A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, restrained the Ondo State House of Assembly from impeaching the Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, over alleged gross misconduct. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling shortly after Aiyedatiwa’s counsel, Kayode Adewusi, moved the ex-parte motion to the effect, also restrained Gov....
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The Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal has affirmed Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three-man tribunal headed by Justice Arun Ashom held that Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat were duly elected in the March 18 gubernatorial election. It delivered judgment...
FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, promised in Abuja on Monday to address accommodation challenges faced by justices in the territory. Wike made the promise at the opening of the 2023/2024 Legal Year ceremony of the Court of Appeal. “We are not unaware of challenges confronting...
The Ondo State House of Assembly has served his Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, letter of allegation signalling his impeachment process. Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji while briefing newsmen on Monday in Akure, said Aiyedatiwa was served today through a substituted service. The News...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Bassa Local Government Area has collapsed structures of six out of its 10 wards into the Action Alliance (AA) for the Kogi Governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that that the SDP collapsed the structures during a campaign...
By BARBARA KALU, Uyo – A former President of the Senate, Senate David Mark has tasked the 10th National Assembly to prioritize its legislative agenda that will address national malaise including to forestall controversial or inconclusive elections in future . Senator Mark listed some of the...
Justice of the Court of Appeal (JCA) Hajiya Binta Zubairu, on Sunday in Zaria said judges are not the cause of delay in the dispensation of justice as erroneously believed by some Nigerians. Zubairu made this known on the sidelines of a reception organised in her honour in Zaria...
Ahead of the Bayelsa State governorship election slated for November 11, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, strong indications have emerged that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Timpre Sylva and his running-mate, Joshua Maciver, risk disqualification. This was disclosed on the...
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has since reaffirmed the declaration of Mr. Bola Tinubu as our duly elected president. In response, the two major contenders Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party respectively have scaled up their legal objections to the Supreme Court....
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, says his ambition for now is to help President Bola Tinubu to succeed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Bello was one of the major presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. The governor pointed...
The Benue State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Makurdi on Saturday upheld the victory of Gov. Hyacinth Alia of the APC in the March 18 Governorship Election. Delivering the judgment, the Chairman of the panel, Justice Ibrahim Karaye, held that the tribunal lacked jurisdiction to entertain pre election...
The Benue State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Makurdi, is set to deliver judgment on the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Titus Uba, challenging the election of Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Alia was declared...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Friday assured that the state’s governorship election billed for Nov. 11 would be the most peaceful ever held in the state. The governor has also reiterated that he has no blood relationship with the APC governorship candidate in the state,...
The United States District Court for Northern Illinois, Eastern Division has stayed compliance with all deadlines contained in the ruling by Magistrate Jeffrey Gilbert, directing the Chicago State University (CSU) to, within two days, release President Bola Tinubu‘s academic records to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Plateau has upheld the election of Caleb Mutfwang, as elected governor of the state. The tribunal sitting in Jos dismissed the petition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the election of Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday. The tribunal...
A three-man panel of discussants on a television programme has charged political parties and the electorate in Edo State to jettison the notion of ceding the governorship in the 2024 election to any particular zone. The panel rather suggested that the contest for the state’s plum position...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says it will appeal against Wednesday’s judgment by the Kano State Election Petition Tribunal that upturned the election of its Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf. Acting Deputy National Chairman of the party, Prince Nwaeze Onu told a news conference on Thursday in Abuja...
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, on Thursday apologized to Gov. Godwin Obaseki and asked for his forgiveness if he has offended him unknowingly to enable them finish well and strong. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Shaibu has been at loggerhead with Gov....
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu, on Thursday, dismissed NYSC certificate forgery suit brought by the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and the Labour Party against Gov. Peter Mbah.a The three-man tribunal, chaired by Justice Kudirat Akano, said there was no evidence before it to support the petitioners...
Security was beefed up in Enugu on Thursday as the Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal delivers judgment in a petition filed on the March 18 governorship election in the state. The petition was filed by the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Chijioke Edeoga to challenge...