Fears As LP Lawmakers Fervent For Appeal Court Judgment

Labour Party (LP) members at the National Assembly are being threatened at the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal on their emergence in national politics. The development follows tribunal verdicts across states that have sacked some lawmakers over lack of proper nomination and other pre-election matters.

Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi Election Results To Be Transmitted Electronically – INEC

The Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has declared that the results for the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship elections will be transmitted electronically. Yakubu stated this while speaking with newsmen at Ward 009, LEA School, Ganaja Village, Ajaokuta Local Government Area, Kogi State. He said that the commission would follow the laws for accreditation and results collation during the state’s elections.

Former Minister, Maitama Dies At 76

A former minster, Senator Bello Maitama Yusuf, has died at the age of 76 years old. Maitama, a former Senator from 1999-2007, passed away at the early hours of Friday at his residence in Kano following a brief illness.

Pain of Fuel Subsidy Removal not Permanent -FG

The Federal Government through its Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has reiterated during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, that the pain presently faced by Nigerians over the removal of fuel subsidy is not permanent. The Minister explained that it was obvious that the ultimate benefits of the removal of the subsidy would be reaped by the common man. Idris said it was regrettable that only a few people were, hitherto, benefitting from the subsidy regime adding that the few were enjoying the commonwealth of the entire country at the expense of the majority. “So, President Bola Tinubu said, he would not be part of that. He stands with the majority of Nigerians. Although the removal will be painful at the beginning, it will be better for all of us at the end,” he said.

President Tinubu Appoints Ibrahim Imam As Chairman Of Reconstituted FERMA Board

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday reconstituted the governing board and management team of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) for a renewable term of four years. Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, announced the development in a statement on Friday.

Insecurity: INEC Concerned Ahead Of Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi Elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern over the rising cases of insecurity ahead of the November 11 Governorship elections in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states. INEC in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun requested political parties and their candidates to shun actions and utterances inimical to peace and which are capable of heating up the polity.