Last week, I had the honour of visiting Dr. Amos Akingba, a chieftain of Afenifere and National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), in his Ode-Irele, Ondo State country home. Akingba, who turned 85 last March, relocated to his hometown about two years ago. Since home is for rest, the elder...
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the failure to stop the former governors who are now serving as ministers in his administration from collecting life pensions and other ‘retirement benefits’ from their states while...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has tasked the Imo people to reelect Governor Hope Uzordimma in the Nov.11 poll, to consolidate on his achievements. Governor Ganduje said this when he inaugurated the APC campaign council for the November election in Owerri on Saturday....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senate has debunked reports that some lawmakers are planning to impeach the President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio. The Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Sen. Yemi Adaramodu said this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. ...
The Kogi chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, (MACBAN)on Saturday declared its support for Alhaji Usman Ododo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) for the Nov.11 poll. The state MACBAN chairman, Malam Umar Damina, stated this when he led hundreds of Fulani herders from...
Niger State Governor, Umar Bago, says all hands must be on deck to achieve the desired development in the state. The governor made the appeal during a grand reception organized by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bida Critical Stakeholders Forum in his honour on Friday in Bida. ...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Muhammed Idris, has called for collective unity amongst people to achieve the dividend of democracy. “Democracy is nothing if it doesn’t bring progress, development, and unity among the people”, the minister said on Thursday...
Sen. Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi, has said that the state would witness a new era when he becomes its governor. Melaye made the pledge when he received the report of the party’s Policy Drafting Committee for Kogi...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, upheld the election of Rep Jafaru Leko as member representing Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency of Bauchi State in the House of Representatives. The three-member panel, presided by Justice Lawal Shuaibu, dismissed the appeal filed by Kefas Magaji of the...
A Former member of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Israel Sunny-Goli, has accepted the ruling of the Election Petition Tribunal which upheld the February 25, 2023, House of Representatives election, Hon. Marie Ebikake, as a member of the Brass/Nembe Federal Constituency of the state. Sunny-Goli also congratulated...
The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benin has affirmed the election of Sen. Neda Imasuen (LP-Edo) for Edo South seat of the National Assembly. The Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Matthew Iduoriyekemwen and his party, had through petition no EPT/ED/SEN/03/2023...
Dr kayode Ajulo, a constitutional lawyer and others have been shortlisted among the senior lawyers that made the list to be considered for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). This is contained in the lists released by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) in Abuja on Thursday....
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, set aside the judgment of the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal in Asaba which declared Ndudi Elumelu of the PDP as winner of the Feb. 25 election for Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency of Delta . The appellate court, in two...
Police in Benue State have arraigned one Aondoaseer Agbadu (20) before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court on Thursday over alleged criminal conspiracy and the harvesting of the kidney of a 17-year-old. Prosecuting Insp. Godwin Ato told the court that one Alexander Swati reported the case at Aliade Police...
The Kogi State Government on Thursday denied the alleged harassment of the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr Leke Abejide. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, stated this in a statement in Lokoja. Fanwo said that Abejide was one of those...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) has expressed optimism that the Supreme Court would right the wrong in the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) upholding the victory of President Bola Tinubu. The BoT Chairman, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, said this when he read...
A 32-year-old nursing mother, Mrs Ann Akpa, charged with assaulting a magistrate on Thursday regained her freedom after spending three days in the Nigeria Correctional Centre, in Abakaliki, Ebonyi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akpa was charged with two counts of assault and breach of peace....
A Grade I Area Court sitting in Kabusa, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced a 31-year-old man, Kefas Usman to 12 months imprisonment for intimidating his former girlfriend for quitting their relationship. The judge, Malam Abubakar Sadiq, summarily sentenced Usman after he pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the...
The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu, on Wednesday, ordered a re-run election to be conducted within 90 days in Enugu South Urban State Constituency The three-man tribunal panel led by Justice A. M. Abubakar nullified the victory of Labour Party (LP) Candidate, Mr Bright Ngene, as the State...