A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed Mr Liman Kantigi as the validly elected governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 elections in Niger. Justice Zainab Abubarkar, in a judgement, dismissed the suit brought by the plaintiff, Mr Idris Mohammed Sani, for lacking in...
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Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged murder suspect of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, on Thursday told a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square that the statement she wrote at the police was torn. Ojukwu said this while giving evidence at the trial within trial to...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Thursday pledged to provide “logistics support” for the campaigns of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi within the state. Wike also said Obi, a former Anambra State governor, has all the characteristic to lead Nigeria. The Rivers governor made this known...
A Federal High Court in Lagos will on Nov. 18 deliver judgment in a suit seeking N525 million damages against Daily Sun Newspaper for alleged illegal use of a photograph in its Sun Girl page. The suit was filed against the Newspaper by a student, Akinyemi Temitope who alleged...
Two of the 15 suspected invaders of the residence of Justice Mary Odili (rtd.) were among inmates who absconded from the Kuje Correctional Centre during the July jailbreak. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that gunmen had, on July 5, attacked the Kuje Prison facility and freed hundreds...
Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed confidence that the party will win Lagos and other 25 states in 2023 general election. Ayu stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, when he received the second stanza of the report of the PDP Special Reconciliation...
Gov.Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Wednesday said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) G-5 governors will only be disposed to reconciliation based on equity, fairness and justice. Wike said this at the inauguration of the Rumuepirikom Flyover bridge inaugurated by Adams Oshiomhole, a former Governor of Edo, in Port...
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will on Thursday meet with private sector drivers in Imo, ahead of his forth coming campaign in the state. Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo made the disclosure while addressing newsmen on Wednesday, at the Sam Mbakwe Int’l Cargo...
APC chieftains and supporters in Abia trooped out in their numbers in Umuahia on Wednesday to welcome Chief Uche Ogah, who was declared the rightful Gubernatorial Candidate of the party for 2023. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a Federal High, Abuja on Friday invalidated Chief Ikechi...
A Fulani socio-cultural group, known as Fulbe North East group, has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for the 2023 general elections. Musa Ardo, the spokesperson of the group, who made the declaration in Yola on Wednesday, said their decision was due...
The Court of Appeal in Owerri has reserved judgment in a contestation suit challenging the emergence of Mr Emeka Atuma as the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) candidate for Abia Central Senatorial seat. Justice Rita Pemu reserved judgment on the matter on a date to be communicated after hearing arguments...
The Osun Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday granted subpoena compelling the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, to produce the nomination form and academic certificates used by Sen. Ademola Adeleke in the 2018 governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled...
Governor Nyesom Wike of River State on Wednesday apologised to former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, for supporting the re-election of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State in September 2020. Wike tendered the apology to Oshiomhole at the inauguration of the Rumuepirikom Flyover in...
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday dismissed the post conviction bail application filed by the convicted dethroned Baale of Shangisha Mutiu Ogundare and his brother, Opeyemi Mohammed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Hakeem Oshodi had on Sept.27 sentenced the convicts to 15 years imprisonment each...
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhajj Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday reiterated his commitment to restructuring, to facilitate national unity and development. Abubakar, who appeared at the Editors Forum, an initiative of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), in Lagos, said that before setting out for...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit filed by Abdulrasheed Maina against the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, and Haliru Nababa, Controller General (C-G), Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) over his alleged Ill-health. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that Maina had not provided any...
The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State chapter, Mr Seye Oladejo , says the death of a member of the State House of Assembly, Mr Abdul-Sobur Olawale is a rude shock. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olawale, popularly known as Omititi, was...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the prayer by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for God’s blessing on PDP ahead of the 2023 elections. The party said the prayer, which was prophetic also confirmed...
A prosecution witness, ASP Olufunke Madeyinlo, on Tuesday testified that Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged murder suspect of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, wrote her statement voluntarily. Madeyinlo made the statement while testifying as the second prosecution witness in the trial within trial to ascertain whether...