The Senator-Elect, Sen. Abdulaziz Yari, says the contest for the position of the President of the 10th Senate will base on constitutional provisions and not instructions by anyone. Yari, who is also the former Governor of Zamfara, said this on Friday while meeting with the executives of the Tinubu...
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An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Friday, ordered the remand of nine suspects for allegedly beating an undergraduate to death. The Police prosecutor, Asp Emmanuel Abdullahi, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on April 10 around 8:00 pm at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife....
A wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and their “middleman” have been jailed for an organ-trafficking plot, after bringing a man to the UK from Lagos. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, wanted the organ for their 25-year-old daughter Sonia, the couple’s trial at the Old Bailey...
Rep. Muktar Betara (APC-Borno) has called on members-elect of the House of Representatives to keep faith with and be loyal to Nigerians as President Muhammadu Buhari prepares to handover to the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu on May 29. Betara, who represents Biu/Bayo/Shani and Kwaya Kusar Federal Constituency of Borno...
Razaq Abubakre, an Emeritus Professor and former federal Commissioner, says Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi could not have beaten President-elect Sen. Bola Tinubu at the last presidential election. Abubakre, also a former Vice Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University Ilorin spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
A few days ago, a pressure group in the House of Representatives, The Joint Task-10th Assembly unveiled its agenda ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly. The group led by the Chairman, Hon. Bello Kumo (APC, Gombe) and co-chairman, Hon. Kingsley Chinda (PDP, Rivers) has made its...
Political vibrant youths must connect with peers in rural areas to make better difference – Osinbajo
Political vibrant youths must connect with peers in rural areas to make better difference – Osinbajo
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – In order to promote and secure victory for the kind of candidates they want in elective public positions, knowledgeable young Nigerians must reach out further to connect and build bridges with their colleagues in semi-urban and rural areas who are not as privileged and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The victory of the President-elect and Vice President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, respectively and the established control of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in 21 out of 36 states in the last general elections, have firmly established the party as a dominant national Political Party. ...
Nigeria’s current Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has reportedly drawn a battleline with the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the leadership of the APC over the choice of his successor. Lawan who tried to wrestle the presidential ticket of the party from Tinubu through a series of underhand subterfuge,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, adjourned the trial of former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, until June 20. Justice Obiora Egwuatu adjourned the matter to enable the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) put its house in order on other witnesses lined...
A Lagos High Court, sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, on Thursday admitted the two hand written statements made by Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged murder suspect of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, in evidence. Justice Yetunde Adesanya said that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt the voluntariness of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) Cross River State Chapter on Wednesday stalled the Election Petition Tribunal Sitting in Calabar for the governorship and House of Assembly elections. Panel. Secretary Akawu Bambur told our Correspondent that the union has locked the both entrance of...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The National Executive Council of the Labour Party, has sympathized with Nigerians for the poverty, unemployment, insecurity and all they have been facing saying it was as a result of “leadership incompetence” by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) This was part of the...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, sentenced one Idowu Adegoke to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had sufficiently proved the charge of sexual assault...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has warned lawyers to the Department of State Services and the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against truncating proceedings in the next adjourned date. Justice Binta Nyako gave the warning following the Wednesday’s proceeding that could not go...
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) says the effective implementation of the Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015 remains one of the priorities of the Federal Government in the area of Justice delivery. Malami said this on Wednesday at a two-day workshop on...
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the APC National Chairman, says the party liaise with the President-elect Bola Tinubu about the 10th assembly leadership. He said this on Wednesday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen at the end of a four hours closed door meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC)...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has restrained Seplat Energy Plc from holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) fixed for May 10 pending the hearing and determination of the substantive matter. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, directed parties in the suit not to tamper with the subject matter until...
Rep. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa(APC-Kano) says he deserves to be the Speaker of the 10th House of the Representatives, because he has paid his dues and deserves to be rewarded. Doguwa said this when he unveiled his plans for the Speaker on Wednesday in Abuja.“I have paid my dues; it is...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to dismiss a suit by Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, seeking the probe and prosecution of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Independent Corrupt Practices and...