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Mahmood Yakubu
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stirred controversy by failing to present any witnesses in its defense against claims of electoral misconduct in the Edo 2024 governorship election. At the ongoing tribunal, INEC’s legal team formally concluded its case without calling a single witness, a move that legal experts...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
On Thursday, President Bola Tinubu dissolved the entire governing council of Yakubu Gowon University (formerly UniAbuja) and removed Professor Aisha Maikudi from her position as Vice-Chancellor, effective immediately. In a statement signed by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, it was announced that Professor Patricia Manko has...
House Of Reps
The House of Representatives Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution has proposed the establishment of 31 new states in Nigeria. Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker of the House, read the committee's proposal during Thursday's plenary. If the proposal is approved, Nigeria’s number of states will increase to 67. Read Also: Reps...
Veteran Nollywood actor and respected academic, Dr. Columbus Irosanga, has passed away. Actress Hilda Dokubo shared the sad news on her Instagram page on Thursday. In her heartfelt message, she wrote, "There can't be a shortage of Angels in heaven that the few here are called home like this na! This...
Music producer and Murder Inc. founder Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr., known as Irv Gotti, has passed away at the age of 54, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The cause of his death has not been disclosed, although he had previously suffered a minor stroke and dealt with diabetes-related health issues. Gotti...
House Of Reps
On Thursday, the House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review proposed the creation of 31 new states in Nigeria. If approved, this would bring the total number of sub-national governments in the country to 67. The proposal, presented in a letter during the plenary session by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu (who...
Okpebholo, Ighodalo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to present its witnesses before the Edo State Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja. During the tribunal's resumed sitting on Thursday, INEC did not provide any witness to defend its declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Monday Okpebholo, as the...
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As the internal crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) intensifies, the party's National Disciplinary Committee, led by former Minister of Foreign Affairs Tom Ikimi, has summoned former Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, and others. In a statement released on Thursday, Ikimi announced that the individuals invited...
Nyesom Wike
A Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled a hearing for February 18 regarding a lawsuit filed by vulnerable individuals against the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and others, challenging their arrests and detention. Justice James Omotosho, while adjourning the case on Tuesday, also ordered that...
A joint security team has discovered the decomposing body of Hon. Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, at the 2nd Niger Bridge. Azuka, who represented Onitsha 1 North Constituency, was kidnapped by gunmen on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, while returning home on Ugwunaobankpa Road...
In a startling turn of events, bandits attacked the Tsiga community in Bakori local government area of Katsina State, kidnapping several residents, including Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga, the former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The assault took place in the early hours of Thursday, around 12:30 am,...
Okpebholo, Ighodalo
The Edo 2024 governorship election is beyond a rerun because the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) uploaded over 98 percent of polling unit result sheets of the Edo State Governorship Election on the commission’s Result Viewing Portal (IReV). Out of the 4519 polling units, the electoral umpire uploaded the result...
Tunisia's President, Kais Saied, has dismissed his finance minister and appointed a magistrate, Michket Slama Khaldi, to replace her. The announcement was made on Facebook late Wednesday into Thursday, accompanied by photos of Khaldi taking the oath of office. The presidency did not provide further details or mention the previous minister,...
On Wednesday, Rivers-based politician Dakuku Peterside publicly stated his political allegiance, clarifying that he does not belong to the camp of the former governor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Instead, Peterside, who previously served as the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled March 18 for a ruling on the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)’s preliminary objection against a suit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE over an oil import license dispute. The ruling date was set after...
Edo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Hon. Samson Osagie, has responded to his suspension by Governor Okpebholo over alleged "serious official and financial misconduct." He denied any involvement in financial fraud or wrongdoing and pledged to defend himself against the accusations. Read Also: Edo PDP Chairman Reacts To INEC’s Objection To...
Monday Okpebholo
Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has suspended the State's Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Hon. Samson Osagie, along with the chairman of the State's Local Government Service Commission, Hon. Damian Lawani, due to alleged "serious official and financial misconduct." A statement regarding their suspension was issued by the Secretary...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, led a delegation including two former governors from the former G-5 Governors’ Forum, Senators, and a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives to visit Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and offer condolences on Wednesday. Wike, accompanied by former governors...
Niger’s military junta has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to leave the country immediately, a source informed AFP on Wednesday. The junta has ended its agreements with the ICRC, and some foreign staff have already begun to depart, with the organization closing its office in the...
The High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has sentenced Professor Ignatius Uduk to three years in prison for electoral fraud. Uduk was charged with three offenses, including abandoning his duties and falsifying scores on Form EC BE (II) during the State House of Assembly election on March 10, 2019,...
A police constable from the Nigerian Police Force's Mada Station Division in Nasarawa has shot and killed himself. Dogara Akolo-Moses, a police constable, was reportedly spotted going about his duties in the Nasarawa Eggon local government area, where the division is located, on the day he committed suicide. Read Also: How Police...
On Wednesday, a second federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship, ruling that it is likely unconstitutional and contradicts the nation’s 250-year history of granting citizenship by birth. US District Judge Deborah Boardman issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the order, which had faced...
Donald Trump
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stated on Wednesday that the Gaza Strip "belongs to the Palestinians," in response to President Donald Trump's suggestion that the United States should take control of the territory. She emphasized that the forced displacement of Gaza's civilian population would be "unacceptable and contrary to international...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) has officially recognized Ude Okoye as the legitimate National Secretary of the party. They have called on the party's National Working Committee to immediately swear him in as the substantive national secretary. Read Also: Edo PDP Chairman Reacts To INEC’s Objection To BVAS...
The Nollywood film industry is mourning the loss of actress Pat Ugwu, who has tragically passed away at the age of 35. The sad news was shared by her colleague, Emeka Okoye, on Instagram Wednesday, along with a funeral poster detailing the arrangements for her final farewell. "Rest in peace sis....
Senate
The Senate has formally terminated the appointments of three Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) following a request from President Bola Tinubu, under Section 157(1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The officials affected are Dr. Nura Ali (Sokoto State REC), Barrister Hudu Yunusa Ari (Adamawa State REC), and Professor Ikemefuna Chijioke...
A Nigerian lady living in the United Kingdom has narrated how she was arrested and detained over her choice of word. According to her, she went to the Pharmacy to get drugs and after which she put a call to her husband to tell him she has gotten the drugs. She...
Senate
The Senate has officially confirmed the defection of Senator Ned Nwoko, who represents Delta North, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after his recent resignation from the opposition party. Nwoko cited increasing instability and internal conflicts within the PDP, which he said posed...
Donald Trump
The head of the UN refugee agency expressed surprise on Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s unexpected proposal for the United States to take control of the Gaza Strip and resettle its residents. Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, told AFP in an interview in Brussels that the details...
Bola Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has approved raising the retirement age for doctors and other healthcare workers from 60 to 65 years. This was disclosed by Dr. Mannir Bature, the National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Bature stated that the Coordinating Minister of...