The National Industrial Court, has ordered Med-View Airline Nig. Ltd to pay its former staff, Mr Garba Abubakar the sum of N5 million being his unpaid entitlements. The entitlements accrued from his unpaid salaries from Feb. to Dec. 2018 and unremitted monthly pension deductions from May 2016 to Dec....
POLITICS
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a suit brought before it against Sen. Elisha Abbo challenging his candidacy as the All Progressives Congress (APC) representative for Adamawa North Senatorial District in the last National Assembly election. Justice Inyang Okoro in a unanimous judgment of a five-member panel of Justices...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu on the occasion of his 71st birthday, describing him as an inimitable statesman with an unyielding quest for a freer, just and vibrant Nigeria. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary,...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won majority seats of 22 out of the 31 Bauchi State House of Assembly seats in the March 18 Governorship and State Assembly elections. This is contained in the list issued by Mr Aliyu Shaba, the Deputy Director Voter Education, of the Independent...
Labour Party on Tuesday reduced its nomination fees for the off-circle governorship elections in Bayelsa ,Kogi and Imo states from N25million to N15million . Mr Julius Abure, National Chairman of LP, made this known while addressing newsmen after a meeting with its elected Senators and House of Representatives members...
Sen. Dayo Adeyeye, the National Coordinator of South West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA), has said that lovers of democracy in the country will oppose constitution of any interim government ahead of the May 29 presidential inauguration. The former senator and minister of state for works stated this in Abuja...
The Peoples Democratic Party has constituted Ward Congresses Electoral Committees to conduct party ward congresses in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States for the purpose of electing three ad hoc ward delegates in the states. The party in separate statements issued by its National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature in Abuja...
Former Gov. Emeka Ihedioha of Imo has announced his withdrawal from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election. Ihedioha announced his withdrawal from the race in a letter entitled, “notification of my withdrawal from the Imo PDP gubernatorial primaries”. The letter was addressed to the National Chairman of...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi, says its governorship candidate, Dr Ifeanyichukwuma Odii has not withdrawn his suit from challenging the outcome of the governorship election at the tribunal. The Director of Media and Publicity of the Governorship Campaign Council of the PDP,...
The National Industrial Court on Tuesday declared as valid the Minister of Labour and Employment’s referral to the court in the matter with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The claimants, the Federal government and the Minister of Education had dragged ASUU before the court in August 2022...
The Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abakaliki, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof Benard Odoh, and that of the PDP, Dr IfeanyiChukwuma Odii, to inspect the March 18 electoral materials. The News Agency of...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has withdrawn his petition at the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal he filed over his loss of the Benue North-West Senatorial seat. Governor Ortom, who was the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senatorial candidate in the February 25th, 2023 National...
The PDP Leadership League, a group within the party on Tuesday called on its National Working Committee (NWC) to sanction members and leaders who deliberately sabotaged the party at the 2023 general elections. National caucus members of the group, Mrs May Ubeku, Mr Ose Anenih, Mr John Shuaibu and...
By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – The crisis rocking the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), deepened on Tuesday as its embattled National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, finally stepped aside. A Makurdi High Court had restrained Ayu from parading himself as the national chairman of the party following...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Asaba – The spokesperson for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council(PCC), Mr Charles Aniagwu, has said the purported suspension of the party’s National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu is illegal. Aniagwu, who stated this in a statement on Tuesday in Asaba, said those behind the suspension...
A Makurdi High Court on Monday granted an ex-parte application seeking an interim injunction to restrain Mr lyorchia Ayu from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ayu was dragged before the court by Mr Conrad Utaan, Chairman of his Igyorov Ward of the...
A teenager (name withheld) on Monday told an Ikeja Sexual offences and Domestic Violence Court how one Pastor Pope Paul allegedly deflowered her and had sex with her on many occasions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 19-year-old survivor, who was living with the cleric, was...
The Police in Benue on Monday arraigned three persons before a Makurdi Upper Area Court for alleged criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide and terrorism. They are Terhide Imo, a.k.a. Yellow, Orvendega Orhena and Aondongu Imo, all of Tse-Tyulen village of Guma local government area (LGA) of Benue state. The Police...
By DANJUMA JOSEPh, Lafia – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State has advised the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to seek redress in the court of law if dissatisfied with the outcome of the governorship election in the state. APC in a statement signed by the party...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu ‘Yar-Abba has called on the President-elect, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reopen all Nigerian land borders upon assumption of duty. ‘Yar-Abba made the call in his congratulatory messages to Tinubu and his running mate, Sen. Kashim...