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The legal battle between the Rivers State House of Assembly and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) along with nine other defendants, the 6th defendant, the Accountant General of Rivers State, has filed a motion challenging the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in Abuja and alleging bias on the part of Justice J. O. […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday reserved judgment in a suit filed by Rivers House of Assembly led by Mr Martin Amaewhule, seeking to stop all allocations to the state. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik adjourned the judgment to a date that would be communicated to parties after the lawyers to the plaintiffs and the […]

The All Progressives Congress on Friday warned Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf to desist from taking any action that could lead to violence or anarchy ahead of Saturday’s Local Government election. Kano APC Chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, gave the warning in a statement issued in Abuja. Abbas expressed concerns that the governor’s incendiary statement at a […]

Federal High Court in Kano has sacked all 44 chairmanship and councillorship candidates of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for Saturday’s local government elections. The ruling was delivered on Friday by Justice Simon Amobeda following a case filed by Engineer Muhammad Babayo and a faction of the NNPP against the party’s leadership. Justice Amobeda […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, recounted the experience of losing the 2015 presidential election, saying it was a tough moment in his political life. The ex-president admitted that he was emotional when he learned the result, adding that it felt as if the whole world was against him. He made the confession in Abuja […]

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has aborted his trip to the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit in Samoa. President Bola Tinubu had delegated Nigeria’s number two man to represent the country at the ongoing summit. But in a statement on Thursday night, the presidency announced that Shettima’s trip had been cancelled, explaining that a foreign object […]

The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday approved new dates for the postponed elective congresses of the party’s Rivers State Chapter. The new dates were disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka. Morka said the dates were approved at the meeting of the […]

A former Chairman of the National Election Commission (now the Independent National Electoral Commission), Prof. Humphrey Nwosu is dead. He died at the age of 83. Nwosu, who conducted the June 12, 1993 election annulled by former President Ibrahim Babangida, served as Chairman of NEC from 1989 to 1993. He hailed from the Ajali community […]

About 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu dropped five Miniusters and appointed seven new ones as well as the redeployment of 10 other cabinet members, the President has come issued a memo restricting Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys. […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, adjourned hearing in an alleged contempt case filed by the reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, against Godwins Omobayo, over alleged refusal to obey court judgment of 4 November. Justice James Omotosho rescheduled the date after the court granted Mr Shaibu’s motion ex-parte seeking an […]

BRICS has officially expanded its alliance, adding 13 new nations as partner countries, though not as full members. The announcement was made during the BRICS summit held in Kazan, Russia, from October 22 to 24, 2024. The countries are Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. With the […]

THE regulatory arm of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NXG), has suspended the trading of Oando Plc’s shares on the exchange floor for non-compliance with regulatory rules. The suspension takes effect from Thursday, October 24, according to NGX Regulation Limited (NGX RegCo), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the NGX Group. It said Oando, an indigenous oil firm, […]