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The Supreme Court on Thursday announced it had reserved judgment in a suit filed by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation, seeking nullification of Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022.   A seven-member panel of the apex court, headed by Justice Musa Dattijo Mohammed, announced the reservation of judgment […]

Mr. Peter  Gregory Obi, former Gorvernor of Anambra state and a presidential aspirants under the the Peoples Democratic Party has resigned from party. His resignation was  communicated via  a letter, titled  Resignation form People Democratic Party(PDP) and withdrawal from the Presidential contest, dated  Tuesday May 24th 2022 and addressed to the chairman of the party, stated […]

  The Presidency wishes to caution against any knee-jerk reactions, the creation of panic, disruption of lives and livelihoods, or even retaliatory violence following the viral videos of the alleged killings of non-indigenes by the Eastern Security Network (ESN) and its mother terrorist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).    While expert agencies are […]

After a long siege at the Abuja residency of former Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Tuesday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday.   The siege lasted for about seven hours, while Okorocha and his family members were holed up in the heavily fortified house.   As the  Senator and his supporters […]

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have barricaded the Maitama, Abuja residence of a former governor of Imo State and a current Senator, Rochas Okorocha.   The officials of the anti-graft agency who arrived Okorocha’s residence in buses are insisting that they must arrest him today (Tuesday) for ignoring several invitations to […]

Terrorists who kidnapped passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna bound train that was attacked on 28th March 2022 have threatened to start killing the passengers in captivity within 7 days unless their demands are met.   They want the government to release their children allegedly kept in a Yola detention facility, as well as their sponsors.   […]

Nigeria’s 36 state governors on Monday lost their opposition to efforts by the Federal Government to monitor and guarantee financial autonomy for local governments in the country.   In a ruling on the application by the States,  Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed the suit filed by the states, through […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress has postponed the screening of its presidential candidates, the party has said.   This was conveyed in a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Barr Felix Morka.   The statement, dated May 22, 2022, said:   “The Screening Exercise for Presidential Aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) […]

All the presidential aspirants in the All Progressives Congress, except a former  Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, are open to the idea of the candidate of the party emerging through consensus, The Punch  newspaper reported on Sunday.   The consensus method will entail President Muhammadu Buhari anointing one of the aspirants, while the others […]

  The member representing Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s constituency, Dr. Okechukwu Okoye, has been beheaded days after he was kidnapped by gunmen.   His freshly severed head was found on Saturday at the Chisco Park in Amichi community, in Idemili Local Government Area of the State.   Until his kidnap last Sunday by unknown gunmen, Dr. […]

A mistake by a Cross River Driver in Lagos has turned out to be a good one as it has led to the arrest of the driver, who is a gun runner.   The driver, Joseph Ashiwobel, delivered guns to a man, Aji Augustine, who was expecting to take delivery of foodstuffs sent by his […]

The planned resumption of train services between Abuja and Kaduna on Monday, May  23, has been suspended indefinitely, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) announced on Friday.   NRC was forced to halt services along the corridor following an attack on its train on March 28 by terrorists, who kidnapped some passengers, killed eight, and wounded […]