The APC in Lagos State has described the public endorsement of the Labour Party Governorship Candidate, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour by the Yoruba Socio-cultural Group Afenifere in the state as irrelevant. APC’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Seye Oladejo in a statement on Thursday, said that the group’s endorsement of Rhodes-Vivour was...
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The Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to list Mr Akanimo Udofia as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the governorship election in Akwa Ibom. Justice James Omotosho gave the order on Thursday in Abuja following an application by Udofia asking...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The International Director, National Association of Women Judges in Nigeria (NAWJN), Hon Justice Roli Harriman has called on women Judges to intensify efforts in promoting active participation of women at the judiciary levels. Hon. Justice Hartman made the call in a statement made available...
Sen. Solomon Adeola, Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance and senator-elect for Ogun West senatorial district says the president-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu is fully in support of Gov. Dapo Abiodun’s re-election. Adeola’s declaration is contained in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Thursday by his media aide, Mr Kayode Odunaro....
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards, (TVC) in the March 18 governorship and state houses of assembly elections. Justice Obiora Egwuatu made the order while delivering judgment in a suit filed by two...
A Chinese National, Mr Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, on Thursday, again told a Kano High Court that he never intended to kill his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22. The defendant, who lives at Railway Quarters Kano is charged with culpable homicide. Frank, led in evidence by defence counsel, Mr Muhammad...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the Labour Party (LP) seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt electronic method in transmitting 2023 election results. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, held that Section 52(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022, cited...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Director General, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council in Bauchi State, Farouk Mustapha, has said that one person was killed during a campaign rally of the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Sadique Abubakar, at Duguri town, in Alkaleri Local Government Area,...
A Constitutional Lawyer, Mr Kayode Ajulo, has said that any attempt by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to disobey the Supreme Court judgment on the legality of the old N200, N500 and N1,000 will amount to a treasonable felony. Ajulo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha the Taraba governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Federal High Court Judgement which affirmed him as the party’s authentic candidate is a sign of victory at the poll. Mr Aaron Artimas, the spokesperson for Bwacha Governorship Campaign Council, said this when he...
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan on Thursday ordered that two men, Tedon Abdulraman, 30 and Umoru Amodu, 30, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly killing two brothers. The duo whose residential addresses were not provided were charged with conspiracy, murder and attempt to murder. The Magistrate, Mrs...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State has dismissed insinuations that its governorship candidate, Sen Yakubu Lado-Danmarke, has withdrawn from the race. Alhaji Kabir Yusuf-Yar’adu, the Chairman of the PDP campaign media committee, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Katsina. “The attention of the PDP Campaign...
An Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC), has restated its support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Enugu State, Mr Peter Mbah. The National President of the OYC, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, said Mbah was the most competent among all the candidates standing for...
Hajiya Kulu Abdullahi, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Women Leader, Sokoto State, has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the the March 18 Governorship and State House Assembly elections in the state. This development is contained in a statement issued by Bashar Abubakar, the Special...
The Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo Dynamic Support Group has urged the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to exercise restraint in its desperation to put a gag on INEC, ahead of Saturday’s governorship and States Houses of Assembly Elections, Alhaji Usman Ibrahim, the National Coordinator of the group said this at a news...
The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the African Democratic Party (ADP) in Abia, Mrs Ifeoma Okoya-Thomas, says she has dumped the party for Labour Party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okoya-Thomas disclosed this during an interactive session with newsmen in Umuahia on Wednesday. She said that she...
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, has granted leave to President-elect Bola Tinubu to access sensitive materials used by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the 2023 presidential election. The three-member panel led by justice Joseph Ikyegh granted Tinubu ‘s...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday granted INEC permission to reconfigure its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the Saturday Governorship and State Assemblies Elections. A three-member panel of the appellate court , led by Justice Joseph Ikyegh, granted leave to the applicant for the purposes of configuring the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Former Senate leader, Senator Ndoma Egba has decried a worrying trend where the Christian clergy in Nigeria are involved in partisan politics and turning their altars to political campaign platforms. Ndoma Egba said this on Wednesday in Calabar, during the Breakfast Prayer session organized...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says it has no alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State for the March 11 governorship and state assembly elections. Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmed, the state Legal Adviser of the party, confirmed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria...