A Federal High Court in Abuja, has dismissed a suit by oil and gas services firm, Marine Assets and Offshore Equipment Limited, to stop its investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Bolaji Olajuwon, in a judgment, said that the suit instituted by the company and...
POLITICS
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The crisis that engulfed the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been finally resolved. Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom who is also the Chairman of the committee set up by the National Executive Committee, NEC of PDP disclosed this to...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Ahead of today’s judgement by a Federal High Court in Abuja over his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has expressed his belief in the Nigerian judiciary. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that...
Prince Kassim Afegbua, an advocate of southern presidency and former Commissioner for Information, Edo state, has said that throwing the 2023 presidential position open for all members of the People’s Democratic Party, offends the party’s constitution and the democratic principles of equity and fairness. According to him, Seven powerful...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the government to comply with the 35% affirmative action for women, which allows women occupy 35% of all appointments. Delivering judgement on Wednesday, Justice Donatus Okorowo, said the Federal Government had the obligation to implement the 35 per cent affirmative action,...
Benue State Governor and Chairman, Zoning Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Samuel Ortom has dismissed insinuations in the media that the committee has thrown the presidential ticket of the party open. He insisted that the committee was being quoted on what it did not say. The governor...
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court, has ordered the remand of 107 year old Furera Abubakar, and Isah Hassan, 17, in a correctional centre for allegedly plucking out the eye of a 12-year-old. The Prosecution counsel, Mr Lamido Soron-Dinki, told the court on Wednesday, that the defendants committed the offence...
The wife of the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, has picked her expression of interest and nomination forms to contest for the Senate seat of Anambra North District in the 2023 general election. This is coming a few hours after the Chief of Staff to...
A foundation member of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Osita Okechukwu has mocked the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for jettisoning the zoning of its presidential ticket, saying it’s akin to buying vehicle with the name tag, ‘no refund after payment’. Okechukwu who is also the Director General of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gombe – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that he has the capacity and energy required to serve and salvage Nigeria as its president come 2023. Governor Wike made the declaration at Gombe State when he visited leaders and faithful of the Peoples Democratic...
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP (PDP), Zoning Committee, says it will present its unanimous decision on zoning to the party National Executive Committee (NEC). The Chairman of the committee and Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, disclosed this after the committee’s meeting held at Benue State Governor’s lodge on...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Director General , Unified Northern Nigeria Youths Forum (UNNYF) , Dr. Ibrahim Bature said that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CNB) Governor, Dr. Godwin Emefiele is the most suitable and competent APC presidential candidate for the forth 2023 general elections. Dr. Bature made...
Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has pledged to devout his time and energy to make the country great. Anyim, also a former President of the Senate, said this when he received a youth group led by Mr Anthony...
An hotel manager, who allegedly raped a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Osogbo, will appear in court on Tuesday. SP Yemisi Opalola, the Police Spokesperson, Osun Command, Nigeria Police, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview. Opalola said that police...
Former Governor of Edo, Adams Oshiomhole, has declared his intention to contest under the All Progressives Congress (APC) to represent the people of Edo North Senatorial District in the 2023 election. He made the declaration at an enlarged APC meeting held in his country home, Iyamoh, Etsako West Local...
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has pledged to restore the visions of the late Moshood Abiola (MKO), which is bringing hope to Nigerians and bridging all gaps for a prosperous country. Bello said this while speaking with newsmen in Abuja following his official declaration to contest for President in...
The Technical Committee, Atiku Abubakar Presidential Project, has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zoning arrangement would not be against the presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The Chairman of the committee, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen shortly after submitting...
BY PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Alphonsus Eba, on Monday said the party has not zoned the governorship ticket to any particular zone in the State. This is coming weeks after Governor Ben Ayade disclosed that the next governor...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Support for the presidential aspiration of Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, continues to grow following the endorsement of former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Bode George, and the Lagos State Chapter of the PDP. Wike received the nod of the influential party stakeholders...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the PDP’s primaries, a governorship aspirant in Cross River State, Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong, has disclosed that if he is elected governor in 2023, his administration would focus on human capital and infrastructural developments in a bid to change the unfavourable socio-economic dynamics...