By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Few days after resolving the one month old crisis that rocked Nasarawa State House of Assembly and subsequent emergence of Balarabe Abdullahi, as Speaker, new principal officers have been appointed to run the affairs of the house. The Speaker of the house, Rt. Hon...
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Sen. Athan Achonu, Labour Party (LP) Candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election in Imo, has vowed to end the killing of traditional rulers and others in the state if elected. This is contained in a statement signed by the Director of Media, Athan Achonu Campaign Organisation, Mr Chibuike...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Dr Olumuyiwa Adu, has advised President Bola Tinubu to reduce the cost of governance by cutting down the earnings of political appointees instead of bogus palliatives. Adu, who made the advice while speaking to newsmen on Sunday in...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has chided Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue for attending the remembrance mass of the son of the President of Appeal Court, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem in Jos. The PDP said this in a statement by the state Publicity Secretary, Mr Bemgba Iortyom on Sunday in...
Mr Bola Babarinde, a former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), South Africa, says government palliative measures to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal should not be limited to cash distribution. Babarinde in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Sunday, urged the...
The Edo chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will coast to victories, if the 2023 local government election in the state is free, fair and credible. The state Secretary of the party, Mr Lawrence Okah, stated this on Sunday in Benin during an interview with the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, and President Bola Tinubu are engaging in bitter words over alleged plot to undermine the country’s judiciary. Alhaji Atiku had accused the current administration of the governing APC...
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in the last governorship election in Adamawa, Sen. Aishatu Binani has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of frustrating her petition at the tribunal. Binani is at the Adamawa Governorship Election Petition Tribunal challenging the declaration of Adamu Fintiri ...
Gov. Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has closed his defence against the All Progressives Congress (APC), with the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Abdullahi Baffa-Bichi, as a sole witness. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the petitioner, APC is challenging the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
The Action Alliance (AA) in Abia has asked the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia to annul the election of the House of Representatives Deputy Speaker, Mr Benjamin Kalu of APC. The party hinged its demand on the alleged exclusion of its name and logo from the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The All Progressive Congress (APC) has dismissed allegation by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, that it is plotting to intimidate members of the judiciary towards unduly influencing the outcome of pending cases before the court. The APC National Publicity...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, says the state government has saved N1.2bn from the uncovered 2500 ghost workers on teachers and Local Government Councils staff payrolls. Alia said this in Makurdi on Friday during the All Progressives Congress (APC) Extraordinary Stakeholders Meeting. He said the government saved the amount...
The Labour Party (LP) in Imo has said that Sen. Athan Achonu’s candidature for the November 11 governorship election in Imo has not been voided by any Court.aa This is contained in a release signed by the Party’s Chairman in Imo, Mr Calistus Ihejiagwa and made available to newsmen...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, reaffirmed its order, directing the security agencies in the country to provide “maximum security” to Mr Murtala Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi State. Justice Inyang Ekwo restated the order at the beginning of hearing...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- The leadership tussle rocking the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has been put to rest today following fresh inauguration and the subsequent election of Rt. Hon Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi ( APC- Umaisha/ Ugya) as the Speaker of the 7th Assembly. Similarly, the assembly also...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) to take over the N5 billion suit the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) preferred against Sen. Stella Oduah and others after their arraignment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who gave the order shortly...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has elected to hear a N1.5 billion defamation suit brought against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) by former Governor of Akwa Ibom, Victor Attah. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, dismissed the preliminary objection raised by the AGF, challenging the court’s jurisdiction to...
Former Aviation Minister, Sen. Stella Oduah, and others on Friday, pleaded not guilty to a N5 billion fraud charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Oduah and eight others were arraigned by the EFCC before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja....
One Mr Matthew Uyangha has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old orphan (name withheld). Uyangha was sentenced by Justice Blessing Egwu of the Calabar Division of the High Court of Cross River on Thursday, July 20 The rapist had drugged and kidnapped the...
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the report of the resignation of a member of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), Justice Moses Ugo, describing it as false and misleading. Speaking to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, the Chief Registrar of the Court, Mr Umar Bangari dismissed the report...