The Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed a fine of N40M on human rights activists and Constitutional lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome for filing frivolous motion before the court in respect of Imo Governorship tussle decided since 2019. In a ruling by Justice Tijani Abubakar, he ordered the Senior lawyer...
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The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Anambra State, said it had commenced mobilisation and re-strategising to fully participate and win the Anambra State gubernatorial election in 2025. Mr Patrick Ottis, Deputy Chairman, NNPP Anambra State, disclosed this at a meeting with party stakeholders from the 21 local...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday extended the interim order restraining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from removing Sen. Samuel Anyanwu as national secretary pending the hearing and determination of the substantive matter. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who directed parties to maintain status quo in the suit,...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, on Monday urged lawyers to expose anyone, including judges, who may want to destroy the image of the country’s judiciary. Falana made the remark in Ibadan during the opening of the Law Week of the Ibadan Branch of Nigerian...
Sen. Iyiola Omisore (APC- Osun) has said there’s nothing like budget padding, as it in the responsibility of the National Assembly to approve the yearly budget of the executive. Omisore, also a former chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, said this at a one-day citizens ‘ town...
The Benue House of Assembly has suspended four members for three months for allegedly sabotaging the its proceedings. The Speaker of the house, Mr Hyacinth Dajoh, announced the suspension, following a unanimous decision of the house during its plenary session on Monday. The suspended lawmakers include Mr Douglas...
A female aspirant in the Edo 2024 governorship race, Dr Loretta Oduware Ogboro-Okor, has promised to give priority to technology, education and health care, if elected governor. Oduware Ogboro-Okor, stated this shortly after her public declaration of intention to contest for the Edo 2024 governorship election under the...
A video has emerged clarifying what and how an aspirant for the off season Edo governorship election, Asue Ighodalo conveyed his message to the press in Esan home. In the video, he said he is a true Edo son and had since the inception of democracy in Nigerian and...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to identity, within 90 days, its officials involved in the registration of the underaged during the Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR) exercise in polling units across the country. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, also...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau has said the conflicting judgments of the Court of Appeal on elections in some states will increase voter apathy in Nigeria. The PDP Chairman in Plateau, Mr Chris Hassan, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
No fewer 200 private legal practitioners from the 19 Northern States have volunteered to assist Gov. Kabir Yusuf of Kano State to win his Gubernatorial election appeal case at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. They spoke under the banner of ‘Abba Kabir Yusuf Volunteer Lawyers Forum For The...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has commended President Bola Tinubu for approving a 50 per cent reduction in the cost of agricultural inputs for farmers during the dry season farming period. Oyintiloye told newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo that the...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf on Saturday inaugurated the payment of about N6 billion of the backlog of gratuities to pensioners in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Yusuf stated this during the take-off of the payment to some categories of retirees at Coronation...
Women and youth groups in Kogi on Saturday pleaded with the Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alh. Muritala Yakubu-Ajaka to accept the result of the Nov. 11 governorship election in good faith. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the groups, who staged a...
Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Friday elected Danladi Jatau (APC – Kokona West), as the new speaker of the Assembly. The emergence of the new speaker followed the Appeal Court judgment, which nullified of the election of the former Speaker, Alh. Ibrahim Abdullahi on Nov. 28....
The Labour Party in Imo has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of denying it access to inspect the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machine (BVAS) used for the November 11 Governorship poll. The state Chairman of the party, Mr Callistus Ihejiagwa, made the accusation at a news...
Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru has vowed to appoint a politician as the next vice chancellor of the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Prof Chigozie Ogbu, a two-term Deputy Governor of the state is in his final stint as the university’s...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Friday, nullified the directive of Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State to review the state Attorney-General (A-G)’s legal advice on the alleged murder case earlier preferred against Rep Alhassan Doguwa (APC-Kano). Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment, also awarded a N25...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has lamented that the suffering of Nigerians currently is unprecedented, pointing out that prices of food items in the country are on the increase. He stated this in an interview with journalists at the end of a closed-door...