The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of barring its polling agents from Saturday’s Ebonyi South by-election. Chief Nwaeze Onu, a chieftain of the party said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. “We...
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The Police on Friday arraigned one Olayiwola Aliu at an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for allegedly being in possession of police uniforms and toy guns. The 30-year old, whose residential address was not provided, has been charged with illegal possession of police uniforms and toy guns. The...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Oyo State Government has sealed a branch of a place of worship (name withheld) situated at Golden Estate, Oluyole, Ibadan, over noise pollution. The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, said in a statement on Friday that government took the action...
Three influential opposition figures have hinted at the coming of a mega party that will challenge the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2027 general election. These are Prof. Pat Utomi of the Labour Party, a former governor of Kano State and the presidential candidate of the NNPP,...
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced one Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an actress, to six months imprisonment for spraying and stepping on the new Naira notes at a social event in Lagos. Her conviction and sentencing was reported...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant for the September 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, ton Wednesday said that his nomination and subsequent election will bring development to the state. Ighodalo, who made this known while addressing Oredo PDP leaders and members as part...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal filed by Aishatu Ahmed, also known as Binani, challenging the election of Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa. Delivering judgment, he Justice John Okoro, held that the suit was lacking in merit. Okoro also held that a resident electoral commissioner lacks...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, sentenced a 45-year-old man, Paul Ndedigwe, to double life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s two children, aged six and seven. Justice Abiola Soladoye, in her judgment, held that prosecution proved two of the three counts brought against Ndedigwe....
An Ikeja High Court has sentenced one Richard Saviour to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his wife’s niece and infecting her with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The victim (name withheld) was aged 14. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that during the trial the State Counsel,...
An officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kazeem Yusuf, on Tuesday told an FCT High Court that N4.6 billion was allegedly diverted to finance the 2015 gubernatorial election in Sokoto State. Yusuf said this while testifying as the second prosecution witness (PW2) in the trial...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas has urged President Bola Tinubu to demand greater performance and accountability from Service Chiefs to stem insecurity in the country. Abbas made the call in his opening speech at plenary on Tuesday as the house resumed from Christmas...
A 62-year-old woman, Yemisi Olukemi, who allegedly pushed an Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) staff off a ladder, while on an electricity pole, on Tuesday appeared before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendant, whose residential address was not given, is being tried on a...
Ogun House of Assembly, on Tuesday, ratified the impeachment of Olakunle Oluomo (APC-Ifo1) as the Speaker. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that all the 22 lawmakers present at the plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Bolanle Ajayi (APC-Yewa South) voted in support of the impeachment....
A democracy without opposition is like making an omelet without breaking eggs; or, a bird flying with one wing or one clapping with one hand. Yet, the fact is there is no opposition in the nation’s so-called democracy. Opposition political parties simply exist as platforms for power grabbers...
The Federal High Court Abuja on Tuesday, fixed Feb. 8 to hear a suit challenging the Peoples Democratic Party , (PDP) for failure to convene a National Executive Counsel, (NEC) meeting within the constitutionally stipulated period. A PDP governorship aspirant in Ogun during the 2023 general elections, Mr...
Edo State Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, has constituted the state Local Government Election Petition Appeals tribunal. The Chief Registrar, Mr Benson Osazuwa, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Benin. The statement said it was in line with the Edo State Local Government Election...
The Supreme Court reserved judgment in the appeal by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Aisha Dahiru, popularly called Binani, against the governor of Adamawa state, Ahmadu Fintiri. The tribunal and Court of Appeal had dismissed Binani’s petition challenging the victory of Fintiri in the governorship...
The Lagos State spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Hakeem Amode, has confirmed the release of the kidnapped state party chairman, Mr Philip Aivoji. Amode, the Lagos State PDP Publicity Secretary in a message on Monday, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that Aivoji...
A Hong Kong court has ordered the liquidation of the highly indebted China Evergrande Group. Judge Linda Chan handed down the judgment on Monday in Hong Kong, according to media reports. She said the creditors from abroad had taken the company to court because of its missing several...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the immediate release of Lagos State chapter chairman of the party, Mr Philip Aivoji, who was abducted on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Aivoji was abducted on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on his way to Lagos from Ibadan...