By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Igbo leaders from the 19 Northern states in Nigeria will storm Katsina State to endorse the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda ahead of the 2023 general election. The group, under the auspices of Ndigbo Leaders in All...
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A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Masaka, Nasarawa, on Wednesday, ordered that a 46-year-old man, Lucky Adalaki, be remanded in Keffi correction centre for allegedly biting off the outer ear part of one Tunde Adedeji. The police charged Adalaki with causing grievous hurt. The Judge, Mr Yakubu Dangawa, held that...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday ordered the continuation of the the trial of the media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha), charged with alleged six billion Naira laundering, in absence. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Mojisola Dada adjourned until fNov.16 “Make sure you bring...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced Ayodeji Oluokun, an assistant pastor of the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David Parish, Victoria Island, Lagos, to two years imprisonment for issuing 1.6 million dollar dud cheque. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oluokun was...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – As the kick-off of electioneering and political activities draw near, members of the electorate and civil society organizations, in collaboration with political observers have emphasized the need for issues-based campaign towards the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The stakeholders made this known at an agenda-setting...
Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau (Kano Central) on Wednesday at plenary formally announced his detection from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Shekarau had on Aug. 29, defected along with his supporters to PDP from NNPP, on issues bordering on alleged unfair treatment by the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Tuesday published the list of 80 successful candidates, including Gov. David Umahi, for the 2023 National Assembly elections in Ebonyi. The state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Joseph Chukwu, disclosed this at a news briefing at the INEC headquarters on Tuesday in Abakaliki....
A group, Ogoni Sim Vanguard (OSV), has canvassed support for Siminalayi Fubara, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 gubernatorial candidate in Rivers. The Chairman of the group’s Board of Trustee, Mr Marvin Yobana, said in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, that it adopted Fubara after consulting widely with leaders, youths...
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State has sentenced a banker, Blessing Bassey, to seven years imprisonment for stealing N2.68 million from a bank. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Chief Magistrate F.M. Kayode-Alamu sentenced Bassey following her change of plea from not guilty to...
A Federal High Court in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, has sacked the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in the state, Emmanuel Bwacha. Bwacha’s sacking comes after a petition by one of the aspirants, David Sabo Kente. Relying on the evidence before the court that no governorship primary was...
Supporters of Dr Ifeanyi Odii, the Ebonyi PDP governorship candidate for the 2023 election have hailed the Supreme Court judgment affirming his victory as the validly elected candidate of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Apex court on Wednesday in Abuja in a unanimous...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has responded to Governor Seyi Makinde’s call for the chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu to resign. Speaking at South-West PDP stakeholders meeting on Wednesday, Atiku said Ayu can’t be asked to resign unless the party’s constitution is amended. He said; “I...
Following his declaration as PDP candidate for Ebonyi 2023 governorship election by the Supreme Court, Ifeanyi Odii has called on all the party’s faithful in the state to unite together to win in the state. Odii, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja shortly after the apex court’s judgment, described...
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday insisted that Dr Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), must step down to allow Southerners in the top hierarchy of the party. Makinde made the position of South-West leaders of the party known at the zonal stakeholders’...
Mr Isaac Kekemeke, National Vice-Chairman (South-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the party’s Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, never betrayed the Yoruba race, but fought for justice, fairness, progress and development. Kekemeke made the clarification, while briefing newsmen on Wednesday shortly after the party’s zonal meeting at the...
An Ado-Ekiti High Court has on Wednesday sentenced a 31-year -old “Okada” rider, Ojo Adebayo to life imprisonment for defiling a nine- year-old girl. The defendant was arraigned on one count charge of defilement before Justice Olalekan Olatawura in March. Delivering judgment, Justice Olatawura, held that identification of the...
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, declared Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii as the validly elected candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 Ebonyi governorship election. Justice Lawal Garba, in a lead judgment of a five-member panel, held that Sen. Joseph Obinna Ogba, who represents Ebonyi Central Senatorial Zone,...
The Supreme Court has stood down the judgment on the dispute over who is the lawful governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi for the 2023 election for 3pm today. A five-member panel, headed by Justice Amina Augie, announced on Wednesday that the judgment would be...
Prince Michael Ekamon, the 1st plaintiff in a suit filed in conjunction with Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers against Atiku Abubakar, has said that their lawyer, Wilfred Okoi, was not in court because he was indisposed. Ekamon told Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday,...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has alleged that its preliminary investigation established the offences of logistic supplier, aiding and abetting acts of terrorism against Tukur Mamu. The DSS, in an affidavit in support of its ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1617/2022 filed before Justice Nkeonye Maha of a Federal High...