Barely a few days after some chieftains of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), including Mr. Peter Obi, came under attack in Edo State, former Nigerian Bar Association president and Labour Party (LP) stalwart, Olumide Akpata, has recounted how he and Obi narrowly escaped harm. Speaking on Channels Television’s “Politics Today” on Wednesday, Akpata said he...
Presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Peter Obi, has been attacked in Benin, Edo State capital. Obi confirmed the attack in a video now trending on social media. National coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yunusa Tanko, told journalists that Obi and John Odigie-Oyegun, among other ADC leaders, were in Edo State to witness...
Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof, Chidi Odinkalu, has said that Nigerians cannot trust the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan SAN, to conduct a credible election in 2027. Speaking on Channels Television’s programme “Politics Today,” Odinkalu described INEC’s handling of the recent Federal Capital Territory (FCT)...
COALITION AGAINST CORRUPTION AND BAD GOVERNANCE CACOBAG PRESS RELEASE WE STAND WITH EJIME OKOLIE: POLITICAL PARTIES MUST ERADICATE NOMINATION FEES FOR ELECTIONS Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance CACOBAG is to join Ejime Okolie’s suit FHC/ABJ/CS/04/2026 before Justice Binta Nyako, Federal High Court Abuja, against Independent National Electoral Commission INEC and nineteen political parties, demanding...
In a rare and forceful public intervention, Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Olukayode Ajulo, SAN, has issued a blistering, intellectually rigorous rebuttal to veteran columnist, Festus Adedayo’s opinion article titled, “Aiyedatiwa’s Years of the Locusts”. The Attorney-General, who stated that he had long maintained a posture of restraint befitting his high...
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, has commended Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, for what he described as purposeful and people-centred leadership that is repositioning the state for sustainable growth and prosperity. A press statement signed by Ctz. Ukoha Njoku Ukoha, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Otti, noted that Osinbajo spoke on Wednesday, February...
By Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya “Universal Suffrage in the NBA: Strengthening Democracy, Empowering Young Lawyers” There was a time in the history of the Nigerian Bar Association when leadership was determined through a delegate system. Under that structure, only selected delegates from branches were eligible to vote in national elections. While it served its purpose in its...
The Senate on Tuesday bowed to public pressure by approving the electronic transmission of election results to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IReV). As a backup in the event of network failure, the lawmakers also permitted manual collation. The decision followed a reconsideration of a controversial provision in the Electoral Act...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When he presented his budget proposals for 2024 to Nigeria’s National Assembly, the first full year of appropriations under his presidency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu identified as his priorities human asset development, poverty reduction and fighting insecurity. Last week, his official spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, appeared to forget or renounce that policy...
BY GODWIN EFFIONG Selective Neutrality and the Capture of NBA Leadership Hirelings of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, tried to defend his narrative of the “right to choose” who succeeds him and his supposed promise of neutrality during the last NEC meeting in Maiduguri, yet his actions tell a...