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The judgment of the Nigerian Court of Appeal overruling that of the Federal High Court’s Justice Okon Abang in Okezie Ikpeazu v Uche Ogah (the Abia State governorship tussle) seems to signal another phase in the negative development at the Nigerian Court of Appeal. The Nigerian Court of Appeal used to be the apex court […]

The South-West leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party have said they will not allow the Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko and his Ekiti State counterpart, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, to impose the next national chairman of the party on them. Rather, the leaders said they would meet in Ibadan before the party’s national convention […]

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A former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, says at least 250 out of the 360 members of the House have signed a petition calling for the probe and removal of the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara. He added that the Department of State Services had beefed up security around him […]

Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, on Thursday, denied his alleged complicity in the illegal diversion of about N1.9billion earmarked for the dualisation of the East-West Road. Orubebe, who reacted to reports that the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has slammed a fresh five-count criminal charge against him […]

Long time chief Abubakar Shekau has resurfaced for the first time in months, rejecting reports that the west African jihadi group has a new leader and insisting he’s still in charge. Analysts say the group is divided. A interview published Wednesday in an Arabic-language magazine said to be linked to IS introduced Nigerian militant Abu […]

The United Kingdom’s Isleworth Crown Court on Thursday sentenced a Nigerian woman, Franca Asemota, to 22 years in jail after she was found guilty of attempting to traffic Nigerian girls through Heathrow Airport to work as sex workers in brothels across Europe. Ms. Asemota, 38, was found guilty on Wednesday of a 12-count charge that […]

Senate President Bukola Saraki, factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff; and Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, are among 31 former governors whose alleged corruption cases investigated by the anti-graft agencies are likely to be reopened soon. The PUNCH had exclusively reported on Tuesday that the Attorney General of the Federation and […]