The PDP governorship candidate in Lagos state, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), on Wednesday promised to return governance and state resources to the people. Adediran alongside his running mate, Ms Olufunke Akindele, who flagged of his campaign at the Akowonjo area in Alimosho LGA, said that he was depending on...
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The Federal High Court in Gusau adjourned until Oct. 27 for definite hearing”, the suit filed by a group: Northern Youth Assembly and other against Gov. Bello Matawalle and three others for alleged perjury. The group in the suit, alleged that there were discrepancies in the academic and birth...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Chairman of All Progressives Congress, (APC), Hon Ali Bukar Dalori has debunked social media reports alleging that there is fracas among APC stakeholders in Borno, which may truncate the success of the ruling party in the forthcoming general elections. Hon. Dalori...
The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on his counterparts in other parties to suspend their campaigns and join him to help victims of floods across states of the federation. Obi made the call while addressing journalists after his visit to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Director of Academics at Nigerian Law School, Abuja, Barrister Chibueze Okorie, says rape as one of the types of Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) is not just an offence but an abominable crime against humanity. Barrister Okorie stated this on Wednesday in Sokoto...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Arewa Forum of Conscience, a Pressure Group, has faulted the planned adoption of a single Presidential Candidate by some purported Northern leaders for the 2023 general election. the group’s Chairman, Coordinating Committee Musa Getso, stated this in a statement issued on Tuesday in...
The Magistrate’s Court in Ebonyi on Tuesday, ordered the remand of Linus Okorie, the Ebonyi Labour Party Senatorial Candidate and ex-lawmaker, at the Nigeria Correctional Centre in Abakaliki for alleged conspiracy and murder. The Magistrate, Linda Ogodo, ordered the remand over lack of jurisdiction. The accused was charged April...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Sokoto state has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led government in the state of plotting to deny the citizens’ freedom of political choice. Alhaji Isa Sadiq-Achida, the Sokoto State APC Chairman made the allegation in a statement issued to newsmen in Sokoto...
On two occasions in the month of September this year, precisely on the 6th and 26th, a former member of the Nigerian Senate who represented Imo North senatorial district from 1999 to 2007, Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume, had good reasons to issue two disclaimers that were not largely dissimilar. Both...
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has pledged to build on the legacies of President Muhammadu Buhari, if elected as President in 2023. Tinubu made the pledge when he addressed participants of the Ministerial Performance Review Retreat on Tuesday in Abuja. The APC...
Prof. Nick Ezeh, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Enugu West Senatorial District, has described the district as the least developed in the country. Ezeh made the remark on Tuesday, when he unveiled his manifesto before newsmen in Enugu. He said that he would rely on his knowledge...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Tuesday, expressed support for the second term bid of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sanwo-Olu is seeking a second tenure on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. Wike made the announcement...
Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), says he is suffering from a life-threatening disease and he needs urgent medical attention Maina told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja in an ex-parte motion filed by his lawyer, Israel Obaniyi. The motion, marked:...
A dry cleaner, Ameachi Aneke on Tuesday told an FCT high court, Maitama that the police and correction centre inmates tortured him into admitting that he defiled a minor. Aneke, 34, is dragged for defiling a minor. The defendant told the court through his counsel, Mr Anayo Ilo, that...
The Adamawa chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated its Presidential and Governorship campaign council for 2023 general election. Speaking at the ceremony on Monday in Yola, Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri charged the council to ensure grassroots mobilisation of the electorate to ensure the victory for the party...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, said if elected, he would ensure full exploration of the oil reserves in the Benue trough and Chad basin for the development of the North and Nigeria as a whole. Tinubu made the pledge at an interactive session on...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has asked his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart Atiku Abubakar to step down and endorse him (Tinubu) ahead of February 2023 presidential poll. Tinubu asked Atiku to reciprocate the “gesture” he gave to him when he contested for...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – The Labour Party (LP) has called for the immediate release of its Ebonyi South Senatorial Candidate, Mr Linus Okoriebeen, who was kidnapped on Sunday by people suspected to be members of South East Vigilance group, the Ebubeagu Ebonyi. The Labour Party’s National Chairman, Mr...
Justice Tijani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, ordered some commercial banks in Nigeria, to appear and show cause in a N20 million suit against the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). The court made the order for parties to appear and show cause, following...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) owes Nigerians an explanation and an apology following some rather controversial statements made by Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the party. Atiku had on Sunday in Kaduna asserted that the north does not need Yoruba...