Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and his New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) would be better served aligning with the ruling party, describing the APC as the only viable national platform for a politician of his caliber. In a statement...
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A Federal High sitting in Abuja on Friday upheld the position of the Department of State Services (DSS)that leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, stand trial for his alleged terrorism-related activities. The court rejected a request by the Biafran nation agitator to be transferred from...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has handed over the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) money laundering case against Mele Kyari to the court registry for reassignment. Kyari, the former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), is under investigation...
Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Chizoba Oji, has adjourned proceedings to October 27 to consider a preliminary objection filed by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in response to criminal defamation charges brought against her. Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, is accused of making defamatory remarks against...
Embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday asked an Abuja High Court to strike out the federal government’s case against him, citing the prosecution’s repeated absence from court proceedings. Emefiele is facing trial before Justice Hamza Muazu on an amended 20-count charge in case...
Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday adjourned the trial of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over alleged cybercrime charges after her legal team challenged the court’s jurisdiction. The high-profile case, involving accusations of spreading false information against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, could not...
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has distanced itself from reports linking the party to Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s plans to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), clarifying that the move is strictly a personal decision by the former presidential candidate and his Kwankwasiya Movement. The National Secretary of NNPP,...
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, is scheduled to administer the oath to 57 newly appointed Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) on Monday, September 29. The swearing-in ceremony is part of activities marking the official start of the Supreme Court’s 2025/2026 legal year and will take place...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister , Nyesom Wike unleashed a sharp rebuke against former Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, branding them as unreliable political flip-floppers driven by self-interest. Speaking on Channels Television’s _Politics Today_ on Thursday, Wike dismissed Tambuwal’s recent endorsements...
Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on reinstated Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara to remain with the party and focus on elevating the state to new heights. President Bola Tinubu had declared a state of emergency in Rivers on March 18 due to a...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday brought a former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr. Olu Agunloye, before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, Abuja, to face a revised seven-count charge related to alleged misconduct in the awarding of the...
African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has launched two significant lawsuits at the Federal High Court in Abuja, targeting the Department of State Services (DSS), Meta (Facebook), and X Corp. The legal actions, filed to protect fundamental rights, aim to counter what Sowore’s legal...
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has hailed the widespread endorsements of President Bola Tinubu as a clear sign that his 2027 re-election is all but guaranteed. In a statement released on Tuesday, APC Publicity Secretary Seye Oladejo dismissed the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) claims that the APC...
On Monday, September 15, 2025, Ishaku Joseph brought a case against his daughter’s boyfriend, Yunana Zock, before a Customary Court in Kaduna State, accusing him of misappropriating N13 million in death benefits belonging to Joseph’s late wife. Prosecutor ASP Jeremiah Amfani informed the court that Zock allegedly deceived Joseph’s...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the positions of Senator David Mark as national chairman and former Governor Rauf Aregbesola as national secretary. In a preliminary objection filed by Shaibu Aruwa, SAN, the ADC argued that the court,...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday declined to hear a motion filed by Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, seeking an order transferring him from the custody of Department of the State Service DSS to the National Hospital in Abuja for urgent medical attention. The presiding judge,...
Nigeria is changing. Our economy is slowly stabilizing, sectoral self-reliance is inching forward, and new alliances are forming—not least with the BRICS community. These shifts are happening under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. But make no mistake: the more Nigeria asserts independence, the less “reliable” we look to the West....
Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s bold claim that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) will seize control of Aso Rock and Lagos Government House in 2027, branding it a “fairy tale” and a sign of his dwindling political...
As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) prepares for its ward and local government congresses in Lagos State ahead of the National Convention scheduled for November 15-16, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State, a brewing controversy threatens to destabilize the party’s unity. A former PDP Deputy National Chairman, Chief Olabode George,...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has strongly refuted claims that a court issued an injunction barring Senator David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola from serving as its National Chairman and National Secretary, respectively. In response to erroneous media reports alleging that the Federal High Court in Abuja restrained the duo from...