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Main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC), over what it considers as violation of Nigerian Constitution and the Electoral Act by Justice Ekwo Inyang of the Federal High Court for sitting on a matter that ought to have been handled by an election petition tribunal, as created by the […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the order of a Federal High Court, Abuja stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from proceeding with the collation and declaration of the result of the Bauchi State governorship election held on March 9, 2019, the commission has vowed to take steps to vacate the order. As a result, it has filed an […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian woman by the name Thelma Chiaka gave birth to Sextuplets under 9 minutes at Women’s hospital of Texas. She had two sets of twins boys and one set of twins girls delivered between between 4.50am and 4.59am according to Daily Mail According to the hospital, on its Twitter handle, the odds of having […]
Continue ReadingCandidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has filed a petition challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari, exactly 19 days after he was declared winner of the February 23 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Atiku and the PDP in the petition […]
Continue ReadingGbenga Daniel, ex-Ogun state governor and pre-primary Director General of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and from active politics on Saturday, citing a number of reasons. In a letter dated March 14, 2019, addressed to the National Chairman of the party, the former Governor of Ogun […]
Continue ReadingGovernorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) in Ogun State, Nigeria, Mr Adekunle Akinlade has said he is heading for the Election Petitions Tribunal to challenge the victory of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Dapo Abiodun. Mr Akinlade stated this in a statement issued by his media aide, […]
Continue ReadingDespite repeated avowals of his commitment to a fight against corruption, the United States Department of State has said there is a climate of impunity in the President Muhammadu Buhari government that allows officials to engage in corrupt practices with a sense of exemption from punishment. The State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and […]
Continue ReadingActing Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad has said that the suspended Justice Walter Onnoghen remains the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria until his removal from office. Justice Muhammad stated that he would step aside once the Code of Conduct Tribunal or the Appeal Court reverses Onnoghen’s present status. He, contended that President Muhammadu […]
Continue ReadingUnited States-Nigeria Law Group, an election observer initiative, has released a damning election assessment report of the 2019 election, where it clearly stated that most of the issues that troubled the 2019 general election were deliberately contrived to assist the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to retain power at the centre. Of particular note is […]
Continue ReadingAll Progressives Congress (APC), Bauchi State chapter, has rejected the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to re-collate and adopt the governorship election results from Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area. The results from Tafawa Balewa were earlier rejected after the local government Collation Officer, Mrs. Dominion Anosike said that there were intimidation and violence […]
Continue ReadingConvener of the General Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee and Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev Matthew Hassan Kukah, has spoken his mind about Atiku Abubakar’s refusal to concede defeat, call and congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 23 presidential election. The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, […]
Continue ReadingNot up to 19 per cent (<19%) of Lagos State voters with Permanent Voter Cards came out to vote in the governorship and state legislative elections, according to statistics obtained by Sunday Punch. By virtue of the statistics released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, out of the 6.5 million registered voters in Lagos State, […]
Continue ReadingThe EU’s anti-trust regulator is to slap tech giant, Google, with a new fine over unfair competition practices, sources told AFP on Friday. Brussels has targeted the Silicon Valley firm’s AdSense advertising service, saying it restricts some client websites from displaying ads from third parties. The decision in the long-running case, first reported by the […]
Continue ReadingGlobal human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has raised concern over the inability of the federal government to hold those involved in human rights violation accountable. In a statement by the Media Manager of Amnesty International Nigeria, Isa Sanusi, the group decried what it described as pervasive violence against women. According to the statement, these include […]
Continue ReadingIndependent National Electoral Commission has scheduled Saturday, March 23, 2019 for supplementary elections in Ebonyi. The supplementary elections are being held due to inconclusive elections in some polling units during the 2019 governorship and state Assembly elections in the state. INEC’s Administrative Secretary in Ebonyi State, Mr. Andy Ezeani, made this known in Abakaliki on Friday. […]
Continue ReadingEx-Deputy National Pub. Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has accused the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai and the military high command of a plot to kill him. In a statement on Friday, Frank said it was sad to note that the Army under Buratai has degenerated to […]
Continue ReadingNigerian journalist, Dr Ode Okore, has been awarded a total of $99,599 and a separate N3m by the National Industrial Court, Lagos Division, in a 33-year-old case against The Guardian newspaper. Dr Ode Okore who was the newspaper’s foreign correspondent at one time and also in charge of The Guardian North American Bureau in New […]
Continue ReadingObodo Oyinbo is very tough most of the time but help came the way of a sick Nigerian man who is also homeless and stranded in Houston, United States of America. The man’s plight was brought to social media after Nigerian entertainer who is based in the United States, Chinomso Prince Egbuchere, spotted him laying […]
Continue ReadingLagos lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana SAN has expressed worry over the possibility of conducting credible elections in Nigeria. The senior lawyer, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, described the 2019 general elections as an ‘expensive joke’. Falana said: “This country spent over N250 billion from public purse on this useless […]
Continue ReadingThe Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on Tuesday released a list of five Justices of the Court of Appeal who it said have been approved to hear the petition of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, over the February 23 election. CUPP claimed that the list was approved by the […]
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