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The acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad has said that President Muhammadu Buhari does not require the permission of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to appoint him as acting CJN. He also made a startling disclosure that he was not aware CJN Walter Onnoghen was suspended before he (Tanko) was sworn in. […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have filed a petition challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the Feb 23, 2019 presidential election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).  The petition was filed at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the premises of the Court […]

Shareholders of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) have commended the Board and Management of the company for their remarkable achievements demonstrated in the company’s record-setting financial performance in 2018.  Speaking at the company’s 13th Annual General Meeting, which was held at the iconic Transcorp Hilton, Abuja on Friday, March 15, 2019, the shareholders lauded […]

  Here is yet another account of what I saw in the politics of Ogun State and Nigeria. One of my early teachable moments was the realization that you are required to dress like the people whose votes you are looking for, and operate at that level, be like them, connect with them. When the […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday insisted they both would win Saturday’s supplementary election in Benue, Sokoto, Kano, Plateau, Adamawa and Rivers States. In separate statements yesterday the ruling and opposition parties advanced arguments to prove that only a favorable outcome was possible. “In Benue, it is clear that […]

For the second time within one week, Bauchi Governor, Mohammed Abubakar on Monday stormed the Presidential Villa in Abuja to brief President Muhammadu Buhari on the security implications of the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to cancel supplementary elections in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state; which will all but […]

The Nigeria Police Force has debunked rumors that it has commenced exercise screening for applicants who applied as police constable last November. “The Commission…is surprised to note that some Nigerians besieged the State Commands of the Nigeria Police throughout the country for a screening exercise not scheduled by the Commission and for which no applicant […]

The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen on Monday was present for his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), after attending to health challenges. His trial had been adjourned on Tuesday, 12 March following his absence on health grounds. According to Onnoghen’s lawyer Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), the suspended CJN was suffering […]

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said Monday that it will take a decision on what to do next about the Imo West Senatorial District controversy over the February 23 general elections. INEC Chief Press Secretary, Rotimi Oyekanmi, told reporters that the Commission have not issued the district Certificate of Return to any candidate […]

The director-general of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation for the 2019 general elections, Gbenga Daniel, has denied joining the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Daniel said although his supporters desire he lead them to the APC after he quit “active and partisan” politics on Friday, “I did not agree to lead them to APC. […]

A Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja, yesterday granted leave to the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to amend the charges in the trial of the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal and three others, over alleged N544 fraud. The former SGF was arraigned on Feb. […]

   Records Profit of  N106.8 billion The Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Plc has announced its Audited 2018 Financial Results with impressive growths achieved across major financial lines. According to the 2018 financials filed at the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday, the Africa’s global bank’s gross earnings grew by 7.0 percent to N494.0 […]