The Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Branch, on Thursday said it would monitor prosecution of the police officer who allegedly shot dead, a female lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Raheem was reportedly shot dead in Lagos on Dec. 25, while on Christmas outing...
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The Election Petition Tribunal has upheld the election of Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State and his deputy, Mrs Monisade Afuye. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Tribunal in its judgment on Thursday in Ado -Ekiti dismissed the petition of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship...
Hundreds of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Accord members have defected to All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defectors were received into APC at the open ground of Methodist Primary School, Apaara in Oyo town....
A Kano High Court on Thursday sentenced one Sagiru Abdullahi, 29, to death by hanging for stabbing his stepmother Zainab Dan’azumi, 55, to death. The court had earlier convicted Abdullahi of Kurmawa Quarters, Kano, on a one-count charge of culpable homicide. Presiding Justice Aisha Mahmoud held that the prosecution...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Oyo State chapter has called on the police to investigate the killing of Hakeem Mudashiru, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member in Oyo town. The call came, even as PDP in the state accused APC of sponsoring a ‘killer squad’ to assassinate its member....
Osita Okechukwu, Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) has expressed satisfaction with the consensus on power rotation among the members of the G5 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors. Okechukwu, a foundation member of All Progressives Congress (APC), said G5 governors’ position tallies with the noble and courageous stance of their...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has urged Nigerians to support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rescue and rebuild the country from the hardship created by the APC-led Federal Government. Okowa, who is also the Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP, gave the advice on Wednesday at the party’s...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of killing one of its members. The deceased known as Mudasiru Baraka who hails from ward 4 Tengba, Oyo East local Government area was a said to be a grassroot mobilizer in Oyo town....
The Ekiti Election Petitions Tribunal on the June 18 governorship election will deliver judgment on Thursday. The Secretary to the Tribunal, Umar Abubakar, made this known on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti. Abubakar said: “The Election Petitions Tribunal in charge of the Ekiti State Governorship election will on Thursday the 29th...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is healthy and intellectually fit to rule Nigeria. The declaration was made on Wednesday in Osogbo by Mr Adeboye Adebayo, a member of the APC’s Presidential Campaign Council. He spoke at a media engagement held at...
Traditional Rulers in Ebonyi on Wednesday kicked against any individual opposing Gov. David Umahi’s 2023 senatorial race, declaring that such person or candidate may not see the next Christmas. Chief Charles Mkpuma, Chairman, South-East Traditional Rulers Council, made the pronouncement in Uburu, Ohaozara local government area (LGA) of Ebonyi...
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, two Senatorial and 11 House of Representatives candidates have received campaign flags and assured to work towards the victory of PDP in 2023 polls. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the State PDP Chairman, Alhaji Bello Goronyo, issued the flags when...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, asked a Federal High Court, Abuja, to dismiss a suit seeking his nullification from the 2023 general election. Tinubu, through his counsel, Karma Fagbemi, told Justice Binta Nyako that the plaintiff; the Incorporated Trustees of...
Senator John Owan-Enoh (APC- Cross River) has withdrawn his court case challenging the outcome of the state governorship primaries which he lost. Owan-Enoh, who represents Cross River Central at the National Assembly said this at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that his decision was based...
The Presidential Candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, says his government will give priority to education and youth empowerment as a means of rebuilding the country, if elected in the 2023 general elections. Kwankwaso, who stated this while addressing newsmen in Gusau on Wednesday, identified vibrant...
An Anambra High Court sitting in Awka on Wednesday ordered the police to immediately release one Mr Chukwuemeka Ekwueme, a real estate developer detained at their Zone 13 Headquarters, Ukpo, Anambra, since Dec. 14. The order followed an application for bail by Mr Alex Ejesieme (SAN), counsel to Ekwueme...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign council in Sokoto State says it will embark on issue-based campaigns, just as it advised violence instigators to steer clear of the state. The Director General (D-G) of the council, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, gave the assurance at a news briefing held on...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in Cross River, Bassey Otu has announced suspension of all his political activities forthwith. Senator Otu, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, said he was suspending the activities to mourn with the families of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) inaugurated its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in Ekiti on Tuesday, with a call for massive votes for the party’s candidates all over the country in the 2023 general elections. Inaugurating the council in Ado-Ekiti, Mr Eddy Olafeso, the Former Zonal chairman, South West PDP,...
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, said with the introduction of Bimodal Voter Authentication System (BVAS), there is no more room for electoral fraud, come 2023 poll. Yahaya, who stated this on Tuesday in Tukulma ward in Akko Local Government Area (LGA) of Gombe State, said prior to the...