By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC ) has confirmed the suspension letter served to Hon. Barrister Mohammed Umara Kumalia from being a card carrying member of the party following his alleged involvement into anti-party activities. This is in a...
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An FCT High Court on Wednesday adjourned until Oct 4 trial of suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and three others for alleged N109.5 billion fraud. Other defendants are Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited. The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) charged...
Ondo State House of Assembly has declared the seats of two members vacant for anti-party activities. The House declared that Hon. Favour Tomomewo (APC-Ilaje 2) and Hon. Torhukerhijo Success (APC-Ese-Odo) were actively involved in Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) recent gubernatorial primary election in the state. The declaration followed a...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, a former Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar and others were dragged to Federal High Court, Abuja over alleged unlawful nominations for 2023 elections. The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) which is the plaintiff, filed three separate suits through its lawyer, Mr Chris Udeoyibo. The...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar- The Cross River State governorship candidate of The All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bassey Otu has pledged to build on the legacies of Governor Ben Ayade if elected as governor come 2023. Senator Otu disclosed this during a courtesy visit to various stakeholders in Obanliku...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is focused on dislodging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led administration in Bauchi State in 2023, in spite of intimidation and blackmail. This is contained in a statement signed by Alhaji Salisu Barau, the Chairman, Air Marshal Abubakar Media and Publicity Committee...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – All Progressives Congress (APC), Borno State Chapter has announced the suspension of its political stalwart and former member of Buhari Campaign Organization, Hon. Barrister Mohammed Umara Kumalia over alleged engagement in anti party activities. The letter of the suspension of Hon. Barrister Mohammed Umara...
A lawsuit seeking the disqualification of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), from contesting the 2023 elections for allegedly presenting the forged certificate will be heard by a Federal High Court in Abuja on September 7. The Plaintiffs, who are four chieftains of the...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike says his government has received an intelligence report that politicians in the state have allegedly started recruiting cultists and ex-convicts to be used as political thugs before and during next year’s general elections. Governor Wike in a state broadcast said the reports also indicated...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has debunked the allegation by some Nigerian lawmakers on recruitment irregularities at the institution. Sen. Edwin Snowe, Leader of the Liberian Delegation at the Parliament, said this while speaking with the Parliamentary correspondents on Sunday in Abuja. Snowe was reacting...
Sixty-nine candidates of the PDP in Lagos State vying for various electives positions in the 2023 general elections on Sunday evening, held a closed -door meeting at the Sheraton Hotels in Ikeja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting, which started at about 8.00p.m. had in...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Sunday said it has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari for imposing fines on media houses for allegedly glorifying terrorism. SERAP also wants the court to “declare arbitrary and illegal the N5 million imposed on Trust TV, Multichoice Nigeria Limited,...
The Action Democratic Congress (ADC) has said that Nigeria is better off with a political party that has answers to its current challenges, adding that it is poised to deliver the country. The party said this in a communiqué issued at the end of its Board of Trustee (BoT),...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – A group of concerned Benue indigenes in the Diaspora, has thrown its weight behind Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, describing his emergence as gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections as the “ray of hope for the liberation of our...
Osun’s governor-elect, People Democratic Party’s (PDP) Sen. Ademola Adeleke, has said that he is ready to defend his victory at the election petition tribunal and retain his mandate. Adeleke said his emergence as governor-elect was entrenched in total compliance with the law and in the will of the people....
Mr Christopher Maikalangu, the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), says he will appeal the FCT Election Tribunal judgment nullifying his emergence as winner of the Feb. 12 area council elections. In a statement issued in Abuja, he called on his supporters to remain calm for the needful...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday reserved judgment in the case involving two men: Ogbor Eliot, and Kelvin Chris, charged with attempted N1.8bn oil fraud for Sept.13. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo adjourned the case following the adoption of the final written address of the counsel. The News Agency of...
A businesswoman, Maria Yakubu, on Friday dragged her husband, Gana Yakubu, to a Customary Court sitting in Nyanya, for allegedly spreading charm on her bed. The petitioner said this in a divorce petition she filed against her husband at the court. “Since we finished building our new house and...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Senator Haliru Dauda Jika has emerged as the Bauchi State Governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). Senator Jika, who represents Bauchi Central Senatorial District and the Chairman, Senate Committee on Police Affairs, emerged unopposed following the voluntary withdrawal of Yusuf Ibrahim,...
Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole who has been tipped to play a prominent role in the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-Kashim Shettima presidential campaign says religion should not have any role in politics. “I think the issues before us and which we have to spend time discussing is what...