Vincent Ufuoma

Jul 19, 2023 | icirnigeria.org | Vincent Ufuoma

THE ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted reports that President Bola Tinubu had a telephone conversation with the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Olukayode Ariwoola, regarding the possible outcome of his case at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Publisher of an online news platform, Jackson Ude, had, in a post on Twitter, alleged that during the said phone conversation, the CJN advised Tinubu and the APC to get ready for a rerun of the 2023 presidential election.

Jul 19, 2023 | icirnigeria.org | Vincent Ufuoma

LOPSIDED appointments made by former President Muhammadu Buhari has come under scrutiny following a resolution passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, July 18. The Reps, during plenary on Tuesday, July 18, resolved to probe the appointments made during Buhari’s eight years as Nigeria’s President. A motion to probe Buhari’s appointments was moved by Labour Party (LP) member representing Enugu East/Isi Uzo Federal Constituency, Paul Nnamchi.

Jul 18, 2023 | icirnigeria.org | Vincent Ufuoma

THE Department of State Service (DSS) has come under fire after referring to lawyers defending the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, as members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The DSS, in a tweet seen by The ICIR on Tuesday, June 18, also described Emefiele’s legal team, led by Maxwell Okpara, as ‘charge and bail lawyers’.

Jul 17, 2023 | icirnigeria.org | Vincent Ufuoma

THE National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has confirmed the resignation of Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore as the party’s national chairman and national secretary, respectively. This was confirmed at a meeting chaired by the party’s Deputy National Chairman (North), Abubakar Kyari, on Monday, July 17.

Jul 17, 2023 | icirnigeria.org | Vincent Ufuoma

THE Deputy National Chairman (North) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubakar Kyari, has assumed the position of acting National Chairman of the party. The development comes amid yet to be confirmed reports that the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, has resigned his position. The party has been rocked by a leadership crisis as Adamu and the National Secretary Iyiola Omisore, who was also reported to have resigned, have not confirmed the development.