Alhaji Yusuf Zailani, Speaker, Kaduna State House of Assembly, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and state Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECOMs) to emulate Gov. Nasir El-Rufai’ by conducting credible elections. Zailani described what he called the El-Rufai electoral revolution as a model in conducting transparent, free and...
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Anambra electorates to vote and ensure victory for its candidate, Mr Valentine Ozigbo, on Nov. 6 in order to take back their state. The party governors and other chieftains made the call at the grand finale of the governorship campaign rally...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Supreme Court of Nigeria has described the alleged invasion of Justice Mary Odili’s residence by unknown security operatives as impunity taken too far. In its first reaction to the ugly situation, the apex court, in a statement on Tuesday by its Director of Press and...
A High Court in Kaduna State has ordered Today Publishing Company, publishers of The Union newspaper, to tender an apology and pay N10 million for defaming the state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. Governor El-Rufai had approached the court in 2015 after the newspaper published false claims about his assets declaration,...
A Lagos lawmaker from Igbo extraction, Mr Jude Idimogu, has appealed to members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to change strategy and give peace a chance on the Anambra governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that IPOB agitation in Anambra and other South-east...
Cross-examination of the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, in a case of N761 million fraud was stalled in Lagos on Friday due to the defendant’s absence. The defendant, Abubakar Peters, contracted Coronavirus and is in an isolation centre, according to his counsel, Mr...
The Iraqi judiciary on Monday issued the death penalty against the killer of a reporter and cameraman in 2020 in Iraq’s southern city of Basra. A statement by the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council said that the Basra Criminal Court issued the death penalty after the convict confessed to killing...
The Supreme Court has fixed January 17, 2022 to hear the application challenging the jurisdiction of the court and the main suit, in the case instituted by the Rivers State Government, seeking to stop the Federal Government from ceding 17 oil wells in the state, to Imo State. The...
Dr Nkem Okeke, Anambra Deputy Governor, said that security challenges facing Anambra residents would be tackled as a core need for peaceful co-existence of the all persons in Anambra. Okeke said that the All Progressive Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Sen. Andy Uba, has reassured him that security of lives...
Dr Obinna Uzo, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Anambra governorship election on Nov. 6, said that his administration will end the prevailing insecurity in the state if elected governor. Uzo said this during a town-hall meeting oraganised by the SDP state party chairman, Chief Cyril...
Rep. Onofiok Luke, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary, has urged judicial officers to exercise more caution in issuing ex-parte, conflicting and questionable orders. Luke said this in a statement in Abuja, in the wake of a search warrant allegedly obtained to search the residence of Justice...
The Chief of Staff to Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina state, Alhaji Muntari Lawal, on Sunday, in Katsina, emphatically said he had no plans to contest for any political office in the 2023 elections. Lawal stated this in reaction to his posters being pasted around the state indicating his...
Prof. Adeolu Akande, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, says national leadership of the party will resolve the lingering crisis in the state. Akande, also the Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), gave the assurance in a statement which he personally signed and made available...
An independent election observer group, Yiaga Africa, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to commence the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to new registrants ahead of the governorship election in Anambra. Ms Cynthia Mbamalu, Director of Programmes, Yiaga Africa, made the call in the fourth Watching...
Mr Hamisu Chidari, Speaker of Kano state House of Assembly, has declared his unflinching support for the Tinubu Support Organization (TSO). Chief Franklin Ebere-Njoku, Special Assistant to Mr Aminu Suleiman, Director General, Tinubu Support Organization (TSO), said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Chidari who reiterated his...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Ahead of Federal Capital Territory Area Area Councils election slated for February 2022, over 4, 000 party faithful have dumped opposition parties to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwali Area Council of the territory. Receiving the decampees at the weekend to...
The newly elected Enugu State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr Adolphus Udeh has mocked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its pledge to rescue Nigeria. According to Udeh, before rescuing Nigeria, PDP should first account for the uncountable underdevelopment obstacles the party embedded in the system,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has elected a new set of members from various parts of the country into its National Working Committee (NWC) to take over the leadership of the party. Twenty-one people were elected at the party national convention which began on Saturday and lasted till Sunday...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to probe allegations that over ₦880bn of public funds are missing from 367 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), to ensure the prosecution of those suspected to be...
Sen. Iyorcha Ayu has been elected the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as Taofeek Arapaja also emerged the National Deputy Chairman (South). Senator Ayu, who was the consensus candidate at the party national convention in Abuja, got 3,426 affirmative votes out of 3,511 accredited voters. However,...