The Ondo State House of Assembly and its Speaker has withdrawn its appeal filed before the Court of Appeal, Abuja, against the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which stopped the planned impeachment of the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The Ondo State House of...
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A High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced a traditional ruler and two others to life imprisonment for conspiracy and kidnapping. Those convicted are the Sarkin Fulani of Kwara, Usman Adamu, his brother, and one Gidaddo Idris. They were tried and convicted of kidnapping one Abubakar Ahmad sometime...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has the sole right to determine its candidate for the Sept. 21, 2024 Edo governorship election. Obaseki stated this when he visited Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State in company of former Gov. Udom Emmanuel of...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The All Progressives Congress (APC), Bauchi State Chapter, has passed a vote of no confidence on its Chairman, Aliyu Babayo Misau. The Legal Adviser of the party, Bar. Rabi’u Garba, disclosed this while briefing journalists at the end of an emergency meeting...
The suit seeking the disqualification of Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, on Thursday, could not proceed at a Federal High Court, Abuja. The matter, which was on number 16 on the cause list before Justice Emeka Nwite, was however fixed for Feb. 19,...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday, affirmed the election of Hon Ibrahim Saidu Naino of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the member representing Sabon Birnin South constituency of Sokoto State. In a unanimous judgment of a three-member panel of Justices of appellate court...
Senate Leader, Bamidele Opeyemi, has said the N9.9 trillion recurrent expenditure of the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget is too high, as it constitutes 43 per cent of the budget. Opeyemi said this at the opening of debate on general principles of the budget at plenary in Abuja on...
Protesting youths across major political parties, including the PDP in Kogi on Thursday called on the authorities to call Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its Governorship Candidate, Alhaji Muritala Ajaka, to order over their alleged unlawful activities in the state. The youth, who staged a peaceful protest at...
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, sentenced a 45- year-old native doctor, Micheal Oyewole, to 12 months imprisonment for killing his neighbour’s cow. The convict, who resides at Araromi Alakaloko Olomore area in Abeokuta, pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge of conspiracy, theft and willfully and unlawfully...
“My wife bullies and blackmails me,’’ a divorce-seeking man, Mr Kazeem Yekini told a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan on Thursday. He pleaded with the court to dissolve the marriage between him and his estranged wife, Opeyemi, saying the marriage had ruined his life. He said...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) says President Bola Tinubu’s 2024 Appropriation Bill of N27.5 trillion should not fail to truly renew Nigerians’ hopes. The Southwest Zonal Secretary of the party, Mr Femi Olaniyi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos that there must be...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, told Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, how the inability of a defunct commercial bank (Diamond Bank) to disburse huge sums of money prompted...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasarawa State Chapter has charged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to desist from inciting religious and indigeneship disharmony in the state. Alh. Aliyu Bello, the state APC Chairman gave the charged during a press conference on Wednesday in Lafia. Bello maintained that Nasarawa...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The member representing Hardawa Constituency in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Babayo Muhammad Akuyam, has emerged as the new Speaker. Similarly, the House also elected Ahmed Abdullahi, representing Dass Constituency, as Deputy Speaker. This is coming days after the Appeal Court,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered Dr Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, to release details of how the sum of N535.8 million was expended on feeding of school children during COVID-19 lockdown. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a judgment, directed the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Deputy Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Jamilu Barade, has been sacked from his position as Member of the Assembly representing Ningi Central Constituency, by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division. The court also ordered for a rerun in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) has called on the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, to investigate the comment credited to Rep. Yusuf Gagdi, that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has some collaborators within the Nigerian judiciary....
Popular Kannywood actress, Hadiza Aliyu also known as Hadiza Gabon, has testified before a Magistrate Court sitting at Daura road, Kaduna, over alleged defamation of character suit filed against one Bala Musa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the actress had on Nov. 2 dragged Musa...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit filed by Abba Maina, linked to Boko Haram activities, against the Department of State Services (DSS). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the suit, which sought detained Marina’s release, was an abuse of court process since...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday affirmed the election of Agbu Kefas of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as governor of Taraba. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced Agbu as the winner of the Taraba governorship election conducted on March 18, 2023. The New...