Category: POLITICS

By Newslineglobal Femi Falana, Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN) has said that the controversy surrounding the 25% of votes by candidates in the presidential election has become a serious legal issue. He made this known while speaking with newsmen in Abuja, recently. Falana said that Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, has been interpreted as a 37th…

By Newslineglobal President-elect, Bola Tinubu and the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, have rejected an application by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party for a live broadcast of electoral petition proceedings, describing it as an abuse of the processes of the honourable court. Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, had also asked for live broadcast…

By Newslineglobal Presidential Election Petition Court on Monday dismissed the application by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to allow for a live telecast of the court proceedings. The application filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,Atiku Abubakar, for the same reques,t suffered the same fate. Making references to…

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has described the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari from 2015 to 2023 as a colossal failure. Buhari will hand over to President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu, on Monday in Abuja.George, who spoke in Lagos at the weekend, said he would only give the…

Nigeria’s Former Vice President ,Atiku Abubakar says for Nigeria’s democracy to be fully fledged, it must constantly evolve away from the current practice where the governing elite determines the outcome of elections. Abubakar, who was the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election ,made this known in a statement…

Hon. Uche Ugwu of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) representing Udi North state Constituency on Tuesday emerged Speaker of the 8th Enugu State House of Assembly. The new Speaker was the Deputy Speaker during the 7th Assembly. Ugwu was unanimously elected Hon. Ezenta Ezeani of Igbo-Etiti State Constituency, who is also from PDP, was elected…

By Reuben Onyishi(Ugoachataberu) Part of the otherness of the administration of Governor Mbah of Enugu State is his predilection for a e-governance consisting in augmented reality, cyber security, e-commerce, virtual reality, artificial intelligence and robotics, leveraging digitalized technologies. Besides his inimitable leadership skills, Dr Mbah has a knack for internet technology-driven cost-effective and speedy optimization…

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has  advocated single-term tenure for political office holders. He gave the advice in a statement made available  by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sulaimon Olanrewaju on Wednesday in Ibadan. According to the statement, Makinde stated this at a dinner in honour of the National Executive of the Pentecostal…

By Prince Ejeh Josh Over the past 100 days in Enugu State since Peter Mbah took the oath of office as the Executive Governor of the state, the people of the state, and by extension, interacting people within the global sphere of cybernetics, could have observed the glaring evidence targeted at redefining the historical trajectory…

Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ ,Enugu State Secretariat,wishes happy Independence and new month to all its members and Nigerians all over the world. The union in a statement signed by the Council’s Secretary, Dame Ifeoma Amuta and made available to newsmen on Sunday , October 1, in Enugu, urged Nigerians not to loose faith in…