Labour Party on Monday passed a vote of confidence on its National Chairman, Julius Abure, who was allegedly suspended by a factional group of the party. The party recalled that some groups who claimed to be Ward 3 executives of the party in Edo, led by the Ward’s Chairman,...
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A Lagos High Court on Monday dismissed a “no-case’’ submission filed by ASP Drambi Vandi, who allegedly shot a Lagos-lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem to death on Dec. 25, 2022. Vandi had filed his “no-case’’ application on Feb. 28, praying the court to quash the charge preferred against him. His counsel,...
An Oyo State Family Court 2, sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Monday, ordered the remand of a 50-year-old man. Gboyega Lasisi, for allegedly having canal knowledge of his seven-year-old daughter. The Magistrate, Mrs P.O. Adetuyibi, who did not take the plea of the defendant due to want of jurisdiction,...
A Customary Court sitting in Nyanya, Abuja, on Monday ordered one Catherine Ishaka to stop parading herself as late Sen. Joseph Wayas’ widow. The court, presided over by Justice Doocivir Yawe, further restrained Ishaka from selling Wayas’ property until the determination of the pending suit against her. The News...
Plateau High Court sitting in Jos on Monday reinstated Abok Ayuba as Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly. Ayuba was impeached on Oct. 28, 2021 by members of the State Assembly. Ayuba, however, challenged his impeachment which he described as illegal, saying that it contravened the rules of the assembly....
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has dismissed the application filed by a property firm, Kasmal property Ltd and four others against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The land which measured 50.080 hectares situated in Ogombo village in Eti-Osa local government, Lagos. Other firms whose applications were dismissed alongside Kasmal were:...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River wants all those elected at the just-concluded general elections to work together, irrespective of party affiliations, to move the state forward. APC chairman in the state, Mr Alphonsus Eba, gave the charge on Monday in Calabar when he spoke with the...
Mr Samuel Adaga, a Chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa, on Sunday urged the party to review the strategy that gave the party victory in 2019 or risk losing the Nov. 11 gubernatorial poll. Adaga, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has suggested to President Muhammadu Buhari to take over the position of the APC”s Board of Trustees (BoT) immediately after handing over to the President-elect on May 29. Kalu made the suggestion, in the course of the week, after a closed...
A group- PL-25: Twenty-five APC Progressive Leaders, has endorsed Ahmed Wase, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, as its preferred candidate for 10th Speaker of the House. Mr Lekan Ogunleke, the Secretary of the group said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Elections, has distanced himself from a purported audio recording of a telephone conversation between him and Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide. Obi said the audio recording is a product of the...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers says he will bow out of office on May 29 as a fulfilled man, having positively impacted the 23 local government areas of the state. The governor charged the incoming administration on stewardship. Wike made the statement during a Thanksgiving Service organized by the...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kukadu Gundari Ward of Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State has suspended Alhaji Babayo Misau over alleged anti-party activities. Misau is the chairman of the party in Bauchi State, The ward chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Lawan announced the suspension of Misau at a news...
Mrs Vera Adesotu, a Delta All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, says contrary to allegations, Lauretta Onochie worked for the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu in the Feb. 25 presidential election. Adesotu, a former Delta House of Assembly aspirant for Aniocha North Senatorial District said this while speaking with the News...
Alhaji Shu’aibu Iliyasu, the candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) for Kurfi state constituency in Katsina State, has demanded a recount of ballot papers used for the March 18 election in the area. This is contained in a letter signed by his lawyer, Muhammad Bello-Gachi, which was...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi has assured Nigerians and the global community that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will perform creditably well in his tenure. Maigari who premised his assertion on the fact that, Tinubu has unimaginable leadership qualities, added that,...
Rep. Abdulraheem Olawuyi (APC-Kwara) has joined the race for the Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 10th National Assembly. Olawuyi, who is representing Ekiti, Isin, Irepodun and Oke-ero Federal Constituency of Kwara, confirmed that he would officially declare his intention on April 4, in Abuja. Olawuyi, who...
Mr Oyakhilome Bello, APC United States National Youth Leader, has said that the chapter will galvanise and work hard to defend the mandate of Sen. Bola Tinubu, the President-election, even from the Diaspora. He said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, adding that the chapter had already...
A two-term Lagos lawmaker of Igbo extraction, Mr Jude Idimogu, says politicians against the victory of Sen. Bola Tinubu at the Feb. 25 Presidential election must avoid actions capable of truncating democracy. Idimogu, representing Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, told the News Agency of...
The Amalgamated All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups (AASG) has dissociated itself from its former Director-General, Dr Nasiru Ladan. The group has said anyone who does business with him on behalf of the group does so at his own risk. The Deputy Director-General of the group, Hajiya Maryam Danjaki, made this known on...