The Senate has passed the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N2.17trillion. President Bola Tinubu had written the Senate seeking the approval of the sum of N2,176,791,286,033 as 2023 supplementary budget to address labour wage adjustments, security and other urgent issues. The President had also sent the...
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The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the election of Sen. Mohammed Ndume and Sen. Kaka Lawan of Borno South and Central Senatorial Districts respectively. The three-member panel, presided by Justice Biobele Georgewill, held that the two appeals against the lawmakers lacked merit. The News Agency of...
The Labour Party (LP) says the ranking of Bayelsa as the second poorest state in Nigeria is a sign of failure by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led administration in the state. The state LP candidate for the Nov. 11 governorship poll, Mr Udengs Eradiri, said this...
A 36-year old man, Victor Ameh, was on Thursday arraigned in a Kaduna Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N4.2 million from a crypto currency firm. Ameh, a resident of Marafa in Kaduna, is charged with conspiracy and theft. The prosecution, Insp Chidi Leo, told the court that the...
Kannywood actress, Hadiza Aliyu, known as Hadiza Gabon, on Wednesday dragged one Bala Musa, a civil servant, to a Magistrates’ court sitting at Daura road, Kaduna over alleged defamation of character. The actress, who spoke through her counsel, Mr Mubarak Sani, said she had suffered negative reactions and...
A Rivers State High Court of Isiokpo Division, on Wednesday, issued an interim injunction, restraining the state House of Assembly and the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, from impeaching Gov. Siminalaye Fubara. Also restrained by the court are the Deputy Speaker, the Clerk and the state Chief Judge, Justice Simeon...
A 61-year.old pastor told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday that his tenant, Godwin Emmanuel defiled and impregnated his 16-year old daughter. Lagos State government had arraigned Emmanuel before the court on a lone-count charge of defilement to which he pleaded not guilty. The...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has warned against any attempt to tamper with the political structure in Rivers. Wike gave the warning after a closed-door meeting with members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, led by its Chairman, Gov. Bala...
The trial of the social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha), charged with six billion Naira money laundering, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, was stalled due to the absence of prosecution witness. When the case was called on Wednesday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Counsel,...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday sentenced a bricklayer, Gabriel Awaye to two life sentences for defiling a 13-year-old girl in his room. Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye, held that the prosecution proved the ingredients of the two counts charge of defilement and sexual...
The Court of Appeal has affirmed the election of Rep. David Zacharias (APC-Kogi) for Idah/Ibaji/Igalamela/Ofu Federal Constituency of Kogi. In a judgment delivered on Wednesday by Justice Abubakar Talba, the court upheld the judgment of the Election Petitions Tribunal that sat in Kogi. The election tribunal had dismissed...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has given former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, until Jan. 25 to appear in court to explain circumstances surrounding the 53 million dollar-judgment debt arising from the Pars Club refund. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling on...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has accepted the ruling of the Appeal Court which affirmed the election of Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan, as the Senator for Kogi Central. The governor stated this when he briefed newsmen at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.” Today as the executive governor of...
The Appeal Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, vacated the judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja which nullified Mr Timipre Sylva’s candidacy for All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 11 Bayelsa governorship election. The three-member panel, in a unanimous judgment read by Justice Binta Zubairu, held that Mr...
By BARBARA KALU, Yenagoa – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has hailed the judgment of the Court of Appeal setting aside the disqualification Chief Timipre Sylva, the governorship candidate of the party from the Nov 11 poll. Bayelsa State APC Publicity Secretary, Mr Doifie...
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Tuesday received defectors from the opposition New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) assuring them of fair treatment by the party. He described the APC as a strong political institution made up of personalities of knowledge and wisdom...
The 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N2.1 trillion expeditiously scaled second reading on Tuesday in the Senate. President Bola Tinubu had written the Senate seeking the approval of the sum of N2,176,791,286,033 as 2023 supplementary budget to address labour wage adjustments, security and other urgent issues. The President...
All Progressives Congress (APC) States Assembly Forum (ASAF) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the crisis rocking the executive and the legislature in Rivers. The forum said in a statement by its Director-General, Mr Fubara Dagogo on Tuesday in Abuja. Dagogo said that the development...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on all actors in the Rivers crisis to sheathe their swords and allow for amicable resolution of the problem. Thee National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba stated this in a...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday, affirmed the election victory of Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial election held in February. The three-member panel, in a judgment, upheld the judgment of the state’s election tribunal and dismissed...