The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi, says it has rejected the outcome of the governorship election held on Saturday, March 18, in Ebonyi, and vowed it will challenge. the result in court. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, March 19, declared Mr Francis Nwifuru, candidate of...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has referred Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue to its National Disciplinary Committee over alleged involvement in anti-party activities. The National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja...
Mr Festus Keyamo, has petitioned the State Security Services (SSS), demanding the arrest and prosecution of Mr Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed for making incendiary comments on television. Keyamo Minister of State for Labour and Employment and also a spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council...
Alhaji Isah Liman-Kantigi, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Candidate in Niger in the March 18 Governorship poll, said he would continue to fight for the people of the state till he died. Addressing newsmen at his country home, Kantigi, on Thursday, he said his reason for joining the governorship...
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...
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....