A Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia, is to deliver judgment in the extraordinary rendition suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to Kanu, had filed the suit before the court in March. The News Agency of...
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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja has awarded the sum of N540 million in damages to Prophet Emmanuel Omale against a commercial bank over alleged negligence and defamation. Justice Yusuf Halilu on Tuesday held that the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) breached its fiduciary duty...
A Kano State High Court on Tuesday, ordered the State government to provide an interpreter for a Chinese national, Geng Quangrong, 47, charged with alleged murder of his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the defendant is facing a count charge of culpable...
Barring any last-minute change, the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party led by ex-Senate President Adolphus Wabara will today meet Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Channels Television gathered that the emergency meeting convened by the Wabara-led BoT is part of...
The Kano State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Muhammad Sadiq-Wali says his main target is to restore the lost glory of the state, known as the centre for commerce. Sadiq-Wali said this when he spoke with newsmen in Kano on Monday. He said: “Why I decided...
The youth under the aegis of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youth and Stakeholders have called on the PDP, the South-South, National Vice -Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, to resign. The group Chairman, Palson Arusuayine, who led the protest on Monday at the PDP state secretariat in Asaba, Delta, said Orbih’s...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Newton Bassey, the senatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State has vowed to restored the lost glory of the state if elected in 2023 election. He said his quest to serve humanity has influenced...
After evading prosecution for over eight years, the Chairman of Zinox Group, Leonard Stanley Ekeh; wife, Chioma, and 11 other suspects in alleged N170.3 million contract fraud have finally been charged to court. On September 9, 2022, Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, filed a 17-count charge against the suspects...
Sen. Umaru Al-Makura (APC-Nasarawa South), says none of the presidential candidates can match the competence and achievements of the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu. Al-Makura made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday in Abuja. The former governor of Nasarawa state...
Mr Denis Idahosa, (APC-Edo), the member representing Ovia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is the party to beat come 2023. Idahosa in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday also said that candidates...
A former Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili has rated Labour Party (LP)’s Peter Obi higher than other leading presidential candidates for the 2023 election. While featuring as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Ezekwesili said the former Anambra governor possesses what others do not have even though the country...
Amid questions about his health status, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says he is fit to run for the office. The ex-Lagos governor who shared a workout video on his Twitter handle Sunday denied reports that he has withdrawn from the race. “Many have...
Five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) opposed to the current status quo within the party on Sunday met at the Government House, Enugu apparently on a new strategy for the party. The Gov. Nyesom Wike led group were received at the Akanu Ibiam Airport by the Enugu...
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress(APC) 2023 presidential candidate has appointed Gov. Aminu Masari of Kastina State as Campaign Senior Adviser on Administration and Government. The former two-term Lagos State governor, also appointed former governor of Sokoto State, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko as Senior Adviser Special Duties. According to the...
The three leading presidential candidates in the 25th February 2023 Nigerian presidential election, Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, took their campaign ‘fight’ to Nigerians in the United States. The Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the support groups for Abubakar, Obi...
By SUCCESS SOLOMON, Jos – The presidential candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has said reasonable electorates should not vote for either the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) during next year presidential election. He said: “Every reasonable Nigerian will...
The Deputy Chairman (South) of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Emma Eneukwu, says the ruling party remains committed to making Nigeria a safe haven for all, irrespective of political affiliations. Eneukwu said this in an Independence Day message he issued to newsmen in on Saturday in Enugu. According to...
The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Delta’s Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa says the crisis within the party would soon be resolved. Okowa made the declaration in Abuja on Saturday after a meeting with the Acting Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), Sen. Adophus Wabara. He...
Presidential flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says his party stands a good chance of winning. “The PDP stands the chance to win the presidential election being one of the oldest political parties in the country,’’ Abubakar told newsmen...
Labour Party Support Movement (LPSM) said on Saturday in Abuja that it would use its vast network to mobilise voters towards Peter Obi’s success in the 2023 presidential election. Inaugurating the group, Mr Chuks Ezurike, its Director- General, expressed the commitment of the group to bringing the Labour Party...