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Senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has officially resigned membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). His resignation letter was read by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, during Wednesday’s plenary. Until his resignation, Abaribe was the Minority Leader in the Senate. The letter […]

A Panel has recommended Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike as running mate to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. It took the decision yesterday after a marathon meeting of the National Advisory Committee, an ad-hoc panel set up by the party leadership to recommend a suitable running mate for the candidate, took the […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced two drug traffickers, Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwane, who were linked to the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to six years imprisonment. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by trial Justice Emeka Nite, convicted Umeibe and Ezenwanne on […]

Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has seized a landed property belonging to one 19-year-old electrician, Mr Jimoh Opeyemi, prosecuted for internet fraud by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The judgment was delivered on Thursday by Justice Muhammed Sani, according to a statement by the nation’s anti-graft agency on […]

The  longest serving emir in Zamfara, Emir of Kwatarkwashi in Bungudu Local Government Area, Alhaji Ahmad Umar (Mai-Kwatarshi),  died on Thursday at 93, having been on the throne for 61 years. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe, who disclosed this in a public announcement, said the emir died after a prolonged illness […]

Ex-Niger Delta Affairs Minister Senator Godswill Akpabio has picked the All Progressives Congress(APC) ticket for Akwa Ibom Northwest. Akpabio stepped down from the APC presidntial primary on Tuesday evening for the eventual winner, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed TInubu. In the party’s primary that held on Thursday evening, Akpabio scored a total of 478 votes to emerge […]

Concerned about the growing insecurity in the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has initiated strategies that would assist it in the deployment of personnel and airlifting of election materials for voter registration in crisis ridden areas across the federation. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, commenced visits to Armed Services with a visit to […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted Mrs. Ochuko Momoh, wife of a former Managing Director of Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, Haruna Momoh and five others on money laundering related charges. In a judgment on Thursday, Justice Taiwo Taiwo held that the prosecution failed to discharge the burden of proving its […]

Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has imposed curfew in parts of Lamurde and Guyuk Local Government Areas (LGAs) following renewed communal clashes. Fintiri disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday evening in Yola by Mr Humwashi Wonosikou, his Press Secretary. According to the statement, the curfew will last between 5 p.m. and 6 a.m. […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pegged the deadline for the submission of list of Presidential candidates and their running mates by political parties at June 17. The Commission warned the dedicated portal for the submission of list of candidates for national elections will automatically shut down at 6.00pm (1800hrs) on Friday 17th June […]