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The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed two separate applications seeking the dismissal of the petition of the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) against the outcome of the February 23 presidential election which produced President Muhammadu Buhari as winner. The candidate of the PDM, Aminchi Habu, and the PDM are challenging their exclusion from the February […]

A High Court sitting in Kano Thursday adjourned further hearing on a suit instituted by the Kano Emirate kingmakers against Governor Umar Ganduje and seven others over the creation of four new Emirates in Kano State. The plaintiffs’ counsel Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) and the defence counsel, Ibrahim Muktar both agreed on the adjournment of the […]

Switzerland on Thursday announced it was mediating in the crisis in two Cameroon regions where Anglophones have launched an armed campaign for a separate state from the French-speaking majority. “At the request of the parties, Switzerland is acting as a facilitator in the crisis in north-western and south-western Cameroon,” the foreign ministry said in a […]

Mercer, a firm that produces individual cost of living and rental accommodation cost reports for cities, has ranked Lagos as the fourth most expensive city in Africa among those surveyed. Although in comparison with other cities in the world, Lagos, Nigeria’s economic hub continues to remain attractive for foreign investments despite being one of the […]

Intense lobby for ministerial slots has exposed cleavages within top members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Southwest, as politicians engage in last minute schemes to outsmart one another.APC sources told www.www.aso.rocks search engine that the Presidency has not called for nomination, but the jostling has reached fever pitch because whichever group gets […]

Former Ogun State governor Ibikunle Amosun Tuesday denied handing over 1000 AK-47 rifles to Ogun State Police Command hours to the end of his tenure in May. Backing Amosun, the presidency dismissed the allegation that Amosun illegally imported massive weapons and ammunition into the country, saying preliminary investigation by the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed […]

The prehearing session in the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, against the election of President Muhammadu Buhari was stalled on Wednesday to enable the petitioners respond to the bid by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to void the petition. It was learnt that Atiku and the PDP […]

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Bwari has nullified criminal charge proceedings of the Grade 1 Area Court, Karishi, Abuja, brought against House Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, by the African Peoples Party (APP). In an application for judicial review for an order of certiorari, Gbajabiamila in a motion on notice pursuant to Section […]

The Emir of Kano, Alhadji Muhammad Sanusi II, on Tuesday accused President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration of implementing pig-headed economic policies that have put the country on the threshold of bankruptcy, advising the president to immediately end the fuel and electricity subsidy regimes and stabilize the economy or face imminent economic collapse. Sanusi raised […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) in the last general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his party are heading to the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), which yesterday denied them access to the server and data of smart card readers used by the Independent […]

The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal on Monday ordered President Muhammadu Buhari to respond within five days to the appeal filed against his qualification for the 2019 presidential election. Also to respond within same five days are the All Progressives Congress (APC), which nominated Buhari for the presidential poll and the Independent National […]

The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar Tuesday said the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal did not reject his request to check the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) server as claimed by the presidency. “The request by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party to inspect […]