Two women, were on Thursday brought before a Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly conspiring to forge Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) identity card. The defendants are Chinyere Okeke, 53, and Sarah Akinola, 25. The defendants, who have no fixed address, are standing trial on a two-count...
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, arraigned two men, Taiwo Oluwadahunsola and Adebola Adetayo, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly laundering the sum of N999 million. A company, Green Eagles Agribusiness Solution Limited, was also arraigned alongside the defendants on a 19-count-charge, bordering on money...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, indicated its intention to respond in a suit filed by Festus Keyamo against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Feb. 25 poll. This was also as Oluwakemi Odogun, lawyer to the Independent Corrupt...
The Adamawa chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has voided Wednesday’s suspension of Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) by his Godabawa ward. Dr Raymond Chidama, the state APC Secretary, said this when he addressed newsmen in Yola on Thursday. “It is...
A court in Bavaria has scheduled a hearing in a lawsuit involving the late Pope Benedict XVI brought by victims of abuse by clergy. The case was during Benedict’s time as archbishop of Munich and Freising. A district court in Traunstein, which had cancelled an earlier hearing, would hold...
A taxi driver, Nuhu Stephen, told an FCT High Court in Kubwa, Abuja how his neighbour, Faisal Saliu charged with armed robbery, choked him and stole his car. Stephen made this known while being led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Adama Musa. Saliu alongside Lawal Mohammed and Abdulrahaman...
Nigerian senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, and a medical middleman have been found guilty of trafficking a man to Britain to provide a kidney, a statement from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Thursday. Ekweremadu (60), his wife Beatrice (56), and Nigerian doctor Obinna Obeta (51), were convicted...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gwadabawa Ward of the Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State has suspended the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha. The executives of the ward made this known while addressing the media at the Gwadabawa Ward office in...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of installing a third-party device to “manipulate” results of the February 25 poll in favour of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Bola Tinubu. Atiku lodged the allegation...
Aggrieved parties have so far filed 25 petitions before the Lagos State National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the petitions were pasted on the wall of the Rosaline Omotosho Courthouse Ikeja, venue of the tribunal sitting. In one...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The All Progressive Congress (APC) has given reasons behind their electoral victory in the recent Governorship and State Assembly elections in Sokoto. Addressing newsmen in Sokoto on Wednesday at the party Secretariat, the Sokoto State APC Chairman, Hon. Isa Sadiq Achida said the multiple...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has approved the dissolution of the Katsina State Executive Committee of the party with immediate effect. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, announced this in a statement issued to newsmen in...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has joined the race for the 10th Senate Presidency. Umahi said this on Wednesday in Abakaliki when he addressed members of the state executive council, saying that he was eminently qualified for the position. “I appeal to the party’s national leadership, the president-elect and...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the winner of the March 18 Enugu State Governorship Poll. Prof. Madu Iwe, the State Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, declared the result on...
The Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP), has assured the citizens that his administration will unite rather than divide the state. Otti gave the assurance in his acceptance speech on Wednesday after he was declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election. He spoke at his...
Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) has won the March 18 governorship election in Abia State. He trounced his opponents like Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP). Otti scored 175,467, Ahiwe polled 88,529 while Nwafor got 28,972....
The Gombe chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated a 5-man committee to investigate alleged anti-party activities against Sen. Danjuma Goje during the 2023 general election. Mr Tanimu Abdullahi, the chairman, APC Kashere Ward stated this on Wednesday in Kashere in Akko Local Government Area of the...
Sokoto State chapters of PDP and APC have continued to trade blames on the outcome of Saturday’s Governorship and State House of Assembly elections. Alhaji Bello Goronyo, the State PDP Chairman,a in a press briefing on Wednesday in Sokoto alleged that dozens of PDP supporters were detained by the...
Sen. Jibrin Barau (APC-Kano) on Wednesday declared that he was the most experienced candidate for the 10th Senate Presidency. He said this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja. Barau, who represents Kano North Senatorial District said that with the array of candidates who had indicated interest for the...
The Kano State Governor-elect, Alhaji Abba Yusuf, has urged his supporters and members of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to embark on prayers for ingenuity and guidance for his leadership towards delivering the dividends of democracy. This is contained in a statement in Kano on Wednesday by Sanusi...