A middle-aged man, Chigozie Emmanuel, has testified in an Ikeja High Court against his pastor, Elijah Emenandy, on charges of sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault. He allegedly that his pastor introduced him to pornography and masturbation and anal sex in his church office. He was led...
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Ondo Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Monday prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu’s application seeking to set aside the Sept. 26 interim order restraining the state assembly from initiating an impeachment process. The deputy governor’s Counsel, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, prayed Justice...
The National and State House of Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta on Monday dismissed the petition filed against the Speaker of Ogun House Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo. In dismissing the petition filed by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), the tribunal affirmed that Oluomo was a duly elected...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate in the Feb. 25 presidential election, to accept his defeat as an elder statesman. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, gave...
The Coalition of Nigerian Youth Leaders (CONYL), a pressure group, has warned against the plot to impeach Rivers Gov. Siminalaye Fubara, describing the move as “an attack on democracy”. Its view is contained in a statement jointly signed by Mr Goodluck Ibem, President-General, Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders,...
The Rivers State House of Assembly (RSHA), on Monday elected Edison Ehie as its Speaker. Hon. Ehie, who is an ally to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, emerged after 26 members of the assembly elected him during plenary, following the suspension of some key officers of the house. The News...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to immediately transfer the sums of $9.8 million and £74,000 recovered from Mr Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says he “is not going away’’, but will continue to work to deepen democracy and rule of law. Abubakar, the former Vice President, said this on Monday in Abuja at a world...
South-South National Leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, on Monday warned of dire consequences should Rivers State Governor, Siminalaye Fubara be impeached as being planned by some vested interests. Clark gave the warning in a statement he issued in reaction to the setting ablaze of the Rivers...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday, challenged the state House of Assembly to make public his offences that warrant impeachment proceedings against him. Fubara issued the challenge in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by his Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Mr Boniface Onyedi,...
Members of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Edo chapter, on Monday, shutdown the House of Assembly complex over agitation for financial autonomy for state legislature The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that members of the association barricaded the gates to the assembly complex, thus denying lawmakers...
The Forum of Former Youth Leaders (Veterans) in Plateau has urged the Supreme Court and the National Judicial Council (NJC) to wade into the legal precedence against the legislators in the state. NAN reports that the Court of Appeal sitting Abuja nullified the election of three National Assembly...
Proceedings at the Federal High Court in Lagos, were on Monday, halted abruptly, following notice of the demise of a brother judge, Hon. Justice Fatun Odohi Riman. The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice John Tsoho, had announced the death of Juatice Riman, who sits...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday further adjourned until Nov. 13 and 30, continuation of trial of Nigerian singer Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley charged with cyber crime. Justice Nicholas Oweibo adjourned the case following absence of the defendant from court. The News Agency of Nigeria...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to pursue constitutional and legal reforms that would explicitly recognize “Nigerians’ right to vote and to vote securely in free, fair and honest elections as a fundamental right.” This request...
A constitutional lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo (SAN), has appealed to stakeholders and elders in the state to intervene and resolve the looming impeachment threat against the Deputy Governor of Ondo State. Ajulo said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday against the backdrop of the political turmoil...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) says the party’s candidate in the Nov. 11 Imo State Governorship election, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu will remain the party National Secretary. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, made the clarification in a statement issued...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Nov. 11, Bayelsa governorship election, Chief Timipre Sylva, says his disqualification by an Abuja High Court, won’t affect his chances of winning the election. Sylva spoke for the first time after the court ruling at a political rally in Agoro...
Stakeholders in Okunland of Kogi State have endorsed Alhaji Usman Ododo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as their preferred candidate for the Nov.11 poll. Speaking at an enlarge stakeholders meeting convened by the Obaro of Kabba, Oba Solomon Owoniyi at his palace in Kabba,...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, stormed Owerri on Wednesday to flag-off the campaign for Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s re-election bid. Shettima represented President Bola Tinubu at the occasion. Addressing the rally, Shettima said Nigerians of Southeast extraction could...