | https://punchng.com/9th-national-assembly-dogaras-loyalists-negotiate-for-leadership-committee-appointments/ | 126 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Bayelsa to engage stakeholders on peaceful elections | The Bayelsa State Government has said that it will, from next week, begin a series of engagements with stakeholders on the forthcoming local government and governorship elections in the state. The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, disclosed this on Tuesday. He said the meeting would provide an opportunity for the stakeholders to discuss how to have violence-free elections. Iworiso-Markson spoke while receiving the new executives of the Federated Correspondent Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Bayelsa State Council. He said the roles of each stakeholder would be highlighted at the meeting. | Bayelsa State 2019 Gov. Election | https://punchng.com/bayelsa-to-engage-stakeholders-on-peaceful-elections/ | 127 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Courts’ orders affected party primaries in 22 constituencies –INEC boss | The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday disclosed that courts had so far overruled the results of primary elections conducted by political parties in 22 constituencies ahead of the 2019 general elections. He said while the commission had obeyed some of the court orders and issued certificates of return to those declared winners by the courts, more of such judgments had been received and were under consideration. Yakubu stated these in Abuja when the Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, John Jonah, led some stakeholders from the state to pay him a courtesy visit and to request a change in date of the state governorship election scheduled for November 2. | 2019 general elections - INEC | https://punchng.com/courts-orders-affected-party-primaries-in-22-constituencies-inec-boss/ | 128 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Adeleke’s certificate saga: Court reserves judgment on PDP appeal | The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday reserved judgment on the nullification of Senator Ademola Adeleke’s candidacy to contest the September 2018 Osun State governorship election on the grounds of forged academic qualifications, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Adeleke, who contested the election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, was declared the winner of the polls by the Election Petitions Tribunal. But Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressive Congress, who was initially declared the winner of the election, approached the Court of Appeal and won. Justice Othman Musa of the FCT High Court in Bwari, Abuja on April 2, 2019 invalidated Adeleke’s status as the candidate of the PDP for the election following a suit challenging the authenticity of the academic qualifications he presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission. | Osun State 2018 Gov. Election - Adeleke. | https://punchng.com/adelekes-certificate-saga-court-reserves-judgment-on-pdp-appeal/ | 129 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Borno Senatorial election: Tribunal dismisses suit against Shettima | Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima The Borno Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed a suit filed by Senator Mohammed Abba-Aji of the Peoples Democratic Party challenging the return of Governor Kashim Shettima of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of Borno State Central Senatorial seat. News Agency of Nigeria reports that Abba-Aji, represented the zone between 2003 and 2007. In a petition with number EPT/BO/SEN/3/2019 dated March 17, filed before the Tribunal sitting in Abuja and made available to NAN, “Abba-Aji, argued that there was over voting in seven wards and evidence of corrupt practices and non- compliance to the provision of the Electoral Act’’. Also joined in the suit were the APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission. | 2019 general elections - Election Tribunals- Borno State. | https://punchng.com/borno-senatorial-election-tribunal-dismisses-suit-against-shettima/ | 130 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | I now have the numbers to become Speaker, says Gbajabiamila | The Majority Leader and candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Speaker in the Ninth National Assembly, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has said he now has the numbers to win the seat at the House of Representatives leadership election. Chairman of the Gbajabiamila Speakership Campaign Council, Mr Abdulmumin Jibrin, who addressed journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, said the Majority Leader was reaching out to the current Speaker, Mr Yakubu Dogara; former Speakers, opposition members and other speakership aspirants. | National Assembly leadership race.- Gbajabiamila | https://punchng.com/i-now-have-the-numbers-to-become-speaker-says-gbajabiamila/ | 131 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Kwara gov-elect, Abdulrazak denies submitting fake WAEC result to INEC | Kwara State Governor-elect Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Tuesday denied presenting a fake West African Examination Council certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission as part of the requirement to contest the 2019 governorship election in the state.Kwara State Governor-elect Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Tuesday denied presenting a fake West African Examination Council certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission as part of the requirement to contest the 2019 governorship election in the state. Abdulrazaq’s counsel, Mr Lawal Jimoh while making the defence at a Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin added that the governor-elect graduated from Government College, Kaduna in June 1976. The Court being presided over by Justice Adenike Akinpelu has fixed June 10, 2019, for mention in a suit accusing Abdulrazaq of submitting a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission. One Adekunle Oluwafemi Abraham, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Apado ward in the Ilorin East local government area of the state had instituted the case with suit number KWS /73/2019 against the state governor-elect on the authenticity of his WAEC certificate.Abdulrazaq’s counsel, Mr Lawal Jimoh while making the defence at a Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin added that the governor-elect graduated from Government College, Kaduna in June 1976. | 2019 general elections Kwara State, | https://punchng.com/kwara-gov-elect-abdulrazak-denies-submitting-fake-waec-result-to-inec/ | 132 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | There is no challenge facing Nigeria that other countries are not facing – Lai Mohammed | The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the spate of fake news has assumed frightening proportion and has affected the nation’s image globally. Lai Mohammed The minister who made this known during the inauguration of the Aso Television (TV) Station and Aso Radio ultra modern studio in Abuja on Tuesday also said ‘there is no challenge that Nigeria is facing today that other countries are not facing.’ | State of the Nation, Federal Government, Lai Mohammed. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/there-is-no-challenge-facing-nigeria-that-other-countries-are-not-facing-lai-mohammed/ | 133 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Tinubu lauds Buhari for making June 12 Democracy Day | NATIONAL Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for taking the step towards fully recognising June 12 as Democracy Day. President Muhammadu Buhari breaks Ramadan fast with the APC National Leader Asiwaju, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the residency Presidential Villa Friday Night in Abuja May 29 Inauguration to be low-keyed President Buhari officially named June 12 as Democracy Day by Executive Order. | Democracy Day, June 12, Tinubu. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/tinubu-lauds-buhari-for-making-june-12-democracy-day/ | 134 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | My relationship with your leadership not cordial, Buhari tells Saraki, Dogara | PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday night told the leadership of the two houses of the National Assembly that the relationship between the Eight Assembly and the the executive was not cordial Buhari with Senators But the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki said that the National Assembly will always remain focused and work in the interest of the country. | Executive Legistive relations in Nigeria , Buhari, Saraki. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/my-relationship-with-your-leadership-not-cordial-buhari-tells-saraki-dogara/ | 135 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | The House of Representatives yesterday abolished age discrimination against job seekers in Federal Government Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs). This followed the passage, by the lawmakers, of a “Bill for an Act to Eradicate the Age Discrimination against Job seekers in Federal Government Agencies,” sponsored by Sergius Ogun (APC, Edo) and Babajimi Benson (APC, Lagos). The bill, which was read for the second time in 2018, subsequently passed third reading after unanimous adoption by the lawmakers and Speaker Yakubu Dogara. | 8th Assembly- House of Reps | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/reps-remove-age-limit-on-employment.html | 136 | |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Reps: INEC withdraws Kawu Sumaila’s certificate of return, gives Dambazau | The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued Certificate of Return to Mohammed Shamsuddeen Dambazau as the House of Representatives Member-elect for Sumaila/Takai Federal Constituency in Kano State on the platform of the APC. INEC had earlier issued the certificate to AbdulRahman Sulaiman Kawu Sumaila, a former aide to President Muhammadu Buhari. But Dambazau, son of the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, sued INEC, APC and Sumaila, challenging the recognition of Sumaila as the candidate of the party. | 2019 general elections petition - INEC, | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/reps-inec-withdraws-kawu-sumailas-certificate-of-return-gives-dambazau.html | 137 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Lawan: Senate, presidency won’t resolve issues in market place under my leadership | Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, has said he is in the race for Senate president in order to have unity and collaboration between both chambers of the National Assembly and the executive arm of government. He said this is important so that the legislature and the executive will work in harmony for Nigeria and to lift the life of the citizens, improve their economy, eliminate the security challenges in order to make them live in peace and prosperity. Speaking with the press in Abuja yesterday, Sen. Lawan who is the front runner in the Senate presidency race, said his driving philosophy is “cooperation, collaboration and synergy” which the key factors in addressing the nation’s challenges | National Assemble leadership race.- APC, Lawan. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/lawan-senate-presidency-wont-resolve-issues-in-market-place-under-my-leadership.html | 138 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Kwara PDP demands fresh gov’ship poll | The governorship candidate of the PDP in Kwara State, Razaq Atunwa, has asked the election tribunal in the state to order a fresh governorship election. The Action Alliance (AA) is also challenging the victory of the APC. The call came up at the commencement of the pre-hearing trial yesterday at the tribunal. Counsel to Atunwa and PDP in the state, Kingsley Odeh, said that the winner of the poll, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, of the APC was not qualified to contest the poll. | 2019 general elections Kwara State | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/kwara-pdp-demands-fresh-govship-poll.html | 139 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Monarchs, stakeholders in Kogi declare support for Bello’s re-election | Traditional rulers , women and youth groups from across the three senatorial districts of Kogi State have declared support for the re-election of Gov. Yahaya Bello come November 2. The endorsements of Bello which held at the Government House, Lokoja, began on Monday with people of Kogi Central, while Kogi West and East took their turns on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. The traditional rulers, youth/women groups and other stakeholders from the three senatorial districts said the governor had done well in his first term and deserved a second term to enable him consolidate on the gains he had recorded so far. | Kogi State governorship race 2019 - APC, Yahaya Bello. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/monarchs-stakeholders-in-kogi-declare-support-for-bellos-re-election.html | 140 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Issue Okorocha return certificate or face mass action, group tells INEC | The Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights (CASER) has said INEC does not have any ground under the law to continue holding the certificate of Rochas Okorocha as senator-elect for Imo West. The group said INEC should quickly retrace its steps and issue Okorocha the certificate of return or face mass action. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja yesterday, Mr. Frank Tietie, who is the executive director of the group, said INEC’s action amounted to the subversion of democracy and the rule of law. | Imo West Senatorial elections 2019.-Okorocha | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/issue-okorocha-return-certificate-or-face-mass-action-group-tells-inec.html | 141 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Gov’ship: Bayelsa govt to dialogue with stakeholders | The Bayelsa State Government will next week begin series of engagement with critical stakeholders on the forthcoming local government and governorship elections in the state. The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, who disclosed this yesterday when the executive of the Federated Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa State Council, visited him in his office, explained that the meeting would provide an opportunity for the stakeholders to discuss on how to have violent-free elections. | Bayelsa State 2019 Local Government Elections. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/govship-bayelsa-govt-to-dialogue-with-stakeholders.html | 142 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Osun: Fresh suit hits Adeleke | The governorship candidate of the PDP in Osun State, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, has once again been dragged to the Federal High Court in Osogbo by some members of the party. The new case was instituted by Mr. Ajayi Shuaib on behalf of himself and “Concerned PDP Members” urging the court to determine whether the certificate presented by Adeleke to INEC was genuine. In the suit, FHC/OS/CS/16/2019, the plaintiffs urged the court to determine the authenticity of Adeleke’s academic qualification, particularly whether the school testimonial he presented met the constitutional requirement of a secondary school certificate. | Osun State 2018 Gov. Election - Adeleke's Certificate Crisis.- Adeleke | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/osun-fresh-suit-hits-adeleke.html | 143 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Tribunal orders PDP to formally apply for Bulkachuwa’s removal | The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar to bring formal applications asking the President of the court, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa to step aside. The PDP and Atiku both had asked Justice Bulkachuwa to recuse herself from the petitions challenging the February 23 presidential election as a result of her husband’s emergence as senator-elect on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) when all the parties met in the chambers of the court. | 2019 presidential election petition-Atiku, PDP, Justice Bulkachuwa. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/tribunal-orders-pdp-to-formally-apply-for-bulkachuwas-removal.html | 144 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Governor Al-Makura disengages all political appointees | Al-Makura announced the disengagement of the appointees during an expanded state executive council meeting on Wednesday in Lafia. He said the decision was to ensure a seamless transition from his administration to the incoming administration of Mr Abdullahi Sule. Al-Makura, however, said that some appointees handling critical positions that have to do with the day-to-day running of government would maintain their positions until May 29. | May 29, hand-over day. - Nasarawa State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/governor-al-makura-disengages-all-political-appointees.html | 145 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | PDP challenges Buhari to probe alleged N14trn looting before May 29 | The PDP in a statement yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said President Buhari must show his integrity by opening up his tenure for investigation, the same way his Presidency is demanding of other elected officials in the legislature and state governments across the country. The PDP also asked the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, to help the nation by advising President Buhari to present his stewardship for investigation for alleged corruption, “instead of his (Sagay) unnecessary fixation on court rulings on Rivers State.” | May 29, hand-over day. - FederalGovernment of Nigeria, PDP, APC. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/pdp-challenges-buhari-to-probe-alleged-n14trn-looting-before-may-29.html | 146 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Women demand law reserving 35% elective seats | The League of Women Voters of Nigeria (Nilowv) has demanded a law that will reserve exclusively for women 35 per cent of all elective positions at the local government, state, and federal level. The Founder and National President Nilowv Dr Esther Uduehi made the demanded Tuesday in Abuja at the Nilowv 2019 National Convention. She said Nigeria is signatory to all UN documents calling for 35 per cent affirmative action for women in governance yet Nigeria is the worse in Africa in terms of affirmative action compliance. | Nigeria's electoral politics, gender-exclusive, affirmative action. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/women-demand-law-reserving-35-elective-seats.html | 149 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | I am fulfilled with my achievements, says Ambode | The Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday said he felt fulfilled that his government had delivered on its promise to run a government of inclusion that would leave no resident and area of the state behind. He said his administration had succeeded in transforming the infrastructural landscape of the state with construction of critical roads and bridges. Ambode spoke during the inauguration of the Agric Access Road, Egan, in the Igando-Ikotun Local Council Development Area, and the Lagos Theatre in Igando. The governor also commissioned the construction of a link bridge connecting Egan and Ayobo communities. He said, “When our administration came into office, one of our cardinal promises was a government of inclusion. We are committed to a government where nobody, community or people will be left behind. As a result, we were determined to address the challenges of gross infrastructural deficit, flooding and erosion, which the people around this senatorial district have lived with for some time now. | May 29, hand-over day. - Lagos State. | https://punchng.com/i-am-fulfilled-with-my-achievements-says-ambode/ | 150 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Court sacks APC lawmaker-elect in Ondo | An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has sacked a lawmaker-elect, Mr Sina Akinwumi, of the All Progressives Congress. The court said Akinwunmi was not eligible to contest the House of Assembly election for Okitipupa Constituency 2 as the candidate of the APC because he did not win the primary election conducted by the party. It declared Mr James Ololade-Gbegudu as the winner of the primary election. Olalade-Gbegudu had filed a suit challenging Akinwunmi’s candidacy. He sought an order to compel the APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise him as the authentic candidate of the party. | Ekiti State general elections. House of Assembly, APC. | https://punchng.com/court-sacks-apc-lawmaker-elect-in-ondo/ | 151 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Oshiomhole, APC leaders instigating EFCC, DSS, ICPC, CCB to arrest, detain me after handover, Okorocha tells court | Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole and other leaders of the party of instigating the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and other law enforcement agencies to harass, arrest and detain him. Okorocha stated this in two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits marked FHC/ABJ/CS/474/19 and FHC/ABJ/CS/475/19 and filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, adding that the anti-corruption agencies had been directed to arrest him and keep him in detention as soon as he hands over as governor on May 29. He said he had received no less than 25 invitations from the anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies” in a purported investigation of projects executed by the Imo State government in a bid to find some material to justify their conclusion that he is guilty of corrupt practices”. | Imo West Senatorial elections 2019, Okorocha, Imo State, Oshiomole, APC. | https://punchng.com/oshiomhole-apc-leaders-instigating-efcc-dss-icpc-ccb-to-arrest-detain-me-after-handover-okorocha-tells-court/ | 152 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Only 62 women won elections in 2019, says INEC | The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday said only 62 women out of the 2,970 who contested for different political offices in the 2019 general elections were elected. The commission expressed disappointment over the low participation of Nigerian women in politics, describing it as a constraint on growth and poverty reduction. The chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, represented by the Head (Gender Division), Blessing Obidiegwu, raised the concern while delivering his goodwill message at the annual convention of the Nigerian League of Women Voters in Abuja. A breakdown of the figure given by INEC showed that while only seven women were elected into the Senate during the 2019 elections, the House of Representatives has 11 women. | Nigeria's electoral politics, genderexclusive, affirmative action. | https://punchng.com/only-62-women-won-elections-in-2019-says-inec/ | 153 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Ortom says no plan to return to APC | Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said he has no plans to return to the All Progressives Congress. Ortom said this in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase. Akase explained that the governor’s visit to President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday was meant to update the President on the security situation in the state. He said the visit was not about the governor returning to the APC as being insinuated in some quarters. The statement read, “We wish to categorically state that Governor Ortom has no reason and no plans to leave the Peoples Democratic Party. | Party Defections- APC, PDP | https://punchng.com/ortom-says-no-plan-to-return-to-apc/ | 154 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Ekiti Assembly lifts suspension on ex-Speaker, four others | The Ekiti House of Assembly on Wednesday lifted the suspension placed on its former Speaker, Mr. Kola Oluwawole. Other members reinstated at Wednesday’s plenary presided over by the Speaker, Adeniran Alagbada, included former Deputy Speaker, Mr. Segun Adewumi; Mr. Abiola Jeje (Ido/Osi 11), Mr. Adesina Animasaun (Ekiti West 11); and Mr. Dare Pelemo (Ekiti East 11) The reinstatement of the affected members followed the adoption of the report of the Appeal Panel Committee chaired by Gboyega Aribisogan (Ikole 1) The motion for the adoption of the report of the committee was moved by Aribisogan and seconded by Mr. Sunday Akinniyi (Ikere 11), the News Agency of Nigeria reports. | Ekiti State, House of Assembly, suspended speaker. | https://punchng.com/ekiti-assembly-lifts-suspension-on-ex-speaker-four-others/ | 155 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | I won’t share govt funds with greedy people — Obaseki | The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, says he will not share government funds meant for the development of the state with a handful of individuals who are trying to blackmail his government. Obaseki said this on Wednesday at the graduation of a new batch of teachers under the Edo Supporting Teachers to Achieve Results initiative, nicknamed ‘Edo STAR.’ According to a statement made available to journalists, the initiative is an arm of the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation programme, known as ‘Edo-BEST.’ The statement quoted Obaseki as saying that he was not alone in pursuing sustainable development for the state. He said, “I want to assure you that my party (the All Progressives Congress) is solidly behind me. I am not standing on my own. So, ignore what you are reading in a section of the media. | Edo State, Obaseki. | https://punchng.com/i-wont-share-govt-funds-with-greedy-people-obaseki/ | 156 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Insecurity: Buratai accuses politicians | The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai on Wednesday accused some defeated politicians in the just concluded general elections of being responsible for the current heightened situation in parts of the country. Lt.-Gen. Buratai leveled the accusation in Maiduguri when he received the House Committee on Army led by its Chairman, Rep. Remande Shawulu, at the Theatre Command. | Insecurity challenges, Nigerian Army, 2019 General elections. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/insecurity-buratai-accuses-politicians/ | 157 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Count military out of alleged coup against Buhari – DHQ | The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Yesterday, dissociated the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) from a document calling for the overthrow of the Muhammadu Buhari’s democratically-elected administration. Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai. Navy Capt. Muhammed Wabi, Deputy Director of Defence, Information, accused a group, “Nigerian Continuity and Progress (NCP)’’ as being behind the document. Wabi alleged that the document called for the setting up of an “interim government’’ in place of the elected government. | May 29, hand-over day. - Federal Government of Nigeria, Nigerian Army. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/count-military-out-of-alleged-coup-against-buhari-dhq/ | 158 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Thursday, May 16, 2019 | APC to Atiku: ‘President Buhari himself went to court three times to challenge election results’ | The Federal Government on Wednesday raised the alarm that the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its Presidential candidate in the February 23 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar were allegedly making desperate efforts to scuttle President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The Government also warned PDP and Atiku to quickly retrace their steps or risk an offence of treason against Nigeria government. | 2019 presidential election tribunal -Atiku | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/atiku-pdp-plots-to-overthow-buharis-govt-fg-laments/ | 159 |
| Punch Newspaper | Fiday, May 17, 2019 | Court strikes out suit seeking Saraki, Dogara, 52 other lawmakers’ sack over defection | The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday struck out a suit seeking an order declaring vacant the seats of 54 National Assembly members who defected from the political parties which sponsored their elections to other ones last year. The legislators targeted by the suit include the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and a former Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio. Delivering judgment on Friday, Justice Okon Abang held that the plaintiff which instituted the suit, the Legal Defence and Assistance Project, lacked the locus standi (the legal right) to institute the suit. | Party Defections- National Assembly | https://punchng.com/breaking-court-strikes-out-suit-seeking-saraki-dogara-52-other-lawmakers-sack-over-defection/ | 160 |
| Punch Newspaper | Fiday, May 17, 2019 | Appeal Court dismissed suit challenging sack of Eze as APC senatorial candidate | An Appeal Court sitting in Enugu State has dismissed the appeal challenging the Federal High Court judgment nullifying the candidature of Prince Lawrence Eze as the Enugu East senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the just concluded 2019 general election. Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Enugu Federal High Court had on February 19, 2019 sacked Prince Eze as the candidate of APC, having been in the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party when the APC primary that purportedly elected him as it’s senatorial candidate was conducted. Subsequently, the court ruled that the plaintiff in the suit, Princess Adaku Ogbu-Aguocha who came second in the APC senatorial primary held on October 2, 2018, was the rightful candidate since Uchenna Ezemba, who won the primary had voluntarily stepped down. Not satisfied with the decision of the lower court, Eze appealed the judgment. | 2019 general elections - Enugu State. | https://punchng.com/appeal-court-dismissed-suit-challenging-sack-of-eze-as-apc-senatorial-candidate/ | 161 |
| Punch Newspaper | Fiday, May 17, 2019 | CUPP spokesman resigns as president of National Youth Council | The national spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties, Imo Ugochinyere, on Thursday announced his resignation as the president of the National Youth Council of Nigeria. Ugochinyere, who is also the national chairman of the Action People’s Party, made the announcement at a press conference in Abuja. He attributed his decision to what he called his deep involvement in opposition politics during his leave from the council. He said, being the CUPP’s spokesman and national chairman of the APP, he might not be in a position to be totally neutral to continue to lead the council. | Nigeria, Politics, CUPP | https://punchng.com/cupp-spokesman-resigns-as-president-of-national-youth-council/ | 162 |
| Punch Newspaper | Fiday, May 17, 2019 | Tribunal adjourns to allow INEC produce Kwara gov-elect’s certificate | The Kwara State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ilorin, the state capital, has adjourned till Wednesday to enable the Independent National Electoral Commission to produce documents in its custody on the educational qualifications of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. The tribunal had on Wednesday commenced pre-trial conference on two petitions filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Razak Atunwa; and the Action Alliance. At the resumed pre-trial hearing on Thursday, the tribunal after listening to arguments by counsel on the authenticity of the West African Examination Council’s certificate submitted to INEC by the APC’s candidate, fixed May 22 for continuation of hearing. Counsel to the PDP candidate, Kingsley Odeh, continued his argument over the authenticity of the WAEC certificate presented to INEC by the governor-elect. | Election Petition Trbunal - Kwara State. | https://punchng.com/tribunal-adjourns-to-allow-inec-produce-kwara-gov-elects-certificate/ | 163 |
| Punch Newspaper | Fiday, May 17, 2019 | INEC shifts Bayelsa, Kogi gov polls to Nov 16 | While announcing November 16 as the new date for the elections, the commission said the timelines for all other activities leading to the elections had also been adjusted to align with the new date. “The run-off election to the office of governor of a state (if any)will be held within 21 days after the announcement of result of the election in accordance with Section 179 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended – 4th Alteration). “This timetable and schedule of activities supersede the one issued on April 9 2019,” the electoral body said in a notice signed by its Secretary, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, and made available to journalists on Thursday. | Kogi State govership election 2019, Bayelsa State 2019 governorship elections INEC | https://punchng.com/inec-shifts-bayelsa-kogi-gov-polls-to-nov-16/ | 164 |
| Punch Newspaper | Fiday, May 17, 2019 | PDP threatens to sue FG, minister over accusation of threat to democracy | The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party is perfecting plans to drag the Federal Government and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to court over the allegation levelled against it that it was planning to sabotage the government. Investigations by our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday showed that the former ruling party was taking the allegation seriously and that its national leaders had agreed to challenge the claim by the government in court. It was however not clear if former Vice President Atiku Abubakar would also be dragging the government to court on the matter. His spokesman, Paul Ibe, told our correspondent that he had yet to have a discussion with him (Atiku) over the issue. | PDP, APC, Atiku, Federal Government of Nigeria. | https://punchng.com/pdp-threatens-to-sue-fg-minister-over-accusation-of-threat-to-democracy/ | 165 |
| Punch Newspaper | Fiday, May 17, 2019 | NASS passes June 12 as Democracy Day | The National Assembly has passed the amendment to the National Holiday Act to move Nigeria’s Democracy Day from May 29 to June 12. The Senate at the plenary on Thursday passed the amendment in concurrence with the House of Representatives which approved the new date earlier in December 2018. The passage followed the adoption of a report by the Majority Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, for the Senate to concur with the House. The three clauses of the amendment bill were passed by the Committee of the Whole when the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over the session, put them to voice vote. The legislation is now billed for transmission to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. | Democracy Day, June 12, Moshood K. Abiola. | https://punchng.com/nass-passes-june-12-as-democracy-day/ | 166 |
| Punch Newspaper | Fiday, May 17, 2019 | Gov poll: Supreme Court rules on PDP’s appeal against Fayemi May 24 | The Supreme Court on Thursday heard and fixed May 24 for judgment on the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Kolapo Olusola-Eleka challenging the election of Governor Kayode Fayemi. A five-man panel of the apex court which heard the appeal was led by the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad. The appeal sought to overturn the concurrent judgments of the Ekiti State Election Petitions Tribunal and the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal which had both upheld Fayemi’s election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared that Fayemi and the APC polled a total of 197,459 votes to defeated Olusola-Eleka and the PDP who placed second with 178,121 votes in the July 14, 2018 election. | Ekiti State 2018 governorship lections | https://punchng.com/gov-poll-scourt-rules-on-pdps-appeal-against-fayemi-may-24/ | 167 |
| Daily Trust Online | Fiday, May 17, 2019 | Elections: Facebook says Israeli company targeted Nigeria, others | Facebook said has removed hundreds of fake Facebook and Instagram pages, groups, and accounts run by an Israeli firm that was targeting countries in Africa. The Israeli company Archimedes Group spent more than $800,000 running Facebook ads and their accounts had almost 3 million followers, Facebook said in a blog post announcing the removals Thursday. Archimedes Group used fake accounts and “represented themselves as locals, including local news organizations, and published allegedly leaked information about politicians,” Facebook said. | Facebook, Social media, elections, Nigeria, Africa. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/elections-facebook-says-israeli-company-targeted-nigeria-others.html | 168 |
| Daily Trust Online | Fiday, May 17, 2019 | Tribunal: Ogun gets 3rd panel in 46 days, resumes today | For the third time in 46 days, the third panel will today assume jurisdiction on governorship election petitions in Ogun State, Daily Trust reports. The pioneer panel headed by Justice Chinwe Onyeabo had held its inaugural session on April 1, only to be replaced with the Justice Josephine Coker-led team following a reshuffle carried out by the Court of Appeal President, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa. | Ogun State Election Petition Trbunal. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/tribunal-ogun-gets-3rd-panel-in-46-days-resumes-today.html | 169 |
| Daily Trust Online | Fiday, May 17, 2019 | Zamfara APC: S/Court decides fate of candidates May 24 | The Supreme Court has fixed May 24 for judgment in the appeals over the disqualification of candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State. A five-member panel of justices presided by the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, yesterday, fixed the date after listening to the arguments of counsels in the matter. The Governor Abdulazeez Yari faction of the APC, which emerged after the October 3, 2018 primary of the party had in the appeal by their lawyer, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), asked the apex court to set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Sokoto in an appeal by the Kabir Marafa faction of the party challenging the outcome of the primary | Zamfara APC crisis. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/zamfara-apc-s-court-decides-fate-of-candidates-may-24.html | 170 |
| Daily Trust Online | Fiday, May 17, 2019 | Controversy trails repeal of Bauchi assets recovery law | The decision by the Bauchi State House of Assembly to repeal the law for the recovery of stolen government assets has continued to generate reactions. There were allegations that the new law was at the instance of outgoing Gov. Mohammed Abubakar who had lost his reelection to Sen. Bala Mohammed of the PDP. The Public Property and Fund Recovery Law (2017) was promulgated, passed and assented to by Gov. Abubakar in 2017 to recover public property from the officials of the administration of his predecessor, Mallam Isah Yuguda. | Bauchi State House of Assembly. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/controversy-trails-repeal-of-bauchi-assets-recovery-law.html | 171 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Fiday, May 17, 2019 | PDP Chieftain Denies Involvement in Adeleke’s Certificate Saga | A member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Mr. Ajayi Shuaib, who was alleged to have dragged Senator Ademola Adeleke to an Osogbo Federal High Court over his eligibility to contest for the governorship of the state, have denied his involvement in the saga. Shuaib was widely reported to have dragged Senator Adeleke to the court in Osogbo to challenge his eligibility to contest the election without the prerequisite qualification for the seat of a governor. | Osun State 2018 Gov. Election - Adeleke's Certificate Crisis.- Adeleke | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/17/pdp-chieftain-denies-involvement-in-adelekes-certificate-saga/ | 172 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 20, 2019 | Atiku demands N500m from Buhari’s aide, Onochie. | The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has demanded N500 million from President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie, for alleged “defamation of character.” In a letter dated May 14 and addressed to Onochie by Atiku’s Lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, the former vice president threatened to commence a N2 billion suit against her if she did not pay N500m damages According to the letter, Onochie had alleged that Atiku was on a watch list of the security operatives in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). She also allegedly accused the former vice president of shopping for terrorists in the Middle East. | Atiku, PDP, APC, Lauretta Onochie | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/atiku-demands-n500m-from-buharis-aide-onochie.html | 173 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 20, 2019 | No plans to join APC, says Kashamu | The PDP governorship candidate in the March 9, election in Ogun State, Prince Buruji Kashamu, yesterday, dismissed reports that he has joined the APC. Kashamu, who represents Ogun East Senatorial District, in a statement he personally signed, said the Governor-elect, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who was candidate of APC, had invited his team to join the transition committee and its sub groups. The call, which Kashamu said his team heeded “does not mean they have joined the APC.” | Party Defections. APC, PDP, Kashamu, Ogun State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/no-plans-to-join-apc-says-kashamu.html | 174 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 20, 2019 | Why it’s difficult to arrest, prosecute vote buyers – ICPC | Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says checking vote buying is a daunting task due to the large number of people involved in the act. Owasanoye stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in New York. According to him, vote buying is so rampant and widespread in the country that it was difficult to arrest and prosecute offenders. Besides, attempts to arrest vote buyers at polling units usually lead to clashes between armed thugs and security agents that endanger the lives of voters. | General Elections, Vote buying, ICPC. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/why-its-difficult-to-arrest-prosecute-vote-buyers-icpc.html | 175 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 20, 2019 | Lamido to Obasanjo: Don’t turn to bigot | A former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has urged a former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, not to allow his disagreement with the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to turn him into a bigot. Lamido urged the former president to withdraw the statement credited to him that Boko Haram had an agenda of “Fulanisation and Islamisation of West Africa.” Speaking with Daily Trust yesterday, Lamido said he still nurtured respect for Obasanjo, but quickly added that it would be wrong for the former president to erode his long-standing respect as a statesman with an uncomplimentary comment that touched the religious sensitivity of others. | Obasanjo, Lamido, Nigeria, State of the Nation. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/lamido-to-obasanjo-dont-turn-to-bigot.html | 176 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 20, 2019 | Only competent politicians’ll make my cabinet — Nasarawa gov-elect | The Nasarawa State Governor-elect, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, has said that only competent politicians will be appointed in his cabinet. He told Daily Trust in Lafia that he was ready for the task ahead and would work with competent people. “I want to hit the ground running and the best way to do it is to appoint competent people; whether politicians or not, to move Nasarawa State to the next level of development given its vast natural and human resources,” he said. | Nasarawa State, Nasarawa State Governor elect. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/only-competent-politiciansll-make-my-cabinet-nasarawa-gov-elect.html | 177 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 20, 2019 | Parties de-registration: INEC to wait for conclusion of election petitions | The Independent National Electoral Commission will wait for the conclusion of election petitions currently before tribunals across the country before initiating the process of de-registering political parties based on their poor performance during the last general elections, The PUNCH learnt on Sunday. The commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye; and the Chief Press Secretary to the commission’s Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, in separate interviews with our correspondent in Abuja, disclosed that the process had not started. “The commission has yet to take a decision on that (de-registration of political parties),” Oyekanmi simply said in a short WhatsApp message sent to our correspondent who sought his view on the matter. | General Elections, INEC, Party registration. | https://punchng.com/parties-de-registration-inec-to-wait-for-conclusion-of-election-petitions/ | 178 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 20, 2019 | Parties de-registration: INEC to wait for conclusion of election petitions | The Independent National Electoral Commission will wait for the conclusion of election petitions currently before tribunals across the country before initiating the process of de-registering political parties based on their poor performance during the last general elections, The PUNCH learnt on Sunday. The commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye; and the Chief Press Secretary to the commission’s Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, in separate interviews with our correspondent in Abuja, disclosed that the process had not started. “The commission has yet to take a decision on that (de-registration of political parties),” Oyekanmi simply said in a short WhatsApp message sent to our correspondent who sought his view on the matter. | General Elections, INEC, Party registration. | https://punchng.com/parties-de-registration-inec-to-wait-for-conclusion-of-election-petitions/ | 179 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 20, 2019 | I can’t account for security votes within seven days –Al-Makura | The Governor of Nasarawa State, Tanko Al-Makura, has said he can’t give account within seven days of how he spent security votes allocated to him between 2011 and 2015. He, therefore, asked for more time. The governor said this in response to a Freedom of Information request sent to him by anti-corruption advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project. SERAP said in a statement on Sunday by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oludare, that it received Al-Makura’s response via a letter, with reference number, NS/MOJ/ADM/108/VOL1/65, signed by Nasarawa State attorney general. | Al-Makura, SERAP, Security Vote. | https://punchng.com/i-cant-account-for-security-votes-within-seven-days-al-makura/ | 180 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 20, 2019 | Name opposition leaders responsible for treason, Atiku’s spokesman tells Buhari | The spokesperson for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 23 elections, Mr Segun Showunmi, has challenged the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to name the opposition leaders it accused of promoting crisis and acts of treason against the nation. In an open letter which he addressed to Buhari and made available to journalists on Sunday, Showunmi said failure to name the suspected opposition leaders would imply that the administration was a victim of “a Frustration-Aggression-Displacement Theory.” According to him, the theory posits that a person frustrated by not being able to accomplish a task usually misdirects his or grievances against wrong persons. Relating it to Buhari, Showunmi said instead of directing his grievances against those saddled with the responsibilities of doing a job, the President chose to direct them at the opposition. | Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Atiku, Security State of Nigeria. | https://punchng.com/name-opposition-leaders-responsible-for-treason-atikus-spokesman-tells-buhari/ | 181 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 20, 2019 | Commission promises to promote voter education in secondary schools | The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it would promote voter education in secondary schools across the country, so as to encourage pupils’ participation in the electoral process. The commission’s Assistant Director, Voter Education, Mrs Dorathy Inyang, stated this in Abuja while monitoring the election conducted to choose prefects for the 2019/2020 academic session of Britarch International Schools, Lugbe, Abuja on Friday. She said elections were important in schools in order to teach pupils how to make their choices and stand by them. Inyang said, “Election is an activity of people choosing the leaders among several people. It is about making your choice, and not your parents’ or friends’ or anyone’s. | General Elections, INEC, Voter Education. | https://punchng.com/commission-promises-to-promote-voter-education-in-secondary-schools/ | 182 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 20, 2019 | HDP disowns presidential candidate’s suit seeking to stop Buhari’s inauguration | The National Executive Committee of Hope Democratic Party has said it has no hand in the petition filed by its presidential candidate, Ambrose Owuru, who recently asked the presidential election petition tribunal to stop the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term. The party’s national vice chairman who also doubles as its vice presidential candidate, Haruna Shaba, made its position known in his address at an emergency NEC meeting held in Abuja on Saturday. A copy of his address was made available to journalists on Sunday. Owuru had, in the suit he instituted on behalf of himself and the party, sought an order restraining Buhari from presenting himself on May 29 or any other date for inauguration or taking of oath of allegiance and oath of office as President. | May 29, hand-over day. - FederalGovernment of Nigeria. | https://punchng.com/hdp-disowns-presidential-candidates-suit-seeking-to-stop-buharis-inauguration/ | 183 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Monday, May 20, 2019 | Without me, no APC in South-East, says Okorocha | The outgoing governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday said the 2019 election proved that without him (Okorocha), there would be nothing like All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South-East zone. Okorocha Okorocha, through his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemedo, spoke in Owerri while reacting to a statement credited to the Director of Voice of Nigeria, VON, Osita Okechukwu, saying that he (Okorocha) has destroyed APC in the South-East. | APC, South East, Okorocha. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/without-me-no-apc-in-south-east-says-okorocha/ | 184 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | Imo: Court strikes out suit seeking to stop Ihedioha’s inauguration | Justice P. A. Rimgim of the Federal High Court in Owerri, yesterday, struck out a suit seeking to stop the May 29, inauguration of the Imo State Governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha. Justice Rimgim said the plaintiff, who is the governorship candidate of Democratic Alliance (DA) in the recent election in the state, Clifford Eze, was not competent to file the suit as it was a post-election matter and awarded a N5m cost against the plaintiff. The Defence Counsel, Emeka Ihejirika, reacting to the judgement, said apart from lack of jurisdiction, court processes were also abused by the plaintiffs | 2019 general elections - Election Tribunal- Imo State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/imo-court-strikes-out-suit-seeking-to-stop-ihediohas-inauguration-2.html | 185 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | No in-fighting in Edo APC ahead of 2020 gov’ship | The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has said there is no in-fighting among members in the state chapter of the APC. Gov. Obaseki described the rumour of in-fighting as “fake news by few individuals” who wanted the party to put them first above the interest of all. Obaseki said this yesterday during an enlarged meeting with APC leaders from Edo North held in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area. | Edo State 2020 Governoship elections. Obaseki, APC. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/no-in-fighting-in-edo-apc-ahead-of-2020-govship.html | 186 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | Tribunal strikes out Agbomhere’s application | The Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal, yesterday, struck out an application filed by Blessing Agbomhere, House of Representatives candidate of the PDP for lack of merit. Agbomhere had filed an application for the recounting of ballot papers used in the February 23, National Assembly election in all the polling units in Etsako Federal Constituency. Abgomhere was challenging the victory of Johnson Oghuma of the APC who emerged winner of the election. Agbomhere, through his Counsel, Chika Adindu, had filed an application urging the court to direct INEC to recount ballot papers used in all polling units, as well as access to ballot papers for the purpose of fingerprint investigation. | 2019 general elections - Election Tribunal- Edo State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/tribunal-strikes-out-agbomheres-application.html | 187 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | INEC withdraws two certificates of return from Kaduna assembly members-elect | The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has withdrawn two Certificates of Return issued to two members-elect of Kaduna State House of Assembly. The members are Haruna Aliyu popularly known as Chakis and Ibrahim Ismail, all members of the Kaduna State House of Assembly representing Kaduna North II (Kawo) and Kaduna South II (Tudun Wada) constituency respectively. Haruna Aliyu and Ibrahim Ismail whose certificates were withdrawn contested in the primaries where Yusuf Salihu scored 104 votes and Nasiru Usman had 49 votes at the said elections held on October 7, 2018. | 2019 general elections Kwara State, | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/inec-withdraws-two-certificates-of-return-from-kaduna-assembly-members-elect.html | 188 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | Kwara announces low-key swearing-in programme | Kwara state Governor-elect, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has announced a low-key inauguration ceremony on May 29. According to a statement by the inauguration committee chairman, Senator Suleiman Ajadi, it said the austere programme was to reflect the lean purse of Kwara, especially because some events commemorating Democracy Day would hold barely two weeks later on June 12.“Consequently, there will be a Swearing-in Ceremony at the Government House, followed by the Thanksgiving Prayer holding simultaneously at the Central Mosque Ilorin and Church Service at 11:00amof the same day,” the statement said. | May 29, hand-over day. - Kwara State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/kwara-announces-low-key-swearing-in-programme.html | 189 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | Speakership: Gbajabiamila, Wase begin tour of S/East, S/South | House Majority Leader and front line contender for Speaker of the 9th House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila (APC, Lagos), has begun a campaign tour of the eleven states in the South East and South South region of the country. Accompanying him in the tour, which began yesterday (May 20), is the Deputy Speakership candidate, Idris Wase (APC, Plateau), and about 103 other lawmakers. The Lagos lawmaker who arrived Akanu Ibiam International Airport by 10:00am on Tuesday was received by other colleagues, as well as chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South East. | National Assemble leadership race.- Gbajabiamila, Wase. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/speakership-gbajabiamila-wase-begin-tour-of-s-east-s-south.html | 190 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | Tribunal takes 30 minutes break over Atiku, PDP’s application for Bulkachuwa’s disqualification | The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja has gone on a 30-minute break shortly after the Wednesday’s proceedings started. The tribunal is to resume sitting at 11:20 a.m. to hear an application filed by the petitioners, the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the February 23 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, seeking the disqualification of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, as a member and the head of the tribunal. The tribunal went on a break following a request by the petitioners’ lead counsel, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), who said he and his team members needed time to go through the responses to the petitioners’ application which were served on him shortly before the Wednesday’s sitting began. | Elections Petition Tribunal, PDP, APC, Bulkachuwa. | ttps://punchng.com/tribunal-takes-30-minutes-break-over-atiku-pdps-application-for-bulkachuwas-disqualification/ | 191 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | AAC probes alleged mismanagement of $1m Rivers ‘adoption’ fund | The National Working Committee of the African Action Congress has set up a three-man committee to investigate the allegations of mismanagement of $1m reportedly paid to adopt the party for the last governorship election in Rivers State. Following a court decision to disqualify the All Progressives Congress from participating in the last governorship election in the state, the APC decided to support the AAC in the election against the Peoples Democratic Party. The AAC’s NWC, in a communique issued at the end of its meeting held on Friday in Abuja, said it resolved to probe the allegations that the money given to the party for the adoption was mismanaged. The communique was signed by the party’s acting national Chairman, Dr Leonard Nzenwa. “That following a review of the petition of some aggrieved members of the Rivers State chapter of the party, alleging the absconding with the sum of $1m received by the suspended chairman of the party, Mr Omoleye Sowore, from a chieftain of a rival political party for adoption of our party as a general opposition platform for Rivers State, the National Working Committee set up a three-man committee headed by Musa Abu to investigate the allegations and report back in seven days,” the communique read. | 2019 general election tribunal -AAC, RiversSate | ttps://punchng.com/aac-probes-alleged-mismanagement-of-1m-rivers-adoption-fund/ | 192 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | Tribunal strikes out senatorial candidate’s petition against Moro | The National/state Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, on Tuesday struck out the petition filed by the senatorial candidate of the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance, Alhaji Usman Abubakar, challenging the election of Abba Moro of the Peoples Democratic Party. The tribunal’s chairman, Justice A.A. Adeleye, who ruled on the application for withdrawal of petition brought before the tribunal by Abubakar’s counsel, Mr Bem Aboho, said after a careful consideration of the application and the accompanying processes, the court decided to strike out the petition. Adeleye explained that the tribunal deemed it necessary to take the decision because all the parties (petitioners and the respondents) in the case had no objection to the application. Aboho had earlier told the court that his client and his party were no longer desirous of prosecuting the petition. | The National/state Assembly Election Petition Tribunal - Benue State. | https://punchng.com/tribunal-strikes-out-senatorial-candidates-petition-against-moro/ | 193 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | Okorocha hasn’t released money for my inauguration, says Imo gov-elect. | Governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha, has said that the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha has not released a dime for his swearing-in on May 29. Ihedioha, who spoke in a statement issued by the secretary of his inauguration and handover committee, Ray Emeana, who doubles as the secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, said that the governor had refused to finance the inauguration activities. According to the governor-elect, there was no truth that Okorocha had released N150m to his inauguration and handover committee for the May 29 program. The statement read partly “Governor Rochas Okorocha has not released any money to the Emeka Ihedioha Inauguration Planning And Handover Committee. | May 29, hand-over day. - Imo State. | https://punchng.com/okorocha-hasnt-released-money-for-my-inauguration-says-imo-gov-elect/ | 194 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 23, 2019 | Election Tribunal upholds Governor Wike’s re-election | The Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the Rivers State 2019 Governorship Candidate of Labour Party, Chief Isaac Wonwu against the victory of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike at the poll. Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice O.K Kaigama, dismissed the petition following a motion for withdrawal, moved by counsel to Chief Wonwu, Mr Uche Ulemene. Justice Kaigama also stated that the Labour Party Governorship Candidate withdrew the petition on his own volition and that there were no illegal agreements that necessitated the withdrawal. | 2019 general election tribunal - Rivers State, Gov. Wike. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/just-in-election-tribunal-upholds-governor-wikes-re-election.html | 195 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 23, 2019 | Fayemi emerges NGF chair, as governors plan to meet Buhari over insecurity | The governor of Ekiti state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday night emerged as the new chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF). He emerged as the consensus candidate during the meeting of the forum in Abuja yesterday. He succeeded Governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar of Zamfara State who was chairman of the forum since 2015. Governor Aminu Tambuwal was also elected as the new vice chairman of the forum. Their tenures run from 2019 to 2021. | Insecurity challenges, Federal Government of Nigeria, Fayemi, NGF. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/fayemi-emerges-ngf-chair-as-governors-plan-to-meet-buhari-over-insecurity.html | 196 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 23, 2019 | Dickson wants next govs chair from South | Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has called for the selected of the chairman for the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) from the South. Dickson who made the call in a statement issued by his Special Adviser, Media Relations, Fidelis Soriwei, in Abuja, said the call was in line with the principle of rotating the office between North and South. All the governors of the 36 states of the federation met in Abuja last night ahead of the exit of many of them that completed their second tenure, including Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State who is the current chairman of the forum. | Nigerian Governors Forum.(NGF), Gov. Dickson. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/dickson-wants-next-govs-chair-from-south.html | 197 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 23, 2019 | No issue with Kwara gov elect’s certificate — INEC | The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday dismissed a report that it has been asked to produce the WAEC certificate of the Kwara State Governor-elect, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. Counsel to INEC, Rowland Otaru (SAN), disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Ilorin, the state capital. Otaru said, “The tribunal did not at any time order INEC to produce the WAEC certificate of Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. “The governor-elect has presented his certificate; which is very genuine. There is nothing like falsification of result or whatever. They are there. They are public records. It is not something to be hidden. The documents the governor-elect tendered met the requirements of the law.” | 2019 general elections - INEC, Kwara State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/no-issue-with-kwara-gov-elects-certificate-inec.html | 198 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 23, 2019 | 8th House gave Buhari maximum support — Dogara | The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that the outgoing 8th House under his leadership gave President Muhammadu Buhari’s government maximum support and cooperation. Dogara who disclosed this in Abuja yesterday when he received the Euro Knowledge Award for exemplary leadership, explained that such support consisted of speedy consideration and passage of various requests from the president by the lawmakers. ADVERTISEMENT Chairman of the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges, Ossai Nicholas (PDP, Delta), who received the award on behalf of the speaker, said Dogara was found worthy of the award because of the great impact of laws passed by the 8th House under him. | National Assembly, 8th Assembly, Dogara, Buhari. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/8th-house-gave-buhari-maximum-support-dogara.html | 199 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 23, 2019 | Speakership: Why I’m supporting Gbajabiamila – Wike | The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, said his support for the emergence of Femi Gbajabiamila (APC, Lagos) as Speaker of the 9th House of Representatives was “based on capacity, not party lines.” Wike stated this when the Gbajabiamila/Wase campaign team, made up of 110 lawmakers, paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House in Port Harcourt. The visit was part of the ongoing Gbajabiamila’s South East/South South campaign tour for the Speaker of the House of Representatives, ahead of the inauguration of 9th Assembly. ”I don’t support you based on party lines; I support you based on capacity. ADVERTISEMENT “When you get there, we must work as a people; party is just a vehicle to convey you to your political destination. | National Assembly leadership race.- Gbajabiamila | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/police-apprehend-inec-staff-with-4-card-readers-in-aibom.html | 200 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 23, 2019 | Police apprehend INEC staff with 4 card readers in A’Ibom | The Police Command in Akwa Ibom says it has arrested a staff member of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom over alleged illegal possession of card readers. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Odiko Macdon, confirmed the development to newsmen in Uyo on Wednesday. He said that the suspect had been released on bail while a discreet investigation had commence to get to the bottom of the matter. According to Macdon, the Police have written to the electoral body for more details on the four card readers. | 2019 general elections Akwa Ibom State, INEC. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/police-apprehend-inec-staff-with-4-card-readers-in-aibom.html | 201 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 23, 2019 | My ministers had skill, strength and leadership qualities – President Buhari | President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his decision to retain cabinet Ministers in the last three and half years despite pressures from some quarters is because of their unique skill, strength and leadership qualities. The president made this known during a valedictory session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. He observed that the ministers, who exhibited spirit of team work, were more rational in taking decisions aimed at tackling the numerous challenges facing the country. President Buhari described the cabinet members as “a reflection of the Nigeria we aspire to achieve.’’ | May 29, hand-over day. - Federal Government of Nigeria.Buhari. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/my-ministers-had-skill-strength-and-leadership-qualities-president-buhari.html | 202 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 23, 2019 | ‘Sowore not involved in Rivers APC pact with AA" - Fabiyi. | The Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the Rivers State 2019 Governorship Candidate of Labour Party, Chief Isaac Wonwu against the victory of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike at the poll. Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice O.K Kaigama, dismissed the petition following a motion for withdrawal, moved by counsel to Chief Wonwu, Mr Uche Ulemene. Justice Kaigama also stated that the Labour Party Governorship Candidate withdrew the petition on his own volition and that there were no illegal agreements that necessitated the withdrawal. | 2019 general election tribunal - Rivers State, Gov. Wike. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/just-in-election-tribunal-upholds-governor-wikes-re-election.html | 203 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 23, 2019 | Any gov saying he can tackle insecurity is lying – Ishaku | Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State on Wednesday said he was helpless with the insecurity in the state, saying only state police could adequately address the resurgence of insecurity in the country. The governor stated this in Jalingo during a chat with journalists shortly after he inaugurated the distribution of fertilizers, seedlings and agro-chemicals for Taraba farmers for the 2019 farming season. Ishaku, who called on the residents to pray to God for peace in the state, said, “If any governor tells you that he will do anything about insecurity, such a governor is lying. As governors we don’t have control over the police or the army and virtually there is nothing we can do about security. “We have been calling for the establishment of state police, but nobody seems to consider our position, but state police remains the only viable option to contain insecurity across the country now. | Insecurity, Buhari, Federal Government, Gov. Ishaku, State Policing. | https://punchng.com/any-gov-saying-he-can-tackle-insecurity-is-lying-ishaku/ | 204 |
| Punch Newspaper | Thursday, May 23, 2019 | Tribunal warns journalists as GPN candidate withdraws petition against Ganduje | The Chairman of the Kano State Election Petition Tribunal, Justice Halima Muhammad, on Wednesday urged journalists to ensure that they reported the tribunal’s proceedings accurately. She said any form of inaccurate report would be treated as contempt. Justice Muhammad handed down the warning at the inaugural sitting of the tribunal at the Kano State High Court Complex. She also promised all parties that she would provide a level playing ground for all. She urged counsel to cooperate with the tribunal to ensure speedy dispensation of justice. She said, “To members of the fourth estate of the realm, we expect balanced reporting, where necessary, as any form of misreporting, which has the tendency of heating up the polity, will be interpreted as a tacit hovering within the precinct of contempt. | 2019 general elections - Election Tribunals, Kano State. | https://punchng.com/tribunal-warns-journalists-as-gpn-candidate-withdraws-petition-against-ganduje/ | 205 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Thursday, May 23, 2019 | Two Foreign Airlines Run Drug Cartels in Nigeria, FG Alleges | The federal government yesterday accused two foreign airlines of running drug cartels at the country’s four international airports in Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Port Harcourt. Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora to the President, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, specifically named Ethiopian and Egypt airlines as running drug cartels at the airports. Dabiri-Erewa, made this accusation when she appeared before the Senate Ad-hoc Committee set up to look into the circumstances leading to the arrest of Zainab Aliyu in Saudi Arabia in December last year. | Abike Dabiri, Federal Government of Nigeria. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/23/two-foreign-airlines-run-drug-cartels-in-nigeria-fg-alleges/ | 206 |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Thursday, May 23, 2019 | 8th Assembly, most performing in Nigeria’s history — Dogara | Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said the outgoing 8th House of Representatives exceeded the performance of all past legislatures since independence in 1960. Speaker. He also stated that the House, under his leadership, cooperated with the executive arm of government and President Muhammadu Buhari by giving speedy consideration and passage to legislation and other requests forwarded by the president to fast-track implementation of the administration’s policies and plans. The speaker recalled that there had been occasions when the House passed executive bills within days. | 8th Assembly- House of Reps, Dogara. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/8th-assembly-most-performing-in-nigerias-history-dogara/ | 207 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 24, 2019 | Okorocha: Imo accounts frozen 3 months ago | Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, yesterday, lamented the closure of the state accounts in some banks by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the past three months. Okorocha cried out during the commissioning of some projects in the state by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who represented President Muhammadu Buhari. The Imo governor said the action of the anti- graft agency had crippled the activities of his administration. | Imo State, Okorocha, EFCC. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/okorocha-imo-accounts-frozen-3-months-ago.html | 208 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 24, 2019 | Court discontinues certificate case against Kwara gov-elect | The Kwara State High Court is to strike out the suit seeking to disqualify the Governor-elect, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, at the request of the petitioner. Adekunle Oluwafemi Abraham said in a notice of discontinuance of Suit No. KWS/73/2019 that he “hereby wholly discontinue” the case against the defendant. The application was dated May 21, and filed May 22. | Election Petition Trbunal - Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/court-discontinues-certificate-case-against-kwara-gov-elect.html | 209 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 24, 2019 | List of promises on social media purportedly from me is fake — Sanwo-Olu | The Governor-elect of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, yesterday met with a group of journalists in Lagos to debunk, as fake news, a long list of promises which has been circulating on the social media. | Lagos State governor elect, Sanwo Olu. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/list-of-promises-on-social-media-purportedly-from-me-is-fake-sanwo-olu.html | 210 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 24, 2019 | Ex-NFF chief, Lulu, joins race for Kogi governorship | A former president of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Sani Lulu, has joined the race for the governorship of Kogi State under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Lulu, who made his intention public during a chat with journalists in Abuja, said there was a general consensus that the current administration in Kogi State has under-performed, hence his resolve to join the race. He said he was bringing his wealth of experience as a sports administrator that has transformed the Nigerian football and took it to enviable heights. | Kogi State governorship race 2019 - APC, Sani Lulu. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ex-nff-chief-lulu-joins-race-for-kogi-governorship.html | 211 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 24, 2019 | Election tribunal fixes June 13 to hear PDP’s petition against Kwara Gov-elect | The Kwara state governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Ilorin, has fixed June 13 and 14 to commence trial in the PDP’s petition challenging the declaration of AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as the state’s Governor-elect. The PDP claimed the Governor-elect does not have the secondary school leaving certificate, which is the legal prerequisite for anyone running for the office of Governor, a claim AbdulRazaq denied. The chairman of the three-man tribunal, Bassey Effiong announced the date after listening to counsel to the parties in the case at the continuation of the pre-hearing session on Thursday. | Election Petition Trbunal - Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/election-tribunal-fixes-june-13-to-hear-pdps-petition-against-kwara-gov-elect.html | 212 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 24, 2019 | Election tribunal in Bauchi strikes out PDP petition against Kawule, APC | The National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Bauchi on Thursday struck-out a petition filed by Abdulhamid Rufai of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the victory of Danlami Kawule of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Rufai had on March 31, filed the petition before the tribunal, challenging Kawule’s election as the assemblyman representing Zungur/Galambi state constituency. However, Rufai’s lead counsel, Shiki Rabo, told the tribunal on Thursday that his client had demanded withdrawal of the petition. | Election Petition Trbunal - Bauchi State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/election-tribunal-in-bauchi-strikes-out-pdp-petition-against-kawule-apc.html | 213 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 24, 2019 | Supreme Court sacks Governor-elect, Yari, othersin Zamfare State. | The Supreme Court has sacked all the elected candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Zamfara state during the 2019 elections. The five-member panel of justices, in a unanimous judgment on Friday, held that the party in the state failed to conduct primaries in accordance with the party rules. In the lead judgment by Justice Paul Adamu Galinji, the apex court held that all votes cast for the APC as “wasted votes” and declared that all political parties with the second highest votes in the elections and the required spread, are elected to the various elections | Zamfara APC crisis, Supreme Court. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/supreme-court-sacks-governor-elect-yari-others-as-pdp-set-to-take-over-zamfara.html | 214 |
| Punch Newspaper | Friday, May 24, 2019 | Ekiti lawmakers’ planned life pension is unconstitutional - Ayo Kumapayi. | The Chairman, Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Ekiti State Council, Ayo Kumapayi, on Thursday faulted the alleged plan by members of the state House of Assembly to place themselves on life pension. He said there was no constitutional basis for such a move. Kumapayi spoke in an interview with journalists in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. “Legislators are only entitled to severance allowances approved for them by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission at the end of their tenure. “Such alleged proposal is unconstitutional, self-seeking and should be discountenanced,” he said. | Ekiti State, House of Assembly. | https://punchng.com/ekiti-lawmakers-planned-life-pension-is-unconstitutional/ | 215 |
| Punch Newspaper | Friday, May 24, 2019 | CAN, JNI clash over FG’s radio station for herdsmen | The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum and the Christian Association of Nigeria have clashed with the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, over a radio licence acquired by the Federal Government to reach herdsmen. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, had in an interview with journalists on Wednesday said the Federal Government had acquired an Amplitude Modulation broadcast radio licence for the herdsmen as part of efforts to end perennial farmers-herders’ clashes. According to Adamu, the radio station will operate on frequency of 720 KHz and will broadcast in the Fulfulde language, mainly spoken by the Fulani people. Adamu said, “The radio service will serve as a vehicle for social mobilisation and education, in addition to interactive radio instruction methodology that will be adopted to reach the very hard-to-reach segment of our target population | Federal Government, Herdsmen, CAN, JNI. | https://punchng.com/can-jni-clash-over-fgs-radio-station-for-herdsmen/ | 216 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Friday, May 24, 2019 | Senate Addresses Buhari’s Concerns, Passes PIG Bill | The Senate yesterday passed 15 bills, including the reworked Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), which President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier declined assent to. Among the bills passed is the FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Administration Service Bill 2019, which seeks to re-introduce park-and-pay system in Abuja. The PIG Bill was passed after the upper legislative chamber had removed all the ambiguities and legislative drafting observed by the president, which include expansion of the scope of Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF), which is at variance with present administration’s policy. Seven out of the 17 bills passed were those from House of Representatives, which went through concurrence. | Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), Senate, Buhari. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/24/senate-addresses-buharis-concerns-passes-pig-bill/ | 217 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Friday, May 24, 2019 | Sanwo-Olu Pledges Transparency in Budget Process FDIs | The Governor-elect of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has pledged to be more transparent and accountable to Lagos citizens when he assumes office. Sanwo-Olu, who said this during a media briefing in Lagos yesterday, pledged to institute a quarterly interactive session on the state’s budget in order to give Lagosians updates and progress report on public expenditure. The incoming governor also vowed to make the environment more conducive to attract foreign investments into the state. Responding to a question on how to make the budget transparent and procurement open, he said: “The state government still publicises its budget on a year-on-year basis. We intend to continue, but beyond that, we would also do a quarterly review of our budget performance so that people can ask questions and we are accountable. | Lagos State governor elect, Sanwo Olu. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/24/sanwo-olu-pledges-transparency-in-budget-process-fdis/ | 218 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Friday, May 24, 2019 | Buhari, Governors Confirm Adamu as IG | The Police Council, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday confirmed Mohammed Adamu as the substantive Inspector General of Police (IG). Consequently, Adamu who had been serving in acting capacity since January 15, this year, when his predecessor, Ibrahim Idris, bowed out of service, promised to restructure the Nigeria Police to foster efficiency and effectiveness. At the meeting of the council whose membership comprises governors and Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Mr. Musiliu Smith, Buhari pronounced Adamu as the substantive IG. | President Buhari, IGP Adamu, Nigeria Police. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/24/buhari-governors-confirm-adamu-as-ig/ | 219 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 27, 2019 | Why I had to expand my govt – Gov Ayade | Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has explained the reason he had to appoint over 8000 persons into his government as special advisers and personal assistants during his first term. Speaking at the pre-inaugural event in Calabar, Ayade maintained that he had to ensure that every household in all parts of the state did not go to sleep every night on an empty stomach. “I committed myself by expanding government to ensure that at least a member of each family was represented in my government to earn salary. I kept faith despite the daunting challenges. It was not by my might nor my power but God saw me through, which is why we have come to return all glory to God Almighty. We are also here to thank the him in anticipation that he will see me through in the next four years.” | Governor Ayade, Cross River State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/why-i-had-to-expand-my-govt-gov-ayade.html | 220 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 27, 2019 | I’ll work with all senators – Lawan | Senator Ahmed Lawan, a leading contender for the position of senate president in the coming 9th National Assembly, has said he will not run a senate that will be seen as a rubber stamp to the President Muhammadu Buhari-led executive arm of government. Sen. Lawan who fielded questions from journalists over the weekend in Abuja, said his support for President Buhari must not be misconstrued as a sign that he would make the National Assembly a rubber stamp. The lawmaker representing Yobe North said he supported the previous administration of the PDP on issues that were of national interest and opposed the same government when necessary. “There is nothing like rubber stamp. I believe in President Muhammadu Buhari. I believe in my party, but then, if you believe in someone, if that person has an issue that you think can be better carried out in a certain way other than the way it was presented to you, for God sake, can’t you say I’m suggesting we go this way? If you allow the direction that may not be right to be followed, the end of it will be catastrophic, and that is not showing support,” he said | National Assembly leadership race.- APC, Lawan. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ill-work-with-all-senators-lawan.html | 221 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 27, 2019 | Buhari’s cabinet will be all-encompassing – George Moghalu | Chief George Moghalu is the National Auditor of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview, he spoke about the expectations of the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari, the new cabinet, the pending election of new national officers of National Assembly, and the security situation among other important national issues. | May 29, hand-over day. - Federal Government of Nigeria.Buhari. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/buharis-cabinet-will-be-all-encompassing-george-moghalu.html | 222 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 27, 2019 | I won’t quit APC despite setback – Yari | Governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar of Zamfara State has said he will not leave the APC despite the setback the party faced over the outcome of the recent Supreme Court ruling. Gov. Yari who spoke to newsmen in his home town of Talata Mafara, said since he was one of the founding fathers of the APC, he had no intention of dumping the party as demanded by some of his supporters. “Former Governors of Lagos, Babatunde Fashola; Osun, Rauf Aregbesola; the Governor of Imo, Rochas Okorocha; the current Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, and I toiled hard to build this party. Therefore, I will not abandon the house I helped to build. The struggle has just started,” he said. | Zamfara APC crisis, Supreme Court, Yari, APC. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/i-wont-quit-apc-despite-setback-yari.html | 223 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday, May 27, 2019 | Zamfara: PDP reps laud S/Court decision | The PDP lawmakers in the House of Representatives have described the Supreme Court decision that upheld the party’s victory in Zamfara State as the “inevitable verdict of God spoken through the judiciary. In a statement signed by the House Minority Leader, Leo Ogor (PDP, Delta), and obtained by Daily Trust yesterday, they congratulated the new Zamfara State Governor-elect, Bello Mutawalle; elected members of the House of Assembly and their federal counterparts “who are coming to swell our ranks at the National Assembly. | Zamfara Supreme Court decision, PDP. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/zamfara-pdp-reps-laud-s-court-decision.html | 224 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday, May 27, 2019 | PDP Cautions FG against Release of Bailout to Kogi | The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the federal government against the release of bailout funds to Kogi State Government, saying Governor Yahaya Bello has intensified efforts in lobbying the All Progressives Congress (APC) government to secure the release of further N50 billion bailout. The PDP in a statement issued and signed by the state Publicity Secretary, Bode Ogunmola, which copy was made available to THISDAY, yesterday, said the question that needed to be asked was how the government of Bello had utilised past funds released to him. The party noted that the state is hugely indebted and owes workers’ salaries for upward of 38 months after it has taken several loans from banks without any development to show for it. | PDP, APC, Yahaya Bello, Bailout Funds. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/27/pdp-cautions-fg-against-release-of-bailout-to-kogi/ | 225 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday, May 27, 2019 | Fayemi Won’t Shut Doors against Political Opponents, Says Dep Gov | Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, has promised that last Friday’s Supreme Court verdict, which validated Governor Kayode Fayemi’s election won’t make the governor shut his doors against those perceived as members of the opposition figures in the state. Describing the triumph as a “victory for all Ekiti people,” Egbeyemi said nobody will be alienated under the leadership of his principal. Egbeyemi also said the emergence of Fayemi as the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Chairman is an opportunity to attract more federal presence to Ekiti. He called on the people in the state, especially politicians across political parties, to join hands with Fayemi in taking the state to an enviable height. | Ekiti State 2018 governorship elections, Supreme Court, Kayode Fayemi. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/27/fayemi-wont-shut-doors-against-political-opponents-says-dep-gov/ | 226 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 27, 2019 | Buhari signs 2019 budget | President Muhammadu Buhari signs the 2019 Budget into law at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday. With him is the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang. NAN image President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, signed the 2019 Appropriation Bill. The President’s assent officially makes the bill become law and signals the commencement of the 2019 fiscal year. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Danjuma Goje; the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo-Udoma; and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, were present during the ceremo | Federal Government of Nigeria, President Buhari. | https://punchng.com/breaking-buhari-signs-2019-budget/ | 227 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 27, 2019 | Oyetola, Aregbesola deny conflict report | Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola and his predecessor, Rauf Aregbesola, have urged the state residents to remain united in the task of developing the state. They spoke during a special prayer session at the Government House in Osogbo on Sunday to commemorate Aregbesola’s 62nd birthday, a statement said. Oyetola, who said his relationship with Aregbesola since taking office six months ago was cordial, warned rumour mongers to desist from spreading tales. He said, “People have said a lot of unprintable things about us and our relationship, but as true leaders, we don’t allow such to separate us. “Our relationship is age-long to the extent that we have become a family; we are fond of each other and no one can intrude" | Osun State, Aregbesola, Oyetola. | https://punchng.com/oyetola-aregbesola-deny-conflict-report/ | 228 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 27, 2019 | I didn’t mock Fayose, ex-deputy over loss at Supreme Court —Senate Minority Leader, Olujimi | Senate Minority Leader, Mrs. Abiodun Olujimi, on Sunday denied mocking former governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose and the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the 2018 election in Ekiti State, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, over Friday’s Supreme Court judgment. The Supreme Court had, in the judgment, dismissed the appeal of PDP and Olusola and consequently validated the election of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. A statement in Ado Ekiti on Sunday by Olujimi’s media aide, Sanya Atofarati, stated: “It must be noted that prior to the governorship election, Senator Olujimi spent her personal resources to mobilise well-meaning leaders and members of the PDP to ensure the success of the party in the election. | 2019 general elections , Ekiti State, Sen. Olujimi, Supreme Court, Prof Kolapo Olusola. | https://punchng.com/i-didnt-mock-fayose-ex-deputy-over-loss-at-supreme-court-senate-minority-leader-olujimi/ | 229 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 27, 2019 | Imo officials working hard to blackmail me — Ihedioha | The governor-elect of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has accused officials of the state government of working to blackmail him. He also said government officials were also working to undermine his inauguration on Wednesday as the governor of the state. At a press conference on Saturday in Owerri, the state capital, the chairman of the governor-elect’s inauguration planning and handover committee, Chris Okewulonu, said the outgoing governor, Rochas Okorocha, had not assisted the committee towards ensuring a seamless inauguration. Okewulonu said, “In the course of our work, we met thrice with the outgoing government’s team, believing that issues agreed upon will be strictly adhered to. Unfortunately, reverse proved to be the case. | Imo State Governorship Election, Ihedioha, | https://punchng.com/imo-officials-working-hard-to-blackmail-me-ihedioha/ | 230 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 27, 2019 | House order on secret voting approved since 2016 –Speakership aspirant, Olatunbosun | Answering the question "Members-elect have been divided over which voting method to adopt for the Ninth National Assembly leadership election. Which do you prefer between open and secret ballot?" Mr Olatunbosun said "Let me explain certain things on this issue of voting. In the parliament – in this instance, the House of Representatives – we operate based on set rules. We have the Standing Order and that book is where the rules for the conduct of our day-to-day businesses are taken from. Order 2, if you check, specifically mentions that in electing the presiding officers – the Speaker and Deputy Speaker – voting shall be, where ‘shall’ means mandatory, by electronic voting or secret. That Standing Order, its rules were approved in 2016 and to the best of my knowledge, those rules have not been changed. So, on the day of inauguration, it is the same rules that the Clerk to the National Assembly is going to apply in conducting the elections." | House of Assembly, Secret voting. | https://punchng.com/house-order-on-secret-voting-approved-since-2016-speakership-aspirant-olatunbosun/ | 231 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 27, 2019 | LG funds: After meeting with Buhari, govs may sue NFIU | Governors of the 36 states under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, may take the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit to court over its directive that they should not tamper with funds accruing to local government areas from the Federation Accounts, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. The decision to approach the court may, however, wait until the governors exploit their option to use dialogue to resolve the issue. Our correspondent learnt that one of the means of dialogue reached at the meeting of the NGF in Abuja on Wednesday was for its leadership to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the NFIU directive. The NGF, it was also learnt, discussed the possibility of meeting with the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to inform him about what they considered as the illegality of the NFIU’s directive | NFIU, Local Government Funds, Governors forum. | https://punchng.com/lg-funds-after-meeting-with-buhari-govs-may-sue-nfiu/ | 232 |
| Punch Newspaper | Monday, May 27, 2019 | Apex court judgment on Zamfara, a bitter-sweet experience —Marafa | Senator Kabir Marafa (APC-Zamfara) has described the Supreme Court judgement on Zamfara All Progressives Congress candidates in the last elections as “a sweet, bitter but a huge victory for democracy.” Marafa, who represents Zamfara Central Senatorial District, also said it is victory for the state and the country as a whole. He made the remarks, on Friday, in a statement he personally signed in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the lawmaker and the outgoing governor of the state, Abdulaziz Yari, prior to the party’s primaries, had locked horns over control of the state’s chapter of APC. | Zamfara Supreme Court decision, Marafa, APC. | https://punchng.com/apex-court-judgment-on-zamfara-a-bitter-sweet-experience-marafa/ | 233 |
| Daily Trust Online | Teusday, May 28, 2019 | No justice in Zamfara ruling — Oshiomhole | Oshiomhole, who fielded questions from journalists, said there was no justice when winners of elections were imposed on people based on “technicality.” ADVERTISEMENT He said, “ How can you ask me how I feel when the people of Zamfara voted for us in the manner they did and the courts said those votes were wasted? “Meanwhile, at the time those votes were cast, the High Court has ruled that our candidate was validly nominated. “There is something I have learned from Lord Denning, a famous British Supreme Court Justice, that the law has to be interpreted taking into account the intention of the lawmakers and try to deliver justice in its purest form. There is no justice when on technicality you imposed on people candidates they didn’t elect. | Zamfara APC crisis, Supreme Court, Oshiomole, APC. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/no-justice-in-zamfara-ruling-oshiomhole.html | 234 |
| Daily Trust Online | Teusday, May 28, 2019 | I’m leaving N42b in Imo treasury — Okorocha | Governor Rochas Okorocha has disclosed that he has kept N42.5billion in Imo State bank accounts for his successor, Chief Emeka Ihedioha. Okorocha said he kept the money for the in-coming governor so that there won’t be excuses in carrying out activities of government. The outgoing governor, who spoke while swearing-in eleven Permanent Secretaries including the new Accountant-General, Deacon Donald Igbo, and the new Head of Service, Mrs. Ngozi Ama Eluma, said N8.1billion of the money was meant for the payment of salaries and capital projects, while N5.2billion was for pension arrears. | Imo State, Okorocha, May 29 Handover day, Ihedioha. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/im-leaving-n42b-in-imo-treasury-okorocha.html | 235 |
| Daily Trust Online | Teusday, May 28, 2019 | Why I had 8,000 aides — Ayade | Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has explained why he appointed over 8,000 people as special advisers and personal assistants during his first term. Speaking in Calabar at the pre-inaugural event for his second term, Ayade said the gesture ensured that every household in all parts of the state did not go to sleep with empty stomach. “I committed myself by expanding government to ensure that at least a member of each family was represented in my government to earn salary,” he said. | Cross River State, Ben Ayade. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/why-i-had-8000-aides-ayade.html | 236 |
| Daily Trust Online | Teusday, May 28, 2019 | APC constitutes panel to review anti-party activities | The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling APC has set up a 5-member committee chaired by its Deputy National Chairman (South), Otunba Niyi Adebayo, to review the numerous petitions on anti-party activities of some members from the states. Members of the committee which has one week to submit its report included the National Vice Chairman (South-west), Mr. Bankole Oluwajana; National Legal Adviser, Babatunde Ogala; National Treasurer, Adamu Fanda and National Disabled Leader, Misbau Lawal Didi. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, said in a statement yesterday that the NWC had received several petitions alleging various forms of anti-party activities by some members, including working against the party and its candidates in the just concluded elections. | APC Internal crisis, APC,. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/apc-constitutes-panel-to-review-anti-party-activities.html | 237 |
| Daily Trust Online | Teusday, May 28, 2019 | HDP asks Supreme Court to stop Buhari’s inauguration | The Hope Democratic Party (HDP) has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court to stop the May 29 inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari. HDP filed the interlocutory appeal seeking to set aside the ruling of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal presided by Justice Joseph Ikyegh which on May 22, refused his application to stop the inauguration of Buhari. ADVERTISEMENT HDP and its candidate, Ambrose Owuru, were among the political parties challenging the February 23 presidential election. | May 29, hand-over day. - Federal Government of Nigeria.Buhari, Hope Democratic Party(HDP) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/hdp-asks-supreme-court-to-stop-buharis-inauguration.html | 238 |
| Punch Newspaper | Teusday, May 28, 2019 | FG declares Wednesday work-free day | The Federal Government has declared Wednesday a work-free day in commemoration of the 2019 presidential inauguration. The Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, (retd.), made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on Monday in Abuja in a statement by the ministry’s permanent secretary, Mrs Georgina Ehuriah. The News Agency of Nigeria quoted Dambazau as congratulating President Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election. The minister also congratulated Nigerians on the successful conduct of the 2019 elections, which he said were widely acknowledged as peaceful, free, fair, credible and transparent. | May 29, hand-over day. - Federal Government of Nigeria.Buhari. | https://punchng.com/fg-declares-wednesday-work-free-day/ | 239 |
| Punch Newspaper | Teusday, May 28, 2019 | Those calling me ‘Baba Go Slow’ will be shocked in my second term, says Buhari | President Muhammadu Buhari says those who describe him as ‘baba go slow’ during his first administration will be in for a shock during his second term. Buhari said this during a media chat which was aired on Nigerian Television Authority. He said he would ensure police and judicial reform in his second term in office. When asked if he will be more ruthless in his second term, he said, “Those who call me ‘baba go slow’ will see whether I am slow or fast.” When asked to explain further, he said, “It means I will persuade the police and the judiciary to be hard and where I uncover that they are not hard, I will find out who is responsible for the slowness in terms of command from the DPO upwards. | President Buhari, Nigeria Police, Media chat. | https://punchng.com/those-calling-me-baba-go-slow-will-be-shocked-in-my-second-term-says-buhari/ | 240 |
| Punch Newspaper | Teusday, May 28, 2019 | Buhari, Osinbajo get asset declaration forms 24hrs to deadline | President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo received their asset declaration forms from the Code of Conduct Bureau on Monday, about 24 hours to the deadline on the submission of their declared assets. The Chairman of the CCB, Prof. Muhammed Isah, presented the forms to Buhari and Osinbajo at a short ceremony at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Isah was at the Villa in company with some board members, including Mr Murtala Kankia and Dr Emmanuel Atta. Buhari, Osinbajo and all political office holders are required by law to declare their assets prior to assuming office. The CCB cited the legal requirements on Monday as they presented the forms to them. | President Buhari, VP Osinbajo, asset declaration. | https://punchng.com/buhari-osinbajo-get-asset-declaration-forms-24hrs-to-deadline/ | 241 |
| Punch Newspaper | Teusday, May 28, 2019 | We shouldn’t have a repeat of 2019 polls —Jonathan | FORMER President Goodluck Jonathan has said the country should modify its electoral laws to avoid a repeat of the 2019 polls in 2023. He also said an individual shouldn’t have the power to appoint all members of the election tribunals. Jonathan, who said these during a lecture/book presentation to mark the second term inauguration of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike in Port Harcourt on Monday, added that allowing one person to constitute the tribunals would erode confidence in the system. He said, “The judicial process where one person constitutes all the election tribunals to hear petitions is not right. It is difficult in a democracy for somebody to be extremely neutral. “In one way or the other, somebody close to you will be in one party or the other. The only way to be above is to make sure that one person does not have the power to constitute tribunals to listen to all cases.” “The parliamentarians who have won elections to go the National Assembly should take a look at what happened in the 2019 elections. We must modify our laws to make sure that in the 2023 elections, some of these things don’t repeat,” The Cable quoted Jonathan as saying. | 2019 general elections , INEC, President Jonathan. | https://punchng.com/we-shouldnt-have-a-repeat-of-2019-polls-jonathan/ | 242 |
| Punch Newspaper | Teusday, May 28, 2019 | 2019 elections: INEC battles with 809 pre-election cases | The Independent National Electoral Commission is presently battling with 809 pre-election cases pending in various courts across the country, its chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said on Monday. Yakubu also said the commission had withdrawn 64 certificates of return and issued to candidates who had been declared winners by various court judgments. According to him, the pre-election cases were filed in court to challenge the conduct of primaries by political parties during the 2019 general elections. Yakubu also stated that the commission would not accept the submission of names of candidates by political parties under Section 31 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), unless there was evidence, monitored by INEC, of compliance with the provision of Section 87 of the Electoral Act. | 2019 general elections - INEC | https://punchng.com/2019-elections-inec-battles-with-809-pre-election-cases/ | 243 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | Certificate of return: Court of Appeal okays speedy hearing of Okorocha’s suit | The Court of Appeal in Abuja has commenced the speedy hearing of the suit by immediate past Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, seeking to be issued with certificate of return as senator-elect. A three-member panel of justices on Monday unanimously approved the day-to-day hearing of the suit while striking out an appeal by the counsel to the APGA, Osita Izunaso, seeking to stay the proceedings of a Federal High Court in Abuja. | Certificate of Return, Okorocha | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/certificate-of-return-court-of-appeal-okays-speedy-hearing-of-okorochas-suit.html | 244 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | Buhari, APC overburdened by guilt of rigged poll-PDP | The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said President Muhammed Buhari's failure to address Nigerians at the presidential inauguration showed that the President and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), were overburdened by the guilt of the "rigged" presidential election. The PDP in a statement on Thursday by its national Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the failure by the President Buhari and the APC to make any commitment at the ceremony reinforced "the truism that a product of flawed electoral process" cannot serve the people or meet their aspirations under a constitutional democracy. | Buhari, APC, PDP | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/buhari-apc-overburdened-by-guilt-of-rigged-poll-pdp.html | 245 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | Buhari inaugurated for second term | President Muhammadu Buhari has been sworn-in for a second term in office at the Eagle Square, Abuja. The Acting Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, administered the oath of office at 10:37am. The president was flanked by his wife, Aisha when the oath was being administered. The inauguration was witnessed by a former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon, and former president and former head of Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan. | Presidential Inauguration | Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/just-in-buhari-inaugurated-for-second-term.html | 246 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | Buhari tasked on women inclusion | A lobby group, Onyejeocha for Speaker Solidarity Front (OSSF), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to commit himself to increased inclusion and participation of women in government. Ololade Olatunji, the National Coordinator of OSSF in a statement to congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari on his second term inauguration, said there must be concerted effort, deliberate, initiative, willing mind and strategic support for women in NIgeria by the government of the day to achieve significant inclusion. | Buhari, Women Inclusion | Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/buhari-tasked-on-women-inclusion.html | 247 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | I’ll raise bar of good governance, says Okowa | Delta state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has reiterated his resolve to raise the bar of good governance to surpass achievements in the first term. After taking the oath of office for his second term in office on Wednesday at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, Okowa said: “My renewed mandate is a massive vote of confidence for the work we have done in the last four years. As I said in my broadcast to you soon after I was declared re-elected, this mandate is an invitation to raise the bar of good governance even higher and to surpass my achievements in the first term.” | Delta State Governor, Okowa, Inauguration | Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/may-29-ill-raise-bar-of-good-governance-says-okowa.html | 248 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | Zulum takes over from Shettima in Borno | Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has been inaugurated as the new governor of Borno state, after taking over from Kashim Shettima who will now represent Borno Central at the Senate. The ceremony which took place at the Ramat Square in Maiduguri ended abruptly with both Zulum and Shettima leaving the venue in the latter’s personal car. “I believe in Borno State; I believe Borno will be great again,” Zulum said and urged the people of the state to strive to achieve unity of purpose and solidarity to combat the security challenge bedevilling the state. | Borno State Governor, Zulum, Inauguration | Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/zulum-takes-over-from-shettima-in-borno.html | 249 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | Only the best will get appointed into my cabinet – Sanwo-Olu | The new Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured residents of the State that only those he considers as ”the best for the job” will enjoy the privilege of being of selected into his cabinet. In the speech tagged: ”Awakening Greater Lagos”, Governor Sanwo-Olu said he would adhere to the tradition of enlightened government set by those who came before him. | Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-Olu, Inauguration | Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/only-the-best-will-get-appointed-into-my-cabinet-sanwo-olu.html | 250 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | Zamfara: Mutawalle promises to tackle insecurity, Introduces free health care for women, children | The newly sworn-in executive governor of Zamfara state Dr Bello Muhammad Mutawalle has vowed to do every thing within his power to tackle the menace of insecurity bedevilling the state. Speaking shortly after taking oath of office in Gusau, Governor Mutawalle asked the armed bandits in the state to immediately surrender and find legitimate ways of living adding that their days are numbered. He also warned the local vigilante groups other wise known as ‘Yan Sakai’ to halt the extra judicial killings of innocent people adding that his administration would not condone lawlessness. | Zamfara State Governor, Mutawalle, Inauguration | Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/zamfara-mutawalle-promises-to-tackle-insecurity-introduces-free-health-care-for-women-children.html | 251 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | Inauguration: Gombe’s Inuwa Yahaya sworn-in, cancels Dankwambo’s last minute appointments, contracts | Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya was on Wednesday sworn-in as the fourth executive governor of Gombe state. The oath of office and oath of allegiance was administered to him by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Hakila Y. Heman at the Pantami Township Stadium, Gombe. In his inaugural speech shortly after reviewing the parade by the Nigerian Police Force, Governor Inuwa Yahaya announced the suspension of all appointments, contracts and allocation of plots made by immediate-past administration from March 10, 2019 to date. | Gombe State Governor, Yahaya, Inauguration | Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/inauguration-gombes-inuwa-yahaya-sworn-in-cancels-dankwambos-last-minute-appointments-contracts.html | 252 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | Abiodun takes oath of office as Ogun Governor | The new governor of Ogun state, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday took oath of office as the fifth democratically elected governor of the state. He took the oath at exactly 11:53 am on Wednseday, 29th May 2019, shortly after his Deputy, Engineer Noimot Salako-Oyedele was sworn-in at the MKO International Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta. | Ogun State Governor, Abiodun, Inauguration | Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/abiodun-takes-oath-of-office-as-ogun-governor.html | 253 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | EFCC storms Ogboko,reportedly arrests Rochas Okorocha, wife | EFCC stormed Ogboko arrested Rochas Okorocha, his wife Nkechi Okorocha, Gerald Okorocha and Okey Okorocha. The commission also sealed his Eastern Palm University Ogboko. | Rochas Okorocha, EFCC | Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/happening-now-efcc-storms-ogboko-arrests-rochas-okorocha-wife.html | 254 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | INEC to revisit Uwais, other electoral reform reports | The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced review of the 2019 general elections as part of initiatives for planning for future elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Tuesday, 28th May in Abuja at the kick-off of post 2019 elections review meeting of the commission’s management and Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). Yakubu also said the Commission hoped that the recommendations arising from the national conversation would feed into an enduring reform of the nation’s electoral process. He said the commission would consider the reports of previous committees on electoral reform over the last 40 years, including the Babalakin Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of the Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO in 1986), the Uwais Report on Electoral Reform (2008), the Lemu Committee on Post-Election Violence (2011), the Ken Nnamani Committee on Constitutional and Electoral Reform (2017), among others. | INEC, Electoral Reform, Uwais Reform | Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/inec-to-revisit-uwais-other-electoral-reform-reports.html | 255 |
| ThisDay Newspaper | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | Saraki charges Newly Sworn-in Leaders to Work for Nigeria's Development | The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has urged newly sworn-in leaders to work for the development of NIgeria. Saraki also congratulated NIgerians on the country's attainment of 20 years of uninterrupted democracy and urged the people to use democracy to institutionalise peace and genuine development. He advided NIgerians to fully take ownership of democracy and its institutions and use them to "entrench peace, welfare and improved standard of living for all our people." | Saraki, Inauguration | ThisDay Newspaper, Thursday May 30, 2019, Page 40 | 256 |
| ThisDay Newspaper | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | We shall subdue Violence with Forgiveness, says Lalong | As part of his determination to rid Plateau State of the sysle of violence that has bedeviled it fro close to a decade, the State Governor, Simon Lalong has again emphasised the need to forgive one another, noting that the critical policy his administration developed and embraced was the concept of "Forgiveness". | Plateau State Governor, Lalong | ThisDay Newspaper, Thursday May 30, 2019, Page 40 | 257 |
| ThisDay Newspaper | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | Ganduje: I will not Disappoint Kano People | Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has promised that he will not disappoint the people of the State during his second term in office even as he declared free education at all levels for the physically-challenged and all other vulnerable groups across the State. | Kano State Governor, Ganduje, Inauguration | ThisDay Newspaper, Thursday May 30, 2019, Page 40 | 258 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | Delta North: Appeal Court Returns Nwaoboshi as Senator-elect | "The Court of Appeal, Abuja on Thursday reinstated Senator Peter Nwaoboshi as the senator-elect for Delta North Senatorial District. A three-member panel of the appellate court in reinstating Nwaobshi as senator-elect, set aside the judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja, which had earlier nullified Nwaoboshi’s victory at the 2018 Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) primary conducted to select the party’s standard-bearer for the senatorial seat. Justice Mohammed had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the Certificate of Return it issued Nwaoboshi as winner of the senatorial seat and issued a fresh certificate to Nwoko being the lawful candidate of the PDP in the said election. | Delta North, Senate, Nwaboshi, Nwoko, Court of Appeal | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/30/delta-north-appeal-court-returns-nwaoboshi-as-senator-elect/ | 259 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | Sowore Asks Court to Set Aside Order against His Chairmanship of AAC | The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the February 23 presidential election, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, has asked Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, to set aside the interim order restraining him from parading himself as the National Chairman of the AAC. Sowore also asked the court to restrain the executive of the AAC from holding a national convention in the name of AAC pending the hearing and determination of his suit against his suspension by the party. | Sowore, AAC Chairmanship | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/30/sowore-asks-court-to-set-aside-order-against-his-chairmanship-of-aac-2/ | 260 |
| The Guardian.ng | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | " Knocks as Buhari fails to make inauguration speech" | President Muhammadu Buhari broke with tradition yesterday, failing to address Nigerians after he was sworn in for a second term. He had been expected to reel off his objectives for the next four years. Many guests at the Eagle Square venue in Abuja were apparently not impressed upon realising they would not be hearing from the leader. The Federal Government had stated earlier that the inauguration would be low-keyed, as some events have been scheduled for June 12, the new Democracy Day. | Buhari, Presidential Inauguration, Inauguration speech, May 29 | https://guardian.ng/news/knocks-as-buhari-fails-to-make-inauguration-speech/ | 261 |
| The Guardian Newspaper | Thursday, May 30, 2019 | Prepare for Harder Times, El-Rufai tells Kaduna residents | Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has advised the residents to brace up for harder times ahead, just as he charged them to imbibe the spirit of living in unity for the benefit of the State. In his inaugural address yesterday, El-Rufai said: We will continue to take very difficult and sometimes painful decisions. We ask for your understanding and forgiveness in advance. | Kaduna State Governor, El-Rufai, Inauguration | The Guardian Newspaper, Thursday May 30 2019, Page 5 | 262 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 31, 2019 | APC crisis: NEC members demand talks with NWC | Some members of the APC National Executive Committee under the aegis of NON-NWC (NEC) Forum have requested for an urgent meeting with the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) led by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. In a letter addressed to Oshiomhole dated May 29, they said the meeting was necessary to address critical issues affecting the ruling party. | APC Internal Crisis, Oshiomhole | Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/apc-crisis-nec-members-demand-talks-with-nwc.html | |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 31, 2019 | Ex-Sokoto gov, former minister back call for Oshiomhole to resign | Former Governor of old Sokoto State, Malam Yahaya Abdulkarim and the immediate past Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu, have backed the call for the resignation of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of APC National Chairman. Mal. Abdulkarim said, “I am 100 per cent in support of the call for Oshiomhole to step aside for APC to have good leadership that will lead to the party’s progress.” | APC Internal Crisis, Oshiomhole | Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ex-sokoto-gov-former-minister-back-call-for-oshiomhole-to-resign.html | |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 31, 2019 | Women seek appointive positions for Tallen, others | Women groups and experts on gender have called on the Federal Government to ensure 35 per cent appointment for women in the new administration. They made the call during an interactive session they had with the wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, and other stakeholders at the State House in Abuja recently. A former Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Josephine Anenih said Rep. Nkeiruka Onyeojeocha should also be supported as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and made a case for the two female governorship candidates in Kogi and Bayelsa states at the next polls in November, 2019. | Women participation, Politics | Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/women-seek-appointive-positions-for-tallen-others.html | |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, May 31, 2019 | EFCC denies arresting Okorocha, wife | The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied media report that its operatives arrested immediate past governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha. It was earlier reported that Okorocha and his wife were arrested by EFCC agents. When contacted on Thursday the acting spokesman of the Commission Tony Orilade said the report is not only false but fake news. | Okorocha, EFCC | Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/happening-now-efcc-storms-ogboko-arrests-rochas-okorocha-wife.html | |
| Punch Newspaper | Friday, May 31, 2019 | Ihedioha stops banks from honouring withdrawal requests from state’s accounts | Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has asked financial institutions not to honour any withdrawal instruction by cheques or transfers written in the name of the State Government. The governor gave the directive in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday in Owerri, the State capital, by his Special Adviser on Media, Steve Osuji. He also asked that outstanding financial instructions already addressed to the banks in the name of the State Government should also be suspended. | Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha | https://punchng.com/ihedioha-stops-banks-from-honouring-withdrawal-requests-from-states-accounts/ | |
| Punch Newspaper | Friday, May 31, 2019 | State Governors announce first set of appointments | State governors who were inaugurated across the country on Wednesday resumed in their offices for the first time on Thursday. A number of them announced their first set of appointments shortly after resuming duties. In Lagos, the state Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced the appointment of six new permanent secretaries with effect from June 1. The state Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, in a statement listed the new permanent secretaries to include the Managing Director of the Lagos Island Maternity, Dr Eniayewun Benjamin; Principal, Apapa Senior High School, Education District IV, Mr Erinle Olufolami; and Principal, Babs Fafunwa Millenium Senior Grammar School, Education District VI, Mrs Oludara Okelola. | State Governors, Appointments | https://punchng.com/state-governors-announce-first-set-of-appointments/ | |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Friday, May 31, 2019 | Buhari, Govs urged to fulfil Campaign Promises | President Muhammadu Buhari and Governors sworn into offices Wednesday have been urged to abide by their campaign promises to the electorate. Bishop of the Diocese of Warri Anglican communion, Rt Rev Christian Ide made the appeal in his Bishop’s Charge at the first session of the 13th synod of the Diocese with the theme “Our True Identity,” at the Cathedral Church of St Andrew, Okere-Warri, Delta State, stressing that politicians should not take Nigerians for a ride as they were voted into various political offices on account of their campaign promises. Lamenting the killings and violence that characterised the general election in several parts of the country, he said that the Federal Government should take urgent steps to avert a repeat of the ugly experience in future elections by initiating electoral reforms that will also introduce modern technology in the electoral process. | Buhari, Governors, Campaign Promises | Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/buhari-govs-urged-to-fulfil-campaign-promises/ | |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Friday, May 31, 2019 | Gov Zulum orders immediate payment of salary/pension arrears | Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, yesterday, ordered immediate payment and settlement of all outstanding salary and pension arrears of civil servants who had undergone biometric data capture or yet to do before the Eid-el fitr celebration. he governor gave the directive when Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Bulama Abiso, led other executive members on a solidarity/courtesy call on him at the Government House, Maiduguri. | Borno State Governor, Zulum | Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/gov-zulum-orders-immediate-payment-of-salary-pension-arrears/ | |
| Vanguard Newspaper | Friday, May 31, 2019 | NUPENG asks Buhari to rejig economic team, prioritise security, infrastructure | Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday, pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to rejig his economic team and prioritise security as well as infrastructural development among others, as he begins his second term of four years as president of Nigeria. | Buhari, Second Term, NUPENG | Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/nupeng-asks-buhari-to-rejig-economic-team-prioritise-security-infrastructure/ | |
| ThisDaylive Online | Friday, May 31, 2019 | Dickson’s Aide Joins Bayelsa Guber Race | The Director of Protocol to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, Mr. Joseph Akedesuo, has joined the race in the November 16 governorship election in the state. Akedesuoh, who retired from the civil service, has been chief of protocol to nine military administrators and civilian governors and have worked closely with them both in Rivers and Bayelsa States. | Bayelsa State 2019 Gov. Election, Dickson | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/31/dicksons-aide-joins-bayelsa-guber-race/ | |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, June 7, 2019 | Dokpesi asks NASS to amend media laws | Media mogul and owner of DAAR Communications Limited, Raymond Dokpesi, has called on the National Assembly to urgently amend the laws regulating media practice in the country to guard against threats to press freedom. He said such amendments should ensure that the appointments of board of directors and directors-general of media regulatory agencies were subjected to the confirmation of the National Assembly, in contrast to the current situation in which such positions were occupied by politicians loyal to the ruling party. | Dokpesi, DAAR Communications, National Assembly | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/dokpesi-asks-n-assembly-to-amend-media-laws.html | |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, June 7, 2019 | Senate presidency: Goje endorses Lawan after meeting Buhari | One of the three contenders for the Senate presidency, Sen. Danjuma Goje (APC, Gombe), yesterday, withdrew from the race after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Goje, who chairs the Senate Committee on Appropriations, announced his withdrawal at the end of an hour-long meeting with the president. With Goje’s withdrawal, Lawan is set to slug it out with Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno) on Tuesday, June 11, when the National Assembly would be inaugurated. | Senate Presidency, Goje, Lawan | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/senate-presidency-goje-endorses-lawan-after-meeting-buhari.html | |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, June 7, 2019 | N3.4bn fraud: Kano Emirate Council confirms receipt of query | The Kano Emirate Council has confirmed receipt of the query sent to the Emir Muhammadu Sanusi ll by the State Government over alleged misappropriation of N3.4 billion. Alhaji Mahe Bashir Wali, the Walin Kano and senior member of the emirate council, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Friday. He, however, explained that the council would have to meet and deliberate on the query before responding. | Kano Emirate Council, Sansui | Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/breaking-n3-4bn-fraud-kano-emirate-council-confirms-receipt-of-query.html | |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, June 7, 2019 | Why I backed out of Senate Presidency race – Goje | A key contender for the Senate Presidency, Senator Danjuma Goje, has explained why he backed out of the race after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday. At the end of the meeting that lasted for an hour, Goje said he backed out of the race out of respect for the president. He said even though his chances to clinch the seat are bright, he has no option than to withdraw following the president’s intervention. | Senate Presidency, Goje, Lawan, Buhari | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/why-i-backed-out-of-senate-presidency-race-goje.html | |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, June 7, 2019 | I don’t regret my actions on Zamfara — Marafa | The Senator representing Zamfara Central, Kabiru Garba Marafa, has said that he has no regret whatsoever over his insistence that the state chapter of the APC did not conduct primaries last October. Marafa, whose court action led to the invalidation of all the purported primaries conducted by the party in the state, said the Zamfara people were happy with the Supreme Court’s verdict that sacked all elected people on APC’s platform in the state. Speaking at the valedictory session of the 8th Senate yesterday, Marafa said although he did not intend that the opposition PDP should be the beneficiary of his action, he had since accepted the verdict. | Zamfara, APC, Marafa | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/i-dont-regret-my-actions-on-zamfara-marafa.html | |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, June 7, 2019 | 8th Senate adjourns indefinitely as Saraki bows out | The 8th Senate, which was inaugurated on June 9, 2015 adjourned its legislative activities indefinitely after four years on Thursday. The senate adjourned indefinitely after the question was put by the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki and unanimously adopted by the lawmakers. Saraki in his farewell speech thanked his colleagues for demonstrating patriotism toward protecting the sanctity of the legislature. | 8th Senate, National Assembly, Saraki | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/8th-senate-adjourns-indefinitely-as-saraki-bows-out.html | |
| ThisDaylive Online | Friday, June 7, 2019 | Forgive My Wrongdoings, Dogara Begs Colleagues | Dogara stated that the Eighth National Assembly was the most persecuted and harassed in Nigeria’s history, emphasising that with 382 bills passed, the assembly he led surpassed records of all previous assemblies. He also bemoaned the growing rate of insecurity in the country. “I, and perhaps many of us, might have made one mistake or another and caused offence among ourselves these four years. This is expected since we are human. May, I therefore, implore everyone I might have wronged to forgive such wrongs. “On my part, I hold no grudges against anyone, and I plead with everyone to forgive his brothers and sisters. Let us leave here today without any resentment or bitterness in our hearts.” | 8th Assembly, Dogara | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/06/07/forgive-my-wrongdoings-dogara-begs-colleagues/ | |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, June 7, 2019 | APC NWC sets up committee to investigate Shuaibu’s allegations against Oshiomole | The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has set up a five-man disciplinary committee to investigate allegations leveled by Sen. Lawal Shuaibu, its Deputy National Chairman North, against Mr Adams Oshiomole, the party’s National Chairman. He added that the five-man committee would particularly investigate Shuaibu’s allegation against Oshiomole on issues involving the collective decisions of the NWC. | APC Internal crisis, Oshiomhole, Shuaibu | https://guardian.ng/politics/apc-nwc-sets-up-committee-to-investigate-shuaibus-allegations-against-oshiomole/ | |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, June 7, 2019 | Ihedioha probes Okorocha, last-minute appointments | Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has set up a panel to probe immediate past governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha and review appointments and recruitments carried out from 2015 till date. Ihedioha said the decision was in line with the resolution of the Imo State House of Assembly reached on Monday, May 3, 2019. In a statement issued by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Uche Onyeagocha in Owerri, yesterday said the panel, headed by Okey Anyanwu was mandated to evaluate the recent appointments of Head of Service, Permanent Secretaries, Solicitor General, Accountant General, and heads of extra-ministerial departments. | Governor Ihedioha, Rochas, Imo State | https://guardian.ng/news/ihedioha-probes-okorocha-last-minute-appointments/ | |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, June 7, 2019 | Ndume warns Ninth Senate, rules out visit to Aso Rock | Former Senate Leader and aspirant for the position of senate president Mohammed Ali Ndume yesterday reiterated the warning that the Ninth National Assembly could lose its independence. He also ruled out any possibility of withdrawing from the contest and dismissed speculations that he had been invited to the Aso Rock Villa for that purpose. He told journalists shortly after the senate valedictory session: “Nobody has invited me to the villa for any talk. And there’s no cause for it at this moment in time. I will contest for the Ninth senate president position, Insha Allah, on Tuesday, next week.” | Senate Presidency, Ndume | https://guardian.ng/news/ndume-warns-ninth-senate-rules-out-visit-to-aso-rock/ |