The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Monday, declined the request by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to make an order stopping the Code of Conduct Tribunal from proceeding with his trial. The Code of Conduct Tribunal had on…
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC), Mahmoud Yakubu, said that the commission was not under pressure to do what was wrong. A former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, had on Sunday, expressed doubt about INEC’s integrity to conduct free, fair and credible…
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday reaffirmed its resolve to boycott next month’s election. A statement issued by the group’s media and publicity secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful said the IPOB “ably led by our supreme leader and prophet of…
Musiliu Obanikoro, a former Minister of Defence for State, testified in the ongoing corruption trial of former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose. Fayose is standing trial alongside his company, Spotless, on allegations that he benefitted from N6.9billion siphoned through the office…
Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed says that the Federal Government has uncovered plots by the opposition to unleash large scale violence on some states ahead of next month’s presidential/National Assembly elections. The minister said prominent government officials, including governors…
No fewer than 30 political parties in Bauchi State have disassociated themselves from the coalition of six political parties led by Speaker Yakubu Dogara plotting the defeat of Governor Mohammed Abubakar in the forthcoming general elections. In a press release signed by…
Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio on Monday reiterated that France’s policies in Africa were creating poverty and causing migration, hours after France summoned the Italian ambassador to Paris to protest his assertions. “France is one of those countries that by printing…
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday called on Nigeria to reject Former President Olusegun Obasanjo describing him as an expired politician. Tinubu who spoke at the All Progressive Congress(APC), rally Maiduguri told the…
Mohammed Adamu, the inspector general of police, has ordered the immediate disbandment of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS). Bashir Ahmaad, a media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, made this known in a tweet on Monday. “The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed A….
The Akwa Ibom State governor, Udom Emmanuel, has urged members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on election duty to help the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) win the forthcoming general elections in the state. The presidential election, including national assembly elections,…
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said on Sunday that Babachir Lawal would be prosecuted for allegedly stealing money earmarked for the displaced victims of Boko Haram insurgency. The vice-president said President Muhammadu Buhari had prevailed on anti-corruption agencies to prepare criminal charges against Mr…
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to teach ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo “and his co-travellers” a political lesson they will never forget. In a statement which Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, issued on his behalf, Buhari accused the former president of being hostile to leaders…
His eyeballs shone across as his fist thumps resounded from his oak desk. That afternoon, in his striped navy blue suit in his office at Anthony in Lagos, he was in a combative temper. “If there is a case between a rich…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Senator Buruji Kashamu, has urged members of the party to unite. Kashamu, in a statement, said fighting was not in the party’s interest. His statement reads: ” Following the publication…
The national chairman of Action Alliance (AA), Dr. Tunde Anifowose-Kelani, has dismissed claims that his party has adopted the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the forthcoming presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as its preferred presidential candidate. Anifowose-Kelani, who made his…
Alleged conspiracy by some retired generals to frustrate the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari next month is doomed to fail,the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole,vowed yesterday. Oshiomhole said in Minna,the Niger State capital,that the future of…