The Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) has asked the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, and his party to present their joint petition against the February 25 presidential election within three weeks. The court also ordered ...
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Justice Hamza Muazu of a High Court in Abuja, on Friday granted an order of stay execution on the suspension of Julius Abure, Chairman of the Labour Party and others. Others are the National Organizing Secretary, Mr Clement Ojukwu and ...
Read More »Court Extends Seun Kuti’s Stay In Police Custody By 4 Days
A Lagos State Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Yaba yesterday remanded Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti in police custody for four additional days to enable the police to conclude its investigation into an allegation of assault brought against him. Magistrate Adeola ...
Read More »Akpabio Asks APC Candidate To Withdraw Petition Against PDP Senator-elect In A’Ibom
The senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Eket Senatorial District (Akwa Ibom South) of Akwa Ibom State in the February 25 National Assembly polls, Hon. Martins Udoinyang, at the weekend, withdrew his petition filed against the election ...
Read More »Nigeria Loses Legal Battle Against Shell
The highest court in Britain yesterday ruled that it was too late for people in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region to lodge pollution claims against energy giant, Shell, after a huge oil spill more than one decade ago. The Supreme Court ...
Read More »Soludo, El-Rufai, Sanusi, Others Task Tinubu On Restructuring
Political leaders and private sector players in Nigeria have asked the incoming administration of the president-elect Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu to immediately restructure the country and remove the controversial fuel subsidy in the interest of most Nigerians. They also called on ...
Read More »APGA Leadership: INEC Clarifies Stance, Deplores Blackmail
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has clarified its stance on the Supreme Court judgment on the crisis over the national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), saying it cannot succumb to blackmail by amorphous groups. INEC said it ...
Read More »2023 Hajj: FCT Begins Visa Processing For Intending Pilgrims
The FCT Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Boards says it has commenced the process of securing visa for 2023 intending Muslim pilgrims from the territory. The Director of the board, Malam Abubakar Evuti, made this known at a news conference on activities ...
Read More »FIFA Threatens Women’s World Cup Blackout
Europe’s top football nations face a broadcast blackout for this year’s Women’s World Cup unless media organisations improve their “disappointing” offers for the rights, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said. Offers from “Big Five” European countries — Britain, Spain, Italy, Germany ...
Read More »APC Vice Chairman Drags Adamu To Court Over Breach Of Party’s Constitution
A member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Salihu Moh Lukman has dragged the party’s national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, to a Federal High Court over alleged breach of the party’s constitution. Lukman, ...
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