The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday in Abeokuta ended its defence in the petition filed by Ladi Adebutu, the Ogun governorship candidate of the PDP. In the petition against Gov. Dapo Abiodun at the election petition tribunal, marked EPT/OG/GOV/03/2023, PDP and Adebutu are challenging his victory based...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Over three communities in Cross River State – Ugbem, Ekpri Iko, Iwuru Obio Ntan, and among others, all in Biase Local Government Area have staged a peaceful protest demanding the immediate transfer of Magistrate I. I Abam; an embattled trial Magistrate accused of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Foremost Anti-corrupt group, Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on its appeal of the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja judicial division. The Court discharged former Governor of...
A former presidential candidate of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, says all the subsidy palliatives prescribed by the Federal Government are tokens in nature and cannot ameliorate the plights of Nigerians. Kachikwu said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that...
The Presidential Election Petition Court on Tuesday reserved judgment in a petition filed by Mr Peter Obi and Labour Party (LP) challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu into power. Obi and LP are petitioners in the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 challenging the election which brought president Bola Tinubu...
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, was at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) on Tuesday as parties were set to adopt their final written addresses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the adoption of final addresses is the precursor to...
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi says his style of leadership keeps attracting more defectors from the opposition parties in to All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Bello described the situation as a “plus” and “blessing” to the APC in its quest for victory in the upcoming Nov....
Former Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers said in Abuja on Monday that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would not regret nominating him as minister. “In whatever capacity the president will not regret nominating me as a minister,’’ he told the Senate’s ministerial screening committee. Wike told the committee...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for understanding and patience from Nigerians as it celebrates its 10th anniversary and as President Bola Tinubu unpacks his administration’s “Renewed Hope’’ agenda. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, made the call in a statement on Monday in Abuja....
Senate has begun screening and confirmation of ministerial nominees, presented by President Bola Tinubu for consideration and confirmation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 16 of the nominees were listed for screening on Monday in Abuja. The nominees listed are: Sen. Abubakar Kyari (Borno), Abubakar...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A Federal High Court (FHC) Judge, Justice Peter Mallong, of the Kaduna Division, has passed away. Justice Mallong died on Sunday after a brief illness in Abuja. The Chief Registrar of FHC, Hassan Amida Sulaiman, disclosed the demise of the judge in a statement...
The Bayelsa Chapter of the Tinubu/Shettima Independent Campaign Council (ICC) on Sunday allayed fears of the impending hijack of Bayelsa’s ministerial slot by politicians who do not belong to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The support group assured members of the APC in the state that former President Goodluck...
The Supreme Court has confirmed the death of one of its judges, Justice Centus Nweze popularly know as CC Nweze. This is contained in statement issued by Mr Festus Akande, the Director of Press and Information of the apex court on Monday in Abuja. Nweze was said to have...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Jechira Traditional Council in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State, has congratulated Senator George Akume on his recent appointment as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), and pledged to lend its full support and cooperation to ensure the success of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, has “ordered the disclosure of the spending details of over N200bn public funds collected by the government of former Delta State governor Ifeanyi Okowa from the Universal Basic Education Commission [UBEC] fund...
A group, College of Former State Chairmen, Media and Publicity Committees of the APC-PCC,have called on Nigerians to exercise patience with the policies of President Bola Tinubu for future dividends. The college made the call in a statement jointly signed by Mr Sam Oburu, National Convener and Mr...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has received more People’s Democratic Party (PDP) defectors into the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the struggle for the Lugard House intensifies. The defectors, led by Mr A.K. Salihu, a former two-term House of Representatives member, Mr Udu Malik, former caretaker chairman of Okehi...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has asked politicians in the state not to prepare for violence in the Nov. 11 governorship election, saying the poll is about votes and not guns. The governor spoke during the 25th State Security Council meeting in Government House, Yenagoa, on Friday. ...
A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, on Friday, refused to grant bail to Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos State, Frederick Nwajagu, charged with terrorism. According to Justice Yetunde Adesanya, the court is constrained to refuse Nwajagu’s bail application based on the seriousness of the...
The Senate says it will on Monday begin the screening of the 28 ministerial nominees proposed by President Bola Tinubu. Spokesperson of the Senate, Sen. Adeyemi Adaramodu (APC-Ekiti), disclosed this while addressing newsmen after the list of the nominees was read in the upper chamber on Thursday. Adaramodu said...