The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has declared the State Assembly Election for Obokun State Constituency inconclusive. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye of the All Progressives Congress had challenged the victory of Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Adewumi Adeyemi in the election. The panel said the petitioner established over voting inContinue Reading
A coalition of civil society groups is protesting at the British High Commission in Abuja over the award of $9.6 billion to Process and Industrial Developments Ltd. The CSOs are expected to stage similar protest at the Embassy of Ireland, Abuja. The CSOs in a statement by its President, EtukContinue Reading
No hiding place for criminals in Kano State, as they are always on the run obviously of the fact of been caught and arrested by security in the state, the state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said. Ganduje maintained that 95 percent of victims of kidnapped whose money was forcefully collectedContinue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday said the international community has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari. It stated that the claim was confirmed by the perceived disgraceful outing and poor attention allegedly given to Buhari by world leaders and investors at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development. The PDPContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has not abandoned the victims of flood in Daura, Katsina, the presidency has said. Daura community in Katsina State, where President Buhari hailed from was hit by massive floods last week. A presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu said the people will receive additional assistance from the National EmergencyContinue Reading
Estranged political ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, Buba Galadima, has said the attack on Nigerian leaders within and outside the country by angry Nigerians is part of democracy. According to him, the attacks were part of Nigerians’ protest against bad governance, adding that was also an expression of their demandsContinue Reading
A rights group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), alongside 6,721 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to restrain, prevent and stop the National Assembly Service Commission from paying or releasing the sum of N5.550 billion budgeted for purchase of luxuryContinue Reading
Speaking on alleged non-performance of Governor Yahaya Bello in Kogi state, the former governor of Lagos state said: “If you don’t have complaints in politics, then there is no democracy, so we only pay attention to the noise in the market because we have so many apples, oranges and variousContinue Reading
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has lambasted his counterpart from Kano State, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje over plans to drag him to court, saying he is not a dollar bill which Ganduje can “pocket sheepishly and recklessly”. Ganduje was reported to have threatened to institute legal action against Wike, following claimsContinue Reading
A Chinese building materials company Sinoria FABCOM, has announced plans to float a fiber cement board manufacturing factory in Abuja. Deputy General Manager of Sinoria FABCOM, Mr. Jackie Dai Hui made this known to journalists in Abuja. He also noted that a few years from now many companies in ChinaContinue Reading
