Members of the Ogun House of Assembly on Tuesday in Abeokuta re-elected Mr Olakunle Oluomo (APC-Ifo I) as the Speaker of the state’s 10th assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oluomo was the Deputy Speaker in the eighth assembly before emerging the Speaker in the ninth...
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An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a man, Eniola Ibrahim to life imprisonment for raping his girlfriend. Justice Rahmon Oshsodi found Ibrahim him guilty of having sexual intercourse with his girlfriend without her consent. Oshodi in his judgment, held that the prosecution had proved the necessary...
Ndigbo in APC, Lagos State chapter has affirmed Mr Joe Igbokwe, former special adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on drainage and water resources, as its authentic apex leader. The State Co-ordinator of the group, Chief Chris Ekwilo, made this affirmation at a news conference in Lagos on Tuesday. The...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his party will on Thursday, close their case at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) in their joint petition challenging the outcome of the Feb. 25 presidential election.tt The petitioners, according to a pre-hearing report were...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State House of Assembly, has elected Abubakar Suleiman, as Speaker for the second term. He was re-elected unopposed. Bauchi speaker Suleiman, the immediate past Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, represents Ningi Central Constituency. ...
An FCT High court on Tuesday fixed ruling in the enforcement of fundamental rights suit filed by the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to July 13. Justice Hamza Muazu fixed the date after listening to submissions made by parties in the matter. In...
The Labour Party and it’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi on Monday alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) refused to provide documents they asked. Obi and the LP are petitioners in the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu. Respondents are Independent National Electoral...
Mr Abdulazeez Adediran (a.k.a. Jandor), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate for Lagos State in the 2023 General Elections, on Monday said the process leading to the sponsorship of the candidacy of re-elected Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was unlawful. Adediran also claimed as unlawful the process that led to...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has urged the newly sworn-in Judges of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) to flee from temptations as their reputation and integrity mattered most. Ariwoola made the call on Monday in Abuja while administering oath on them.cjn “I am...
Mr Dele Ogunbameru, the immediate past Chairman of Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ondo State, has called on political leaders across the divide to support Okitipupa Local Government in producing Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu’s successor in 2024. Ogunbameru in a statement on Monday in Akure, said this will ensure equity...
Three ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) who were Presiding Officers for the Feb. 25 general election have told the Presidential Election Petition Court ( PEPC) that only results of the presidential election refused to upload to IREV. The three presiding officers were subpoenaed by...
The Nationacourtl Industrial Court on Monday declared that the order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on their planned industrial action subsists. Justice Olufunke Anuwe stated that the order as granted on June 5 subsists pending the hearing and determination of...
Mr Tajudeen Lawal, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, has said that members of the party that engaged in anti-party activities during the governorship and general elections in the state will not be spared. Lawal said this during a welcome home party organised by APC...
The President, All Progressives Congress (APC) Professional Women Network (APWN), Dr Atinuke Owolabi on Sunday felicitated with President Bola Tinubu and all male political elders on occasion of Father’s Day celebration. Owolabi, an award winning engineer hailed the leaders in a statement made available to the News Agency...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has urged former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and his four other friends in the G5 to come up with another aggrieved group within opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to make winning the 2027 presidential election a smooth ride for the ruling All Progressives...
The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike says he was poisoned at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign secretariat in 2018 but in spite of the political gang-up against him, God always give him victory. The former two-term governor of the oil-rich state, said he thought...
The Lagos State APC Chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi has reassured Nigerians that President Bola Tinubu’s administration will not fail Nigerians on his campaign promises. Ojelabi gave the assurance at the Inauguration Thanksgiving organised by Rep. Kafilat Ogbara (APC -Kosofe) to appreciate her constituents in Lagos on Sunday. The News...
Rep. Tunji Olawuyi (APC-Kwara) says he stepped down from the race for speakership of the 10th National Assembly, as a mark of respect for his party. Olawuyi, who represented Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Omu-Aran, headquarters of Irepodun...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has voided the suspension of its Imo chairman, Chief Charles Duruimo by the local government chairmen of the party. The NNPP National Publicity Secretary, Dr Agbo Major stated this at a news conference in Abuja. Major said that the decision was taken by...