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Mafindi 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 […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has refused an application for stay of proceedings filed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, against the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The appeal was filed before the Court of Appeal by his lawyers: Wole Olanipekun SAN, Adegboyega Awomolo SAN, Kanu Agabi SAN and James Onoja. Recall that embattled […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement issued by Comrades Mark Adebayo and Olufemi Lawson, the Lagos Liberation Movement (LLM) said “We wish to call the attention of Lagosians and Nigerians, to the latest move by some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, currently making an attempt to hoist something that is totally undemocratic on the people […]
Continue ReadingCatholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Father Mathew Hassan Kukah on Tuesday warned Nigerians to beware of “early warning signs of totalitarianism,” even as he advised President Muhammadu Buhari to find a middle cause on the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. Father Kukah, who was the keynote speaker at […]
Continue ReadingThe suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen has filed a suit against the federal government over his suspension. The suit was filed by his lawyers, Wole Olanipekun, Adegboyega Awomolo, Kanu Agabi and James Onoja. Justice Onnoghen was suspended by the Federal Government of Nigeria last Friday, January 25, by virtue of an ex-parte order […]
Continue ReadingFormer Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of nations, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government and the relevant institutions to ensure that the February and March elections are free and fair. Anyaoku gave the advice while speaking at a symposium to unveil the new logo of Nigerian Tribune in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has appointed six new Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs). Their elevation comes about 48 hours after Adamu retired seven DIGs. Four of the new DIGs were elevated from the rank of Assistant Inspectors General (AIGs) to DIGs. They are Usman Tilli Abubakar, Abdulmaji Ali, Taiwo […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, Tuesday, released an open petition he wrote to the Ambassadors of France, Germany, European Union, United States and the High Commissioner to United Kingdom. Atiku, in the petition, narrated what he described as constitutional beaches by President Muhammadu Buhari. See the petition below: Dear Your […]
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