Two Jos based businessmen, Moses Dalyop and Abdulmumuni Yakubu, have sued IGP Usman Baba over their alleged unlawful arrest, demanding N10 billion as damages. Other respondents in the suit filed at the Plateau High Court in Jos are the Nigerian Police Force, DCP Olatunji Disu, Chuangyue Industrial Nig. Ltd,...
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The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun on his Appeal Court’s victory. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday, annulled the Osun Governorship Election Tribuna’s decision and upheld...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun, says the unanimous judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja which affirmed the victory of Gov. Ademola Adeleke, reflected the will of the people of the state. Mr Oladele Olabamiji, spokesperson of the party in the state, while reacting to...
The absence of the four children of Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in a Federal High Court, Abuja, stalled their arraignment on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had earlier reported that Ojerinde and his children; Mary Funmilola, Olumide Abiodun, Adedayo and...
Comrade Kennedy Iyere, a Chieftain of the Labour Party, says his support for Dr Peter Mbah in the just-concluded Governorship Election in Enugu State is in line with the wishes of Mr Peter Obi. It would be recalled that prior to the March 18 Governorship Election; Iyere led members...
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has granted permission to Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) to serve their petitions on Sen. Bola Tinubu though the All Progressives Congress (APC). A three-member panel sitting in Abuja on Friday,...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Friday, adjourned a suit filed by Sir Siminlalayi Fubara, Rivers Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Governor-elect and his deputy, Dr Ngozi Odu, over alleged plan by the party to suspend them for judgment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling, fixed April 20...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the election of Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun. The appelate court set aside the verdict of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which sacked him from office. Delivering judgment in the appeal filed by Adeleke on Friday, a three-member...
A Lagos based Legal Practitioner, Mr Jide Ologun, on Friday called for stronger institutions and implementation of Nigerian laws to protect citizens from all forms of exploitations for a better nation. Ologun, a constitution lawyer, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in reaction...
A prominent Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Ahmed Raji, has called on Nigerians not to be hoodwinked by politicians to ”paint the judiciary in bad light”, so as to achieve their personal interests. Raji is the National President of the Oke-Ogun Development Consultative Forum (ODCF), the umbrella body...
The Federal Government is to arraign Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on seven-count charge bordering on money laundering at a Federal High Court, Abuja. Ojerinde is being arraigned alongside his four children; Mary Funmilola, Olumide Abiodun, Adedayo and Oluwaseun Adeniyi, by the Independent...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has called on Muslims in Nigeria and the world to use the holy month of Ramadan to seek spiritual guidance and sacrifice to the cause of peace. Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate in the just concluded elections, gave the advice in...
Ahead of the November Kogi Governorship election, Sen. Yakubu Oseni (APC-Kogi), has said that he would turn the fortunes of the state around, if given the mandate. Oseni made this known while addressing a news conference in Abuja on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kogi,...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom says the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP is acting in contempt of a subsisting Court Order by referring him to the disciplinary committee of the party for alleged anti-party activities. Governor Ortom in a...
An Ikeja High Court on Thursday sentenced for four men to death by hanging for robbing and kidnapping Mrs. Gloria Emole, the younger sister to Emzor Pharmaceutical Managing Director, Chief Ebuka Okafor. The convicts are Victor Chukwunonso, Ifeanyi Maduaka, Obinna Nwankwo, and Richard Nwabueze. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has described the call for dissolution of its executive committees as ridiculous, immoral and reprehensible. This is contained in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, on Thursday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the party...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted a Caretaker Committee for the Katsina State Chapter, following the dissolution of the state executive committee. The National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba, stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday. Hon. Ologunagba...
The Labour Party (LP) in Enugu State, has appreciated Enugu State people for believing in the party and showing the courage to say NO to misrule with their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs). The Labour Party also said that Chief Chijioke Edeoga, its Governorship Candidate in the March 18 Enugu...
The Kaduna State Governor-elect, Senator Uba Sani, has said that he will challenge some election results where the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won with unimaginable margins. The Governor-elect who spoke in Hausa, expressed surprise that PDP won some local government areas with bogus figures. Sani said that he...
The Benue Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said it will challenge its defeat on both the governorship and state assembly elections at the tribunal. The Acting state Chairman, Mr Isaac Mffo, made this known during a press conference on Thursday in Makurdi. “It is the decision of...