Nigeria Must Harness Regional Strengths to Drive Development — Amadi
Dr. SAM AMADI advocates a development model that allows Nigeria’s regions to grow according to their peculiar strengths and priorities.
Dr. SAM AMADI advocates a development model that allows Nigeria’s regions to grow according to their peculiar strengths and priorities.
The 2026 Budget allocates Thirty-Two-Point-Two Trillion Naira for Capital Expenditure, with Fifteen-Point-Four Trillion Naira dedicated to Recurrent Expenditure.
The NNPP lawyers said the time for equivocation, hesitation, or administrative delay on the part of INEC has long elapsed, adding that continued refusal by the Commission to comply with subsisting court decisions amount to a direct affront to the authority of the Court of Appeal.
BAYO ONANUGA said the Tinubu administration has never shied away from acknowledging that policy reforms have brought unintended consequences, impacting the most vulnerable.
Other ADC members expelled from the party include Yagba Federal Constituency lawmaker from Kogi State, LEKE ABEJIDE; factional leader KINGSLEY TEMITOPE, as well as NOMAN OBINNA, KENNEDY ODION, STELLA CHUKWUMA, and four others.
"I stand solidly by Governor OTTI and have extended my political experience, more especially in Ohafia Local Government Area..." Hon EKE declared.
INEC’s Director of Information and Communication Technology, LAWRENCE BAYODE, said Professor JOASH AMUPITAN acted surprised when the information about an X account bearing his name, suggesting that he seemed to have no knowledge about Twitter.
INEC noted that the number of new registered voters remains provisional, subject to data clean-up through the deployment of the Automated Biometric Identification System.
ADC spokesman, BOLAJI ABDULLAHI urged Nigerians to take note of the tragedy unfolding in the country before it is too late, stressing that “something devious is happening… something that we have never seen before in this country, not even during the ABACHA.
There is only one conclusion that Nigerians can draw from the April 1st action taken by INEC: THE ELECTORAL UMPIRE HAS TAKEN SIDES. IT CAN NO LONGER BE TRUSTED. As a matter of fact, INEC has acted in contempt of the Court of Appeal and has therefore acted unlawfully.
National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, BOLAJI ABDULLAHI, said the party has already fulfilled the legal requirement to issue a twenty-one-day notice to INEC on the congresses and national convention.
The doctrine of status quo ante bellum is not a mechanical time machine. It is an equitable principle aimed at preserving the subject matter of litigation, not destroying it. The critical question is: what exactly constituted the “status quo” worthy of preservation?
The Governor maintained that the decision was not punitive, but principled and in alignment with global best practices. He said it is designed to ensure a level playing field for all aspirants, while safeguarding the integrity of government institutions.
The timetable indicate that the Labour Party will hold its governorship, Senate, House of Representatives and House of Assembly primaries on May 15, before the presidential primary on May 23, 2026.
President TINUBU and the First Lady will hold a meeting with King CHARLES III, together with Prince WILLIAM, and his wife, CATHERINE, after which they will travel to Windsor for a state banquet.
A particularly damaging factor is the monetisation of votes. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested at least 20 polling agents in Abaji, Kwali, Kuje, and Gwagwalada, recovering over ₦30 million in cash suspected to be intended for voter bribery.
The former governor of Anambra State, who is now a chieftain of the Africa Democratic Congress, ADC, said most countries, whether they are oil-producing or non-oil-producing, maintain strategic petroleum reserves to cushion against supply or price shocks.
These include the submission of digital membership register to the Independent National Electoral Commission at least twenty-one days before the conduct of their primaries, congresses, or conventions.
ADC spokesman, BOLAJI ABDULLAHI particularly pointed out the Section of the new Electoral Act that provides for the nomination of candidates for elections, which he said is intended to demobilized opposition parties.
The INEC review meeting also covers the conduct of bye-elections for two state constituencies in Rivers and Kano states.
Senator AKPABIO described the Amended Act as a historic and painstaking piece of legislation that reflects the genuine aspirations of Nigerians.
TINUBU urged Nigerians to have confidence in their system, just as he played down the debate over the transmission of election results, stressing that the final results would not require talking to the computer, but the human beings who will announce the final results.
INEC Chairman, Professor JOASH AMUPITAN, made the announcement during the commission’s first regular consultative meeting with political parties for 2026.
The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre says by deliberately weakening key electoral safeguards, the Senate led by Senator GODSWILL AKPABIO, had chosen impunity over integrity and rigging over reform.
These are Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Imo, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, and Oyo states, which were created in June 1976, by former Military Head of State, General YAKUBU GOWON.
The Abiriba-born industrialist-turned politician, Chief DAVID OGBA ONUOHA, took to his social media page to criticize Senator ORJI UZOR KALU in what he titled: “From Rants to Photo Ops: A Man and His Lifetime of Gamji”.
According to the report, Justice LIFU further ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to recognize NNADI USMAN forthwith.
They also want INEC to restore the original logo and colours of the NNPP to the logo and colours of the RABIU MUSA KWANKWASO faction, which GILBERT AGBO MAJOR described as fake.
Both SYLVANUS NWANKWO and PETER ABBE said although Governor FUBARA had violated the provisions of the constitution, they believe that the matter can be resolved through other means than impeachment.
The APC scribe maintained that Minister NYESOM WIKE was not a member of the APC and lacked the right to dabble into the affairs of the party.