A compliance officer at Access Bank Plc., Mr Elijah Adegboye, on Monday testified in the trial of social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha), charged with laundering six billion Naira. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mompha was not present during Monday’s proceedings. Adegboye was led in...
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, nullified the expulsion of former Governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over alleged anti-party activities. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgement, held that Nnamani was not given fair hearing in accordance with the PDP’s constitution. Justice...
President Bola Tinubu will on Tuesday, open his defence at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to defend his victory at the Feb. 25 presidential polls. This is in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. Counsel to President Tinubu,...
Lawyer to the Labour Party (LP), Levi Uzoukwu has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are not prepared to defend its case at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Uzoukwu made this comment on Monday, shortly after the court adjourned its resumed sitting, following the absence of INEC’s...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Enugu Zonal Command, has secured the conviction of 16 internet fraudsters before Justice F.I. Riman of the Federal High Court sitting in Akwa, Anambra State. The EFCC in a statement on Monday, said they were...
Absence of Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatubosun of a Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, on Monday stalled proceedings in an assault case brought against afrobeat singer Seun Kuti. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN) reports that Kuti and his counsel, as well as prosecution team, were in court but...
The National Industrial Court on Monday ordered the Police Service Commission ( PSC), to pay retired AIG Mbu Joseph Mbu, the sum of N40 million as general damages. The payment as ordered by justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae, was for the unlawful retirement of Mbu before he attained the mandatory age...
The PDP Action 2023, a political pressure group, says former governor of Sokoto State, Sen. Aminu Tambuwal, never betrayed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Nigeria in the course of his service to the party and the nation. The Chairman of the group, Dr Rufus Omeire, in a statement...
The Cross River chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says it would invoke the “Monkey Work, Monkey Chop” mantra in the appointment and empowerment of its members in the State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this is contained in a press statement, titled: “Ward Nomination...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa, Prince Preye Aganaba, on Sunday berated the stagnant growth of Bayelsa under the PDP, saying the state must join the APC at the centre to speed up development. Aganaba, who spoke in Yenagoa alleged that the state Governor, Douye...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – An elder statesman and former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa has warned that, all is not well with Nigeria and things might continue to grow from bad to worse in the near future if urgent measures are not taken to address the...
Mrs Ogbomade Johnson, an All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for the Nov. 11 Bayelsa governorship election, has challenged the emergence of Mr Timipre Sylva as candidate of the party for the poll. . Johnson made the prayer in a fresh suit filed by her team of lawyers led by...
Born on 10 Jan 1966 , 57 year old Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, first and foremost is a barrister , a member of Body of Benchers , a Life Bencher , the highest body in the legal profession He was minority leader in 2003 He was a deputy (majority)...
A socio-political group, Pathfinder 4 Unity, has appealed to those interested in the Senate minority position not to use their ambition to cause disaffection between the former Governor of Rivers, Chief Nyesom Wike and Sen. Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe. The group made the appeal against the background of a statement credited...
Sen. Adams Oshiomhole (APC-Edo) has said that if he lost his senatorial ambition, his blood pressure would have risen to 360 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). Oshiomhole said this during the post inauguration/thank you party hosted in his honour by friends and well-wishers at his country home, Iyamho, Etsako,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Taraba Central Zone Youth Coalition for Peace, Justice and Social Development has decried the continued marginalization of Taraba Central Senatorial Zone by successive governments since the advent of democracy in 1999 in the appointment of Ministers from the State. The leader of the...
State governors have pledged to complement Federal Government’s initiatives aimed at providing relief to Nigerians, Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi said on Friday in Lagos. Gov. Bello stated this after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu. He said the successful implementation of the succour pledged by the Federal Government...
A 45-year-old man, Ebuka Emeka, who allegedly threatened his landlady with a knife, was on Friday, arraigned before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Emeka is standing trial before Magistrate D.S Odukoya, on a one-count charge of threat to life. The defendant, whose address was not provided, pleaded not...
Mr Timipre Sylva, the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, says he was never elected as the state’s governor on two occasions. Sylva, the immediate-past Minister of State for Petroleum, refuted the allegations that he was previously elected as Bayelsa...