Author: Tunde Akingbondere
President Donald Trump has laid all doubts regarding his third term contest to rest by saying on Monday that Americans want him to run for another term, a step already frustrated by the US Constitution which he though continues to describe as a possibility. “People are asking me to run,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the possibility of a third term. “I don’t know. I never looked into it. They do say there’s a way you can do it, but I don’t know about that, but I have not looked into it,” Trump said. Trump…
In less than 24 hours after beckoning on parties to appear before it, alleged certified true copies of a purported judgment by the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal have surfaced online, sparking widespread controversy. The authenticity of these documents cannot be confirmed as at news time by Citizen Rapporteur. The trio member tribunal, headed by Justice Wilfred Kpochi, had on 3rd March reserved judgment in the petition brought before it by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Asuerinme Ighodalo, doubting the outcome of the September 21, 2024, governorship election in the state. On Tuesday, the tribunal directed…
Embattled Senator Natasha Akpoti – Uduaghan, the Senator Representing Kogi Central Senatorial District in the House of Senate, has reportedly landed in the venue of her touted rally, thereby joining a mass number of her constituents who had been expecting for some days. Akpoti is leading this rally despite the alleged ban on public gatherings by the State governor, Usman Ododo. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, had earlier urged Nigerians to hold Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Kogi State Governor Ahmed Ododo, and his predecessor, Yahaya Bello, accountable if she or her supporters face any violence during her scheduled visit to her constituency for…
The fate of suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, is legally expected to be determined within the next 90 days, an exclusive report by the Punch says on Monday. Angry constituents from her senatorial district had last slammed a recall petition against her before the Independent National Electoral Commission. INEC is currently at the point of verifying the signatures submitted by petitioners. To make the recall happen, the petition must be signed by more than half of the registered voters in the Kogi Central District. Should this requirement be met, the commission will conduct a referendum within…
The former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has opened on his intention to contest for re-election in the 2027 general elections. Sani decided to stage a come-back to contest the position he occupied during the defunct 8th National Assembly. He made the declaration on Sunday while delivering his Eid-el-Fitr message at his residence in Kaduna. “Any politician contesting an election depends on the political equation that determines the position to vie for. If the conditions are right and the equations are favorable, I will offer myself to contest specifically for the Kaduna Central senatorial district,” he said. He emphasized that…
Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, has disclosed in a recent interview with Channels Television how he was offered ₦5 billion in October 2023 to facilitate the governor’s impeachment. Ehie claimed to have concrete evidence of the offer.“ It was for impeachment. It’s here. I have it recorded, and I have printed it and distributed it, in case, in their evil imagination, they decide to attack me or kill me,” he said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
The political crisis within the Lagos State House of Assembly has become intractable as the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa has continued to push his lawsuit against former Speaker Mojisola Meranda and other lawmakers. This is despite President Bola Tinubu’s intervention, Citizen Rapporteur has learned. Sources close to the parties, revealed how confusion and concern are brewing among APC leaders in Lagos over Obasa’s refusal to withdraw the lawsuit. “The truth is that there is uncertainty among the party’s leadership regarding why the Speaker is still in court. “Honestly, we don’t know why. After President Tinubu’s intervention and their meeting in Abuja,…
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, was moved to tears last week when he visited Ilobu, Erin-Osun in Irepodun Local Government Area of the state, as well as Ifon, in Orolu Local Government Area. He could not imagine the level of destruction he saw in the warring communities. The towns have been practically turned into ghost cities as indigenes and residents have fled in a bid to escape being killed. With the residents out of sight, houses and other properties became easy targets. It has been reported that properties and personal effects worth over N2billion were destroyed during the clash.…
A socio-political group, Akoko North West Youths Forum, has tackled the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State, Kayode Ajulo SAN, over what it described as the humiliation and dismissive treatment of Akoko Youth Forum (AYF) representatives upon their visit and appeal to his office to make financial subscription towards their upcoming programme. The group, in a statement signed by its president, Chief Alabi Olabode, expressed disappointment at the inhuman treatment and stereotype of the socio-political group, Akoko Youth Forum (AYF), as a fraudulent organisation by the Attorney-General. The group alleged the AG of having been hounding its president,…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has tackled the Nigerian Bar Association over its comment on the emergency declaration in Rivers State. Wike who disclosed his previous subscription to NBA’s projects in his recent meeting with the Body of Benchers led by Chief Adegboyega Awomolo SAN at Life Camp Abuja, slammed NBA with the allegation of running after State governments for the sponsorship of their projects while they have the courage to tackle judges over contributions from the executive. He further revealed the association’s opposition to the emergency declaration in Rivers as a child of its discontentment…