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Anambra 2025: Ifemeludike emerges first female candidate to face Soludo

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 9 April 2025 0

…picks AAC ticket By Tunde Opalana Miss Chioma Ifemeludike has emerged as the first female governorship candidate for the November governorship election in Anambra State. She picked the African Action Congress (AAC) ticket to slug it out with Governor Charles Soludo of the All

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Saraki denies joining opposition coalition

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 9 April 2025 0

By Tunde Opalana Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has distanced himself from planning to join other political gladiators in the proposed opposition coalition set to tackle President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 presidential election. A statement by his media adviser, Yusuph Olaniyonu described the rumoured move as fabrications and

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S/C Judgement: LP expresses satisfaction, by returning Power, supremacy to Parties

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 8 April 2025 0

…says it wouldn’t hesitate to caution Obi, on issues that undermines the Party By Tom Okpe The Labour Party, LP, has expressed it’s satisfaction over the Supreme Court judgement on Thursday, last week which returned power, glory, and supremacy of political Parties to individual Parties. The Party also said it will not hesitate to caution […]

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LP Leadership Tussle: Edo Senator lauds Supreme Court’s ruling sacking Abure

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 7 April 2025 0

By Titus Akhigbe Senator Neda Imasuen, representing Edo South senatorial district and serving as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions in the Senate, has expressed his approval of the Supreme Court’s ruling that nullified the Court of Appeal’s earlier judgment affirming Barr.Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour […]

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Plateau Attack: ‘This cycle of violence must end, we won’t fold our arms’ – Norther Govs fume

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 6 April 2025 0

By Tunde Opalana Nineteen governors across the northern part of the country have cautioned that endless killing of innocent Nigerians in the region must come to an end. They threatened not to gold their arms while the orgies of killings and destruction of properties continues. This is coming in the aftermath of the attacks and […]

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CP-PDP demands official expulsion of Wike from PDP

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 6 April 2025 0

…says he lost membership to cross-party alignment ,continuous stay cancerous to democracy By Tunde Opalana The Conference of Professionals in the Peoples Democratic Party (CP-PDP)has demanded an immediate official expulsion of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Chief Nyesom Wike from the PDP. Rising from a technical.meeting at the weekend where it had a

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Planned Invasion of LP Offices will be resisted, says LP National Secretary

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 6 April 2025 0

By Tom Okpe The National Secretary of the Labour Party, LP, Umar Faruk Ibrahim has warned that planned invasion of the Party offices by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in any part of the country, will be resisted with all vehemence. It will be recalled that a planned invasion of the Party offices is eminent, […]

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Supreme Court Judgement: LP Commends verdict, says Abure not sacked

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 6 April 2025 0

By Tom Okpe The Labour Party, LP, has commended judgment of the Supreme Court for validating its earlier position that political matters are internal affairs of the Party, so. Should be handled within, saying that the judgement did not sack the National Chairman of the Party, Julius Abure. The National Publicity Secretary of the Party […]

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NNPP crisis festers as NWC dismisses claims by Major faction

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 5 April 2025 0

By Tunde Opalana The leadership crisis rocking the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) remains unabated as the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) dismissed claims of authentic leadership by the Agbo Major faction. Relying on the judgement of an Abuja High Court on Thursday, the Agbo Major faction claimed it has been vindicated over the Ajuri […]

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Labour Party: S/Court judgement, no victor, no vanquish – Usman

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 5 April 2025 0

By Tunde Opalana The Chairman, Labour Party Caretaker Committee, Dr. Nenadi Esther Usman advised party members not to triumph over the judgement of the Supreme Court on the leadership tussle between Julius Abure and the Caretaker Committee. She said the judgement is a victory for the rule of law and a significant milestone for our […]

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SDP slams INEC over failed Natasha recall process

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 5 April 2025 0

By Tunde Opalana The Social Democratic Party, SDP, has frowned at the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to dismiss the recall process of suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti – Uduaghan. The election management body had quashed the recall process of the Kogi Central senator for failing to meet requirement. The party expressed lack […]

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Ighodalo, PDP appeal ‘ll crash at appellate Court, says Gov Okpebholo

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 5 April 2025 0

By Our Reporter Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on Friday in Irrua, Esan Central Local Government Area, said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo’s appeal will crash at the Appellate Court. Governor Okpebholo said this while speaking at Okaijesan Town Hall, Irrua, venue for the celebration of his election Tribunal […]

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Abure’s supreme court sack will stabilize, reinvent party says LP Reps caucus

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 5 April 2025 0

By Msugh Ityokura The Labour Party, LP caucus in the House of Representatives has hailed the supreme court’s judgment that removed Julius Abure as national chairman of the party saying the development will stabilize and reinvent the party The ruling according to the caucus serves as a warning to leaders who play ‘god’ in a […]

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PDP rejects Edo Guber tribunal judgment

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 4 April 2025 0

…Insists Asue Ighodalo won the Poll By Tunde Opalana The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the judgement of the Edo Stare Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which uphold the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC). After a thorough review of the judgment delivered on Wednesday, the party leadership asserted that […]

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PDP rejects Edo Guber tribunal judgment

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 3 April 2025 0

…Insists Asue Ighodalo won the Poll By Tunde Opalana The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the judgement of the Edo Stare Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which uphold the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC). After a thorough review of the judgment delivered on Wednesday, the party leadership asserted that […]

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Edo State Gov’ship tribunal dismisses petition filed by Accord Party

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 2 April 2025 0

By Andrew Orolua The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has dismissed the petition filed by Governorship candidate of Accord Party,AP, Dr Bright Enabulele . Dr. Enabulele had in the election petition challenged the election of Gov. Monday Okpebholo of All Progressives Congress,APC,.on alleged grounds that the September 21, 2024.goveenorship

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Tribunal affirms Gov. Okpebholo as duly elected Edo state Governor

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 2 April 2025 0

By Andrew Orolua The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has affirmed the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo as Governor of Edo State. The tribunal in a unanimous judgment on Wednesday held that the petitioners failed to prove their case of over-voting in 320 polling units across the 18 local government areas of the state […]

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Abure pays encomium on Adebanjo, welcome decamped members to the Party

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 2 April 2025 0

By Tom Okpe National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Barr Julius Abure has said Pa Ayo Adebanjo’s trouble shooting efforts, did not only engendered peace in the Party, but propelled us into achieving massive successes in the last general election. Barr Abure who led a team of Party executives to the Lagos State home […]

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Tinubu: TSA Removal Boosting FCT Development

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2025 0

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed that his administration’s decision to remove the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from the Treasury Single Account (TSA) is accelerating development and increasing citizen participation in governance. He made this known during a Sallah homage at the Presidential Villa, where he received FCT residents led by Minister Nyesom Wike.

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Perish thoughts of manipulating Nigerians in 2027, CP-PDP cautions Tinubu

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 1 April 2025 0

…says APC can’t win FCT through cohesion, intimidation By Tunde Opalana The Conference of Professionals in the Peoples Democratic Party (CP-PDP) has advised President Bola Tinubu to perish the thought of manipulating the 2017 election in his favour. The Conference was emphatic in cautioning Tinubu to shelve the thoughts of retaining the Presidency beyond May,