Author: Apeh Francis

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) of refusing to grant it access to election materials used in the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State.The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had ordered INEC to grant SDP access for forensic assessment of the election materials.The Director of New Media Muri/Sam Campaign Council/SDP Isaiah Davies Ijele accused INEC of refusing to grant the party access to the election materials in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday.Parts of the statement read, “Recall that, a court order was served to INEC on Monday, and our team…

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the recently concluded Kogi governorship poll, Dino Melaye, has insisted that he will not contest the electoral victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the November 11 election because he has lost confidence in the judiciary.Melaye, who stated this on Wednesday, insisted that the Judiciary is no longer the last hope of the ordinary Nigerians.“Judiciary is no longer the last hope of the ordinary people, it’s now a department under the All Progressives Congress,” Melaye said.“Why should any responsible person go to the tribunal when the APC has captured the…

A coalition of 100 pro-democracy groups has welcomed the ruling of the Appeal Court affirming the election of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State.DAILY POST recalls that the court, in a unanimous decision on Tuesday, upheld the judgment of the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal, which had earlier dismissed four separate appeals filed against the governor.Tonye Cole of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Beatrice Itubo of the Labour Party (LP), Innocent Ekwu of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), and Lulu Briggs Dumo of the Accord Party had all filed petitions seeking to nullify the election of the governor.Although the Tribunal…

Musiliu Obanikoro, the former minister of state for defence, on Wednesday, disclosed that N1.219 billion cash was airlifted to Ekiti state ex-governor, Ayodele Fayose during the 2014 election.DAILY POST reports that Fayose is facing trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alongside his company, Spotless Investment Limited, over their alleged involvement in N6.9 billion money laundering.Giving evidence as a witness of the EFCC on Wednesday, Obanikoro told Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he received the money from former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki.“I was a minister under Jonathan’s administration. Sometime in 2014,…

Belgium attacker, Romelu Lukaku has overtaken the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski and Harry Kane to score the most goals in a single Euro qualifying campaign.The Chelsea loanee hit his 14th strike of the recently concluded qualifiers in a 5-0 hammering of Azerbaijan on Sunday.The former Manchester United star scored an astonishing four goals in a 20-minute period between the 17th and 37th minutes of the match to take his tally for the 2024 Euro qualifying campaign to 14 in eight games for Belgium.In the process, Lukaku broke the joint record held by Lewandowski and David Healy of Northern…

Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen is looking to get clearance from doctors ahead of the club’s trip to Atalanta this weekend.Osimhen has been sidelined since sustaining a hamstring injury on international duty last month.The striker has missed the Serie A champions’ last six games across all competitions as a result of the setback.The Nigerian had a personalised training and gym session last week.According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Napoli doctors will look to step up his recovery in the next two days ahead of Saturday’s game against Atalanta.The 24-year-old is expected to be included in Napoli’s squad for the game billed…

Peseiro restates commitment to Super Eagles, denies Zamalek linksNigeria head coach, Jose Peseiro has debunked reports that he has applied to coach Egyptian club, Zamalek SC.The 63-year-old was said to have submitted his CV to the Zamalek management for the vacant coaching job.Peseiro however said his focus is on the Super Eagles job.“At the present, all my focus is on the Nigerian national team only,” the Portuguese told btolat.com.“There are no negotiations from Zamalek in any case and I am not thinking about anything else.”Peseiro signed a contract extension with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).He is under pressure following the…

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has expressed confidence that he was not afraid of the governorship rerun election, saying that he was going into the contest with full confidence.The Governor stated this while addressing his teeming supporters at the State’s PDP secretariat in Gusau, the State capital as he returned from his foreign trip.“I am very optimistic that even if the election is held a hundred times, there is no doubt that I will run away with landslide victory.“We are happy with the court’s ruling and we are ever ready to go into the contest with the All Progressives Congress,…

A spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Council for the 2023 election, Daniel Bwala has claimed that if the Court of Appeal follows its principle for the sack of Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, the judgement for Ebonyi governorship election would be predictable.Bwala, who spoke on Monday while featuring on Channels Television, lamented how the governor was sacked on the grounds of improper nomination, claiming that Governor Caleb was duly nominated during the party’s primary.DAILY POST recalls that the Appeal Court in its judgment on Sunday delivered by a three-member panel led by Justice Elphreda Williams-Dawodu sacked…

President Bola Tinubu has asked for German investment in vital Nigerian economic areas, including electricity and rail transport.According to a statement released by the president’s spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu made the request at a meeting with German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz on Monday in Berlin, outside the G20 Compact with Africa Economic Conference.According to the President, important growth-enabling businesses in transportation, energy, and the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power require German investment.The President said that there should be a renewed urgency to the uneven and sporadic implementation of the Presidential Power Initiative, which is backed by Siemens.“For me, I…