The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned one Muhammed Usman for allegedly defrauding a man of N34.3 million on the pretext of supplying him the dollar equivalent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Usman was arraigned alongside his company, Masha Allah International Resources Ltd....
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By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has mourned the death of the South-West Zonal Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Soji Adagunodo, describing his demise as a huge loss to the party. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the late Adagunodo died on Monday in the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has described the death of the party’s South West Vice Chairman, Soji Adagunodo as ” loss of a patriot and political asset”. Alhaji Atiku in a condolence message released by his Media...
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has further adjourned pre-hearing in the petitions filed by Mr Peter Obi and his Labour Party until May 17. The panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani adjourned after parties agreed on time to exchange processes and responses. Tsammani said parties have agreed that...
Some members of the Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa, under the umbrella of Concerned Labour Party Critical Stakeholders of Bayelsa, have dragged the Bayelsa Government and its agents to court over their failure to conduct Local Government elections in Bayelsa. The applicants, including the Chairman of the state chapter...
Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, Chairman of Election Petition Tribunal in Calabar, has given assurance that the tribunal was prepared to discharge its duties without any fear of favour. Adeniyi said this on Wednesday during the inaugural sitting of the tribunal in Calabar. He said that the tribunal would ensure that...
As the May 29 date for the inauguration of a new Federal Government draws near politicians have raised their ante as they position themselves for various offices. One place the political maneuvering is clearly pronounced is the National Assembly. Unlike the cabinet, and other key positions in the Executive...
Rep. Tajudeen Abbas (APC-Kaduna), the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 10th House of Representatives Speakership, has said that he is competent for the job ahead. Abbas said this while speaking to newsmen at the end of the meeting of the Joint Task, a group...
Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, the immediate past governor of Osun has congratulated his successor, Gov. Ademola Adeleke, on the Supreme Court judgment which affirmed him as the winner of July 16, 2022 governorship election. Oyetola in a statement on Wednesday in Osogbo, said:”I accept the court’s verdict which upheld Adeleke’s...
The Action Peoples Party, (APP) has withdrawn its election petition against the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu. At the resumed hearing of the matter at the Presidential Election Petition Court on Wednesday in Abuja, counsel to APP, Mr Obed Agu, told the court that his client wished to withdraw the...
A Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday, gave an order of perpetual injunction restraining the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from imposing fines, henceforth, on broadcast stations in the country. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgement, also set aside the N500,000 fines imposed, on March 1, 2019, on each of...
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded a 34-year-old man, John Agbo, for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl. The Magistrate, Mrs E.Kubeinje, who did not take Agbo’s plea, ordered that he should be remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre. Kubeinje, however, directed the police to send the...
The PDP has restated its confidence in the ability of the judiciary to discharge its duty dispassionately based on the evidence at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on the 2023 general elections. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, said this at a news conference on Tuesday...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned a man, Opeoluwa Sennaike, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, for alleged five million dollars and N800 million cyber security fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sennaike was arraigned alongside his firm, Sennaike Consulting Ltd. on...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar,, says Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) has come to stay as a legal instrument for the accreditation and transmission of election results in Nigeria. Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the February 2023 election, said this in a statement by...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) says it plans to organise a reception for governors-elect on the party’s platform on Thursday. This is contained in a statement by Director-General, PDP-GF, CID Maduabum in Abuja on Tuesday. He said that while the forum would...
Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), the Lagos PDP governorship candidate in the March 18 governorship election, says the Supreme Court victory of Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has rekindled hope in the nation. Adediran made the remark in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, signed by Mr Gbenga Ogunleye, Head,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked reports alleging that it refused to obey judgement of the Supreme Court on the national chairmanship of All Progressives Ground Alliance (APGA). The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye in Abuja,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun has applauded Tuesday’s judgment by the Supreme Court that Sen. Ademola Adeleke won the July 16, 2022 governorship election in the state. PDP’s spokesman in Osun, Mr Oladele Olabamiji, said at Osogbo on Tuesday that the Supreme Court...
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has described the Supreme Court’s judgment revalidated his victory at the July 16, 2022, governorship election as an affirmation of the will of the masses. Reacting to the court’s judgment, on Tuesday in Osogbo, Adeleke said that the panel of justices only revalidated the...