On May 8 the National Working Committee of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) came up with a list of its preferred candidates for the leadership of the Senate and House of Representatives, the two chambers of the National Assembly. The anointed candidates are Sen. Goodwill Akpabio from Akwa-Ibom and...
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) A U.S. ex-convict, Kolawole Erinle, charged with alleged 1.4 million dollars internet fraud on Monday denied the charges before an Ikeja Special Offences Court. Erinle, a real estate businessman and general contractor for Lafarge Cement told the court that he did not conspire with one Edward Dada (...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, filed a motion for stay of execution of the ruling by a Federal High Court, Lagos on 14 property and the sum of N400 million allegedly linked to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Justice Nicholas Oweibo had, on April 26,...
Ademoye Adewale, a cotton candy vendor, contracted by Chrisland School to prepare snacks for its students during an inter-house sports has told a corona inquest that he strongly believed that Whitney Adeniran was not electrocuted by his tools. Adewale, during his cross-examination, told the Coroner, Mrs Oyenike Fajana on...
Sen. Abdulaziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) says he can’t be stopped from the race for the Presidency of the 10th National Assembly, because it is his constitutional right.He said this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Yari, a former Governor of Zamfara, said that no individual had the...
Rep-elect, Inuwa Garba (PDP-Gombe), has endorsed Rep. Aliyu Betara (APC-Borno) for the Speakership of the 10th National Assembly. Garba, a former Speaker of Gombe State House of Assembly said this on the sideline of the induction of members-elect at the International Conference Centre, in Abuja on Monday. “Most of...
Mr Ade Omole, the Director of the dissolved APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Diaspora Directorate, says the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu will win his case at the election tribunal over the Feb. 25 presidential election.Omole said this on Monday when he received a property donation for the accommodation of Nigerians...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday said the social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha), charged with N6 billion money laundering had been re-arrested. The EFCC counsel, Mr Suleiman Suleiman, told an Ikeja Special Offences Court that the prosecution in collaboration with its international partners had...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has restrained the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC) from further publishing a disclaimer, denying the issuance of certificate dated Jan.6, 2003 to the Enugu state Governor-elect, Mr Peter Mbah. Ruling on an ex parte application moved by Mr Emeka Ozoani, SAN, on behalf of...
A coalition of Abia Stakeholders says the choice of Rep. Benjamin Kalu (APC-Abia), as the Deputy Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives, will end agitation for self-determination by the people of the region. Mr Dike Uche, the Convener, said this during a solidarity match by the stakeholders to...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Justice O.O.Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced one Abdulmalik Abdullateef to one year imprisonment for stealing. The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had, on April 27, 2023, arraigned 21-year-old Abdullateef...
The All Progressives Congress(APC) Committee of Diaspora Chairmen on Monday urged the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to beware of sycophants ahead of his assumption of office on May 29. Mr Bola Babarinde, the Secretary General of the Committee under the Chairmanship of Prof. Adesegun Labinjo, gave the advice in a...
A court in China has sentenced a 78-year-old U.S. citizen to life in prison on espionage charges. John Shing-Wan Leung, who has a U.S. passport and permanent residence in Hong Kong, was convicted by the court in the eastern city of Suzhou, near Shanghai, on Monday. Leung’s assets worth...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Sunday expressed support for the ambitions of Sen. Godswill Akpabio and Sen. Barau Jibrin as President and Deputy President of the 10th Senate, respectively. Sanwo-Olu expressed his support at a consultative visit to Lagos House, Marina, when he received members of the...
Mr Emeka Nnamani, the Labour Party (LP) Rep-elect for Aba South/Aba North Federal Constituency of Abia, says the the South- East will speak with one voice in the election of the speaker of the House. Nnamani said this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Sunday, saying that...
One of the support Groups of the President-Elect, Tinubu Hope of Nigeria Vanguard, has commended the zoning arrangement for the National Assembly positions by the National Working Committee (NWC) of All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Sen....
A chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo, Mr Nduka Anyanwu, has called for the zoning of the party’s national chairmanship position to Imo. Anyanwu, the Party’s House of Assembly candidate for Ahiazu state constituency of Imo in the 2023 General Elections, made the call in...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has sought partnership with Ethiopian Airlines Corporation, towards a successful conduct of its 2023 Annual General Conference. The President of NBA, Mr Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) who visited Ethiopian Airlines in Abuja on Saturday, said that the choice of the air carrier was in recognition...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A senior advocate of Nigeria, Murtala Abdul-Rasheed has condemned the venue of the Cross River State Election Petition Tribunal venue over what he called deteriorating state of the High Court. He described the Tribunal venue as very shameful and disturbing. The state High Court...
…Commends Joint Task for adopting APC’s zoning formula A pressure group, Defenders of Constitutional Democracy (CDC) has appealed to all Speakershp aspirants in the House of Representatives to accept the All Progressives Congress (APC) choice of Hon. Tajudeen Abass and Hon. Benjamin Kalu as the speaker and Deputy Speaker...