A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, Mr Martins Sadoh, has said that capacity of candidates should determine the choice of successor to Gov. Godwin Obaseki in 2024 and not ethnicity. Sadoh, a security expert based in Netherlands, said this in a statement made available...
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By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The National Judicial Council (NJC) has debunked reports alleging that it has surrendered its statutory powers and functions on Judges’ appointments and promotions to State Governors. NJC’s Director of Information, Mr Soji Oye, said in a statement on Sunday, that the report was fake....
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – – President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, have been dragged to court by advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), over “the unlawful plan to spend N40bn on 465 exotic and bulletproof cars for...
Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodimma on Saturday unveiled Mrs Chinyere Ekomaru as his running mate for the November 11 governorship election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unveiling took place at an APC stakeholders’ meeting in Owerri. The governor also presented...
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed worry over the pervasive corruption in Nigeria’s electoral system. He, however, called for an urgent need for Christians to engage in politics to drive positive change. The former president made the call while delivering a speech during the 57th...
The Alhaji Lamidi Apapa-led factional National Working Committee (NWC) of the Labour Party on Saturday officially inaugurated the party’s 24-man caretaker State Working Committee (SWC) for Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the crisis rocking the Labour Party has worsened in Lagos State with...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Saturday urged electorates in the state to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates across the 18 local governments ahead of the September 2 local government election to enable them provide dividends of democracy at the grassroot level. Obaseki made...
One cannot be envious of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), as the 180 days that the current laws give the Presidential Election Tribunal to render verdict are about to expire. The concern, however, is that the high hopes are progressively giving way to perceived uncertainties that the...
A businessman, Mr Lawal Huwai, has asked a Customary Court in jikwoyi, Abuja, to dissolve his marriage with Promise, on grounds that the union was built on deception and falsehood. Testifying before the court on Friday, Huwai said:”I discovered four days after our marriage that our marriage was...
A Nigerian Human Rights lawyer, Ms Oluwafunke Adeoye, has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Waislitz Global Citizens Choice Award for her outstanding performance in the Criminal Justice sector. The Waislitz Global Citizen Awards are annual cash prizes totaling 250,000 dollars that recognises the excellence of individuals...
The Chairmen of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) have rejected the recent dissolution of the party’s executives in seven states by the National Working Committee (NWC). The aggrieved chairmen on Thursday described the dissolution as “gross abuse of power” and”unacceptable”. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports ...
Sen. Adams Oshiomole (APC-Edo) says the embattled Edo deputy governor, Mr Philip Shaibu is not welcome in the All Progressives Congress (APC). Oshiomole said this in Benin on Thursday when he spoke with newsmen on his reaction to the rumour of Shaibu’s planned defection from the Peoples Democratic Party...
The three Zonal and 21 Local Government Areas Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) have defected to the APC in Kogi, an official has disclosed. M Onogwu Mohammed, Media Aide to Gov. Yahaya Bello, made the disclosure in a statement in Lokoja on Thursday. He said ...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Thursday, adjourned until Aug. 15 for hearing of an application seeking to stop prosecution of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The court will also, on the same day, entertain an application by the...
A Chief Magistrate Court in the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Abuja has ruled that the Presiding Pastor of the House On The Rock Church, Uche Aigbe has a criminal case to answer in the unlawful possession of prohibited firearms found in his possession. The no-case submission made by the...
Politics in Nigeria can be said to be a delicate game of thorns and swords; not one of ideas and emotions, or creativity and innovation. It seems to be a deadly game, where character is not defined, and content doesn’t necessarily matter. If a person is seen as...
With about one and a quarter year to the November 2024 handover date by the incumbency governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, the heartbeat state is already caught up in the gales of distorted political discourses and contrived intrigues. It didn’t start just now; it has been...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Barely a month after he received members of the upper bench on a courtesy visit to his office with a promise for official vehicles, Cross River State Governor, Prince Bassey Otu, has presented brand new ford edge vehicles to senior justices in the...
The suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele has asked a Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos to stop the Federal Government from further prosecuting him on the charge of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition or on any other charge for that matter. ...
Exactly one year after the August 9, 2022 polls in Kenya, there’s a new sign of hope for peace in the East African nation as the government and opposition have opened talks after the protests that greeted the elections. The talks, which begin today between President William Ruto and...