The Oyo State Chief Judge, Munta Abimbola, on Friday officially disengaged from active service in the state’s judiciary after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 65 for High Court Judges. At the Valedictory court session in his honour at the state’s High Court Ibadan, the Commissioner for Justice, Prof....
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Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has expressed gratitude to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for selecting him as the party’s Vice-Presidential candidate. Okowa stated this while addressing PDP supporters during the party’s campaign on Friday, in Ika South and...
The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked online medium reports that some Special Advisers to Gov. Bello Matawalle have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Friday by the state APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has no plans to postpone the 2023 general election, contrary to claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) said this in...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, has reiterated his stance on addressing fiscal, monetary, and trade reforms to effectively increase domestic production if elected. Tinubu said this during a dialogue to unfold his economic plan before the organised private sector under the aegis of the Nigerian...
Nigerians have been urged to consider voting for the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, in the forthcoming elections based on his personal capability to salvage the country. The Chairman, South-East Council of Traditional rulers, Igwe Lawrence Agubuzu, made the plea on Friday when Obi paid a...
Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BOT) member in Ebonyi, Mr Felix Mgbada, Member, has said there are no arrangement or written documents made to authenticate any zoning arrangement for governorship position in the state. Mgbada disclosed this in a press conference held on Friday in Umuoghara, Ezza...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A Supreme Court’s judgement delivered by Justice Amina Ahgid and Justice Akomoye Agim on Friday, has upheld the judgment of the Appeal Court, Calabar which deposed The Obong of Calabar, Édidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V, of his title. The apex court also ordered for...
A Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Friday terminated a criminal suit filed against Mr Umo Eno, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Akwa Ibom. Delivering ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Mr Emmanuel Iyanna said that following an affidavit of urgency filed by the defendant...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja on Friday, upheld the nomination of Shehu Umar as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Bauchi South Senatorial District in the Feb. 25 election. A three-member panel of judges, in two separate judgments, set aside the Nov. 21, 2022 judgment by...
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the incumbent Deputy Governor of Jigawa, Umar Namadi as the lawful candidate for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The Apex Court in a unanimous judgment prepared by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun upheld the primary election conducted on...
The Chief Judge, Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, has invited the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, to nominate suitably qualified persons for appointment as judges of the court. Justice Tsoho also invited the President, Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Yakubu Maikyau, for the nomination...
The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the primary election of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which produced Mr Jones Onyerere as its Senatorial candidate for Imo West in the forth coming February National Assembly election. Justice Emmanuel Agim in a judgment on the appeal filed by Mr Nnamdi Ezeani...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’ suit seeking the disqualification of Sen. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), and his vice, Mr Kassim Shettima, for the 2023 general elections. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, dismissed the suit on...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa State has said that the destruction of its billboards in by the All Progressive Congress (APC) – led state government in the state was done in bad taste. A statement issued on Friday by the Party’s publicity Secretary, Mohammed Hamza, condemned the...
A Prosecution Witness (PW) on Friday told an Ajaokuta High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi that the corpse of his alleged murdered brother was found in a locked up metal storage drum behind the house of his suspected killer. Mr Taiye Ajayi, PW1, made this known while being led...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) will on Jan. 16 pay tributes to their female colleague, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, who was shot dead on Christmas Day, by a policeman attached to the Ajiwe Police Station in Ajah, Lagos State. The NBA made this...
Justice Clement Kereke of Kogi High Court, Lokoja, on Friday fixed Jan. 27 to deliver judgment in a suit challenging the powers of the Kogi Traffic Management Authority (KATROMA). Kereke fixed the date after taking the addresses of both the plaintiff and the defendants in the case filed before...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has led candidates and stakeholders of the All Progressive Congress, APC, to campaign rallies in five local government areas in northern Borno senatorial zone. The LGAs were Monguno, which is political headquarters of northern Borno and four other LGAs:...
Election of Mr Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) will re-define governance in Nigeria, Mrs Dudu Manuga, the party’s National Women Leader said in Gombe on Friday. Manuga told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Obi remained the most competent candidate that would meet the...