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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has advised Political Appointees seeking elective positions to resign. Gbajabiamila who made the call while speaking to newsmen noted that their elections might be annulled if they refused to do so. The Speaker cited that, Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022, which stipulates that political appointees should resign before seeking political offices in the next election.

A former Senate President, Ken Nnamani has declared his intention to run for Presidency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Nnamani made this known during a press conference held in Abuja, on Friday. The former Senate President assured that he will unite the country and rebuild the social and economic infrastructure of the country.

A magistrate court in Port Harcourt has remanded 15 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over alleged disruption of screening at the Rivers State party secretariat. The Presiding Chief Magistrate, Amadi Nna, ordered that the suspects be remanded in the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre. Nna adjourned the matter to May 26, 2022, for bail consideration. The party members pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them.

President Muhammadu Buhari on has told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he did not order the Senate to remove the contentious Section 84 (12) from the amended Electoral Act, 2022. In a counter-affidavit filed at the Court by President Buhari, debunked the claims instituted against him by the People’s Democratic Party and 12 others in the suit. According to the Affidavit, the President noted that he only expressed […]