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Six months after the Zamfara governorship election, the North-Western state is thrown into uncertainty as the Appeal Court nullified the election of Governor Dauda Lawal. Lawal, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had secured a surprising victory on March 18, unseating...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has scheduled Friday for the judgment in the appeal filed by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, challenging his removal by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. The tribunal, led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay, nullified a substantial number of Yusuf's votes on...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, failed...
The federal government has revised the criminal charges against Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), marking a significant turn in the ongoing procurement fraud case. Initially facing a 20-count charge, Emefiele's arraignment has been delayed multiple times...
Presidential hopeful Peter Obi, from the Labour Party, has strongly criticized the transparency and accountability of the Bola Tinubu-led administration in response to claims of inheriting a bankrupt treasury. The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, recently asserted that the country was...
In response to the recent call by the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for opposition parties to unite against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Labour Party (LP) has expressed support for the merger proposal, deeming it a positive step...
In a recent revelation at the national assembly, Adewale Adeniyi, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), disclosed that waivers and concessions granted by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari cost the country a staggering N1.3 trillion. The disclosure...
In the aftermath of a decisive Court of Appeal ruling upholding his triumph in the March 18 governorship election, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu expressed gratitude for the judgment, hailing it as just. The appellate court in Lagos dismissed petitions from the Peoples Democratic Party...
Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser (NSA), has disclosed that the individuals behind the recent assault on Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), have been apprehended. The revelation comes amid a nationwide strike by the NLC and Trade Union Congress (TUC), which...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu acknowledged the serious liabilities inherited by his administration, pointing to deficits in crucial areas like port and power infrastructure, as well as agro-allied facilities. Despite these challenges, the President emphasized the assets inherited and expressed...
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