The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Lagos State on Friday lauded the Supreme Court ruling reinstating Alhaji Abba Yusuf as governor of Kano. The Lagos State NNPP Secretary, Mr Sheriff Oladejo, while reacting to the Friday judgment, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the apex...
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The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the victory of Gov. Bassey Otu as the governor of Cross River in the 2023 gubernatorial election. The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) and its governorship candidate Sen. Sandy Onor challenged the membership of Otu, in the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Court...
The two Labour Party (LP) factions led by Mr Julius Abure and Alhaji Lamidi Apapa disagreed at the Federal High Court, Abuja over plan to withdraw a suit filed against Mr Athan Achonu, the LP candidate in the last governorship election in Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has inaugurated the first Nigeria Philanthropy Office (NPO) that would collaborate with the International philanthropic organisations to raise $200million for job creation and support for the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises ( MSMEs) . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vice...
Cote D’Ivoi Coach, Jean-Louis Gasset, has confirmed that one of his star players and Borrussia Dortmund of Germany striker, Sebastian Haller, will not play the opening game of AFCON 2023 against Guinea Bissau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gasset said this at the team’s press...
The Plateau chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it accepts the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed Gov. Caleb Mutfwang as the winner of the March 18, 2023, election in good faith. The Apex Court on Friday, reversed the Nov. 19, decision of the Appeal Court that...
Justice Abubakar Kutigi of a Federal Capital Territory High Court has fixed Feb.29 for ruling in the no -case submission filed by former Justice Minister Mohammed Adoke, SAN and six others. Adoke is charged along with Aliyu Abubakar; Rasky Gbinigie; Malabu Oil and Gas Limited; Nigeria Agip Exploration...
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Zuba, on Friday sentenced a dismissed Inspector, Haruna Ocheni to 30 years imprisonment for killing a 17-year-old boy. The police charged Ocheni with culpable homicide not punishable by death. Delivering judgment, Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya held that the prosecution had proven...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Speaker Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Danladi Jatau, has urged the people of his constituency and the State at large to continue to pray and support Gov. Abdullahi Sule’s administration to succeed. Jatau, made the call during an expanded APC...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, declared her support for Dauda Abdulfatai, who is currently attempting to break the Guinness World Record for longest marathon ironing. Senator Natasha in a statement issued on Friday by her Chief Press Secretary, Arogbonlo...
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the election of Alex Otti as duly elected governor of Abia. Justice Uwani Abba-Aji while delivering the judgment dismissed the appeal against the victory of Otti. She held that the appeal by the PDP lacked merit. NAN reports that the appeals were...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday slammed the U.S. and British strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen as a disproportionate use of force and accused the two countries of trying to turn the Red Sea into a “sea of blood”. Turkey, a NATO member, has strongly criticised Israel...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – It was jubilation unlimited Friday January 12th,2024 in Bauchi metropolis as news of Sen. Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed’s victory filtered in the state capital through the waves. Governor Bala Mohammed, a known protagonist of Doctrine of Necessity, and an elected sitting Governor of Bauchi...
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the election of Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the Zanfara 2023 governorship poll. The five-member panel of justices in a judgment read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, set aside the judgment of the Court of appeal...
Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho and Terem Moffi are expected to team up with the rest of the squad ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire on Saturday and Sunday respectively. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Iheanacho would arrive a...
The Deputy Apex leader of Ndigbo in Lagos APC, Mr Jude Idimogu, has said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s electoral victory at the Supreme Court on Friday is well deserved. Idimogu, a former two-term lawmaker who represented Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, gave the commendation...
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the election of Mr Caleb Mutfwang as the duly elected governor of Plateau. The appeal filed by Mutfwang, sought of to restore his mandate to lead the state was allowed and the judgment of the Court of Appeal set aside. Justice Emmanuel...
The Joint Action for Good Governance (JAGG) and a Chieftain of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) have applauded the Supreme Court’s ruling reinstating Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano. The Supreme Court reinstated Yusuf’s election on Friday, after loosing at the lower courts. In separate interviews on Friday with the...
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the election of Francis Nwifuru as the Governor of Ebonyi State. Justice Tijjani Abubakar who delivered the judgment, dismissed the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and it’s candidate, Chukwuma Odii. Justice Abubakar described the appeal as lacking in merit NAN...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the sum of N683,429,268 billion as the 2024 Intervention Funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country. The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, disclosed this on Friday, during the Fund’s Strategic...