A 33-year-old Point on Sale (PoS) operator, Ayoola Seun, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, for allegedly defrauding a company of N891,000. The Police charged the defendant, whose address was not provided with stealing and fraud. The Prosecutor, Insp E.O.Adaraloye, told the court that...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate to get his lawyers to plead his case in court rather than leading a street protest. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), gave the advice in a...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will on Monday approach the Appeal Court for an order to allow it reconfigure its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the March 11 state elections. A credible source in the commission hinted the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday...
The governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has blamed those he referred to as inherited Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the All Progressives Congress (APC) for ‘misleading’ President Muhammadu Buhari on the naira redesign policy. The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it plans to challenge its defeat in Benue in the Feb. 25 Presidential and National Assembly Elections. Mr Isaac Mffo, the state acting PDP chairman said this when he addressed a news conference on Friday in Makurdi. “We have mandated our legal department...
Seven state governments controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have withdrawn the suit they filled against the federal government over the conduct and subsequent collation and announcement of the Feb. 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The Notice of Discontinuance signed by their lawyer, Mr. Mike Ozekhome SAN...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is ready to meet Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in court over his claim of electoral fraud in Feb. 25 presidential election. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director Media and Publicity APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) said this in a statement...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) says it plans to challenge its defeat in Cross River North Senatorial and House of Representatives election. Mr Alphonsus Eba, the state APC Chairman said this when he addressed a news conference on Thursday in Calabar. Eba who alleged that the election was marred...
Presidential Candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says he will challenge Saturday’s presidential election result in Court. Abubakar, at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, said the decision was not about himself but for the democracy of Nigeria. “The weekend election was neither free nor...
It is fundamental to state at this outset that there is no presidential election yet conducted in 2023 and that this is one moment when one would wish he were not a Nigerian. INEC started the process and there was voting but the collation of the results veered off...
The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in Saturday’s polls, Mr Peter Obi, on Thursday said that the party would follow all available legal and peaceful procedures to reclaim its mandate. The LP presidential candidate noted that Nigerians trooped out en-masse to participate in what was promised and expected to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has filed a motion before the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, asking for a stay of execution of the judgment of the Kogi State High Court delivered on December 12, 2022 and the consequential order made on Feb. 6th 2023,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Rashida, wife of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi and a relative for alleged fraud. Rashida was arraigned before a federal high court in Abuja alongside one Ali Bello, identified as a nephew to the Kogi...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Some retired police officers have asked the National Industrial Court to commit the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, to prison for contempt of court. This is contained in a statement issued by one of the aggrieved officers, Mr Emmanuel Idris, on...
Gunmen have killed Nnaemeka Ugboma, the Chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. Ugboma was killed on Thursday by gunmen, who operated in motorcycles while presiding a court session. The incident according to the Punch, brought the court sitting to an abrupt...
Alhaji Saba Adamu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Feb. 25 election in Edu/Moro/Patigi Federal Constituency of Kwara, will be arraigned on Feb. 14 for alleged certificate forgery. Justice Angela Otaluka of Court 12, High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), fixed the date following a...
A Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital has stopped the planned rerun primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Aboh-Mbaise/Ngorokpala Federal Constituency of the state scheduled to hold this Thursday. According to the stay of execution order given on Tuesday by Justice Rita Pemu...
The Muslim Right Concern (MURIC), has called for justice for a women allegedly raped inside a worship centre in Oyo State. MURIC said this in a statement by its Oyo State Ambassador, Mr Ibrahim Agunbiade on Wednesday in Lagos. He said that the group would do everything within its...
The Federal High Court Abuja on Tuesday struck out a suit seeking to compel INEC to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards or Voter Identification Number at the 2023 general elections. The Incorporated Trustees of the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law had dragged INEC...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish Fred Atteng’s name as Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s candidate for the Feb. 25 Rivers South East Senatorial District election. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, held that the refusal of INEC...