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...
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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...
President Bola Tinubu does not have identity problem and does not require re-introduction, the All Progressives Congress (APC) declared in Abuja on Wednesday. It was reacting to an insinuation made earlier on Wednesday by Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate at the 2023 election at a...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate in Nasarawa State, Dr. David Ombugadu has debunked media reports that he will dethrone some traditional rulers when he becomes governor. Ombugadu, who described the reports as false and malicious, said he had no intention...
The Elders Forum, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa has faulted the judgment of the Federal High Court disqualifying the party’s governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, ahead of the Nov. 11 election. In a statement issued on Wednesday in Yenagoa, the elders posited that Justice Donatus Okorowo erred...
The absence of Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, stalled the hearing of a 150 million dollars uit filed by a Nigerian, Mr Chianugo Peter, against Google and GoDaddy.com. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Peter is suing the duo over...
The Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Chiroma, SAN has said 1, 085 candidates (65.09 per cent) were successful at the school’s final examinations held in July. Chiroma made this known in Abuja on Wednesday at the presentation of the general performance of the candidates at...
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday convicted two pipeline vandals, Clement Ododomu and Tiwei Monday, charged with killing seven officers of the Department of State Security (DSS). The killings occurred on Sept. 14, 2015 at Ishawo Creek, Ikorodu, Lagos State. Justice Hakeem Oshodi found Ododomu and Monday guilty...
A businessman, Yahaya Mohammed, told an Upper Area Court in Kubwa, FCT, that he will grant his wife, Hauwau Hamza a di if she pays him N160, 000. Mohammed and Hamza, got married according to Islamic law sometime in 2020 and do not have children together. Earlier, Hamza...
Another hurdle for Bayelsa state Governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva as Federal High Court set to hear Suit for the disqualification of his deputy governorship candidate for violation of the 1999 Constitution. The suit filed by THE INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF TRUSTFIELD EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE is seeking the interpretation of the...
The Action Alliance (AA) says it is hopeful of winning the Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa, because its candidates are the best and most suitable for the poll. Mr James Vernimbe, the AA National Secretary, said this in an interview with the News Agency...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it plans to go ahead with the Oct. 14 campaign launch for the Nov.11 Bayelsa governorship election, in spite of the disqualification of its candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka,...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will appeal the Court judgment against its Bayelsa Governorship candidate, Mr Timipreye Sylva. APC National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents on Tuesday in Abuja. He described the judgment as unfortunate, noting however that it...