The trial of suspected invaders of the residence of Mrs Mary Odili, retired Justice of the Supreme Court, was on Thursday, stalled in a Federal High Court, Abuja due to the absence of the police counsel, Mathew Omosun. Upon resumed trial, Usman Jubril, who was counsel for the 6th,...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over the allegations against the immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad. This is contained in a statement issued by...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it plans to unveil an e-membership platform for its youths wing to allow more Nigerian youths to join the party. Mr Dayo Israel, National Youth Leader, APC, said this on Wednesday in Abuja when he inaugurated the APC Youth Wing National Special Task...
The Federal High Court (FHC) will, on July 25, begin its annual vacation. The FHC Assistant Director of Information, Dr Catherine Oby-Christopher, in a statement to newsmen on Wednesday, said the vacation would end on Sept. 16. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the statement was titled:...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked a mischievous social media publications alleging the suspension of its National Chairman, Senator Iorchia Ayu, The Senior Adviser to the National Chairman on Communication and Strategy, Simon Imobo-Tswam, who debunked the report in a statement issued in...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Over 10,000 youths from Akpabuyu, Calabar South and Bakassi LGAs on Wednesday threatened to dumped The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if the party fail to present a credible deputy governorship candidate. The youths who stormed the PDP Secretariat along Mary Slessor Highway, carried placards...
Nollywood actress and producer, Funke Akindele has been nominated as one of the potential running mates to Alhaji Abdulaziz Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship candidate. The actress’ name followed among the six shortlisted names by the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples...
Minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola has asked Nigerians to vote based on track record in the 2023 general election. Fashola said this at the sixth edition of the annual ‘BRF GABFEST’ which was held in Lagos and had the theme ‘What Am I Voting For?’. The Minister who reacted to someone...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to grant a motion, seeking an order compelling Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting Bola Tinubu as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s candidate for the 2023 presidential election. The court also declined to grant the prayer, asking INEC from recognising...
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun and the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Iyiola Omisore, on Tuesday received 10,000 defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun. A factional Chairman of PDP in the state, Mr Wale Ojo, who led the defecting members, said that...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has said the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) will sustain the hearing and healing process that it started to ensure fairness, justice and oneness before the 2023 general elections. The president gave the assurance on Tuesday in Abuja during an...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application for bail by the detained leader of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Binta Nyako, in her ruling on Tuesday, said the suit was a gross abuse of the court process and an attempt to...
President Muhammadu Buhari says he is constrained to accept the resignation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Muhammad Tanko on health grounds The president stated this while swearing in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as acting Chief Justice of Nigeria in the State House, Abuja, on Monday. Buhari said:...
Hearing in a suit filed by former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and others could not proceed on Monday due to the presiding judge’s absence. Though the two separate suits were on number five and six on the day’s cause list, Justice...
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others over controversy surrounding David Ukpo’s real age. Others mentioned in the suit are the Comptroller General (C-G), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS); Stanbic-IBTC Bank; United Bank of Africa (UBA) and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the appointment of Gov. Duoye Diri as the Chairman of its National Campaign Council for July 16, Osun State Governorship Election. The National Organizing Secretary, Umar Bature, disclosed this in a statement issued Abuja on Monday. Bature...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked a purported leaked document claiming it budgeted N6.5 trillion for vote-buying to ensure victory at the 2023 presidential election. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Felix Morka, who debunked the report in a statement on Monday in...
Following the resignation of Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to swear in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) on Monday. Recall that Muhammad resigned his appointment on health grounds and in the face of loss of...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has resigned. Sources said that Justice Muhammad resigned on Sunday night, citing ill-health as the reason for his decision. Information also has it that arrangements are ongoing to swear in the next most senior justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olukayode...
A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has revealed why the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, claimed he did not attend primary and secondary schools. Tinubu had, in his form submitted to the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), claimed that he had no primary and secondary...