Politics
Ashiru, Kwara south senator, replaces Umahi as senate deputy leader

Lola Ashiru, senator representing Kwara south, has replaced David Umahi as deputy leader of the senate.
Umahi who represented Ebonyi south, held the position from June to August when he assumed office as minister of works.
Before the new role, Ashiru was the deputy chief whip.
Peter Nwebonyi, senator representing Ebonyi north, has been appointed deputy chief whip — Ashiru’s former position.
The changes in the majority leadership of the red chamber were announced by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday.
Opeyemi Bamidele and Ali Ndume still maintain their roles as senate majority leader and chief whip respectively.
On the minority side, no changes have been made in its leadership.
Simon Mwadkwon, senator representing Plateau north, is still minority leader and Oyewumi Olalere, remains his deputy.
Senators Darlington Nwokocha and Rufai Hanga are minority whip and deputy minority whip respectively.
Politics
No sane person will go to tribunal over election results, says Melaye

Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the just concluded Kogi governorship election, says no sane person will go to the tribunal over the results of an election.
Melaye spoke on Wednesday during a briefing with the media in Abuja.
The politician alleged that the judiciary has been compromised.
“Judiciary is no longer the last hope of the ordinary people,” he said.
“Why should any responsible person go to the tribunal? I have lost complete confidence in the judiciary.”
On November 12, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared Usman Ododo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the Kogi governorship election.
Ododo polled 446, 237 votes to defeat Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who came second with 259,052 votes.
Melaye of the PDP scored 46,362 votes.
During the poll, the PDP candidate had said there were problems in Ogori Magongo LGA and five LGAs in Kogi central.
“That was a huge disappointment because I thought INEC would use this opportunity to redeem its image,” he had said.
Politics
Appeal court dismisses NNPP’s petition, affirms Kefas Agbu as Taraba governor

The court of appeal in Abuja has affirmed Kefas Agbu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the duly elected governor of Taraba state.
Delivering judgment on Tuesday, the appellate court dismissed the appeal filed by Muhammad Yahaya and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for being defective.
Peter Affen, who delivered the lead judgment, faulted the appellants for transmitting an incomplete record of appeal which cannot be heard.
Agbu had polled 257,926 votes to defeat Yahaya who got 202,277 votes in the election.
Yahaya and his party challenged the result and asked the tribunal to nullify Agbu’s victory on the grounds that the election was marred by non-compliance with the Electoral Act.
They also alleged that Agbu did not get the majority of lawful votes cast.
However, the tribunal led by G.A Sunmonu held that the petitioners failed to prove their allegations.
The NNPP and its candidate went further to appeal the tribunal’s judgment.
However, the appellate court dismissed the appeal for lacking merit.
Politics
Appeal Court affirms Fubara as Rivers state governor, dismisses Tonye-Cole petition

An Appeal Court sitting in Lagos State has affirmed the election of Siminalayi Fubara as the governor of Rivers State.
The court dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Patrick Tonye-Cole, against Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
In the courtroom on Tuesday, the APC candidate requested that the court order INEC to declare him the winner of the March governorship election in Rivers.
Cole’s case contesting Fubara’s election as governor was initially dismissed by the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in October.
Dissatisfied with the tribunal’s judgment, the APC candidate approached the appellate court.
However, the court on Tuesday upheld the Tribunal ruling, which affirmed Fubara’s victory in October.
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