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Some APC members and supporters have been killed in ghastly motor accident earlier today in Festac area of Lagos state, Nigeria Reports have it that the incident happened during a campaign for the All Progressives Congress Senatorial candidate for Lagos West District, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, aka Yayi. The victims were said to be in the […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, the Nigerian government, has on Sunday, condemned the endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar by influential socio-cultural groups, including: Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Northern Elders’ Forum, Pan-Niger Delta Forum and the Middle Belt Forum so as to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari. The government’s statement reads: “The Peoples Democratic […]
Continue ReadingLagos lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, has written to the Federal Government to withdraw the criminal charges filed against Justice Walter Onnoghen at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The senior lawyer made the call in a letter he addressed to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s most senior judge, who has been controversially suspended on corruption charges, was ordered Monday to appear in person at a tribunal hearing his case. Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen is facing allegations that he failed to declare foreign currency bank accounts, breaching rules governing public officials. He has sent a team of lawyers to represent […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate has on Monday ordered the discontinuation of the case it filed at the Supreme Court on the suspension of Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen by president Muhammadu Buhari. The Nigerian Senate said that its decision to discontinue the case followed the intervention of the National Judicial Council (NJC) on the issue. In a statement […]
Continue ReadingThe electoral chances of the People’s Democratic Party Presidential flag bearer, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar received a boost on Sunday as regional leaders and socio-cultural groups from the six regional zones of the country adopted him as their consensus candidate for the 2019 presidential elections. Speaking under the auspices of the Summit of Nigerian […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Monday adjourned the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen till February 13. Before adjourning the trial, the CCT chairman Danladi Umar directed that Justice, Onnoghen, who was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari, should appear in person before the tribunal would proceed with the case against […]
Continue ReadingMafindi Umaru Danburam, leader of the Miyetti Allah group in the North-East, has dissociated his colleagues from the endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari credited to the national body. The group also endorsed the candidature of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Danburam recently resigned his position as the North-East chairman of […]
Continue ReadingThe firm resolve of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, to see his judicial ordeal through has led to the collapse of the political solution worked out by certain interests in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and the judiciary, to save him the embarrassment of being arraigned tomorrow at the […]
Continue ReadingExcept for any last-minute changes, the defence team of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, will, on Monday, ask the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, to disqualify himself from the trial. The application for recusal will be based on the fact that Umar has been charged by the […]
Continue ReadingThe helicopter conveying Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo crash-landed in Kabba, Kogi State. According to Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) to the Vice President, the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon. He says Osinbajo and the entire crew are safe. A tweet by Akande reads: “VP Osinbajo’s Chopper crash lands in Kabba, but […]
Continue ReadingThe woman was flogged for hugging Two teenagers have received the flogging of their lives in Indonesia’s Aceh province. The teenagers were whipped 17 times each after spending months in jail because they were caught hugging. A female university student and her boyfriend, both 18, were handed the sentence under strict Sharia law in the […]
Continue ReadingA group of Nigerians in London, United Kingdom, under the aegis of the Concerned Nigerians Living in the UK (CNLUK) have strongly condemned the suspension of the number five citizen of Nigeria, CJN Walter Onnoghen amid other political issues in the public domain. The group described Onnoghen’s suspension as an attempt by the executive […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will probe the TraderMoni micro-credit scheme of the Federal Government. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this to reporters in Abuja while raising several concerns about vote buying by some politicians. He said the electoral body was aware of the controversy trailing the TraderMoni, stressing that they would […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed claims that his association with governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has diminished his commitment to the war against corruption. Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, on Thursday said that there was a difference between perception and reality. According to the statement, which followed comments after the […]
Continue ReadingThe former director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke and his wife, Folasade, have left Nigeria hours before their planned arraignment in court by EFCC operatives. This is according to a report by EFCC. “Ayodele Oke, former director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), and his wife are no longer in the country, TheCable […]
Continue ReadingNobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said that he will not vote for the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari and that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar in the coming presidential election. Soyinka stated this on Thursday at an event organised by Citizen Forum, held at the Freedom […]
Continue ReadingAudu Bulama Bukarti challenges the EFCC to make public their findings on the videos Following your recent appearance on Kadaria Ahmed’s widely-televised programme, The Candidates, I write to raise some issues regarding your response to several questions on the viral video clips allegedly showing Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State receiving bribe from contractors. […]
Continue ReadingNigerian labour leaders have criticised the Federal Government for the planned increase of the fee to be paid by Nigerians to secure a Nigerian traveling passport. According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Nigerian Immigration Service had announced that the new e-passport to be valid for 10 years will cost N70,000 with effect from […]
Continue ReadingA group of protesters in their hundreds, Wednesday, stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly to protest against the planned impeachment of the state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. The men and women, who carried banners with inscriptions bearing their agitations, said the removal of Ambode would disrupt the peaceful conduct of the general elections. Details coming […]
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