The Immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has denied the claim by the Attorney General of the state, Ndukwe Nnawuchi, that he (Okorocha) handed over a N20b judgment debt to the incumbent governor, Emeka Ihedioha. Okorocha, in a statement in Owerri, the state capital issued by his media …
Read More »INEC deputy director bags six years in jail for receiving N45m Diezani bribe
Justice Yusuf Birnin-Kudu of Jigawa State High Court sitting in Gumel, has sentenced a Deputy Director of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Auwal Jibrin, to six years in jail for unlawful enrichment and gratification. He was convicted alongside one Garba Ismaila who bagged seven years in jail for benefiting from …
Read More »INEC’s server contains results, Atiku insist as he appeal to supreme court
The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the February 23, election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have kept their vow to appeal the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal’s rejection of their request to access the “central server” which they alleged housed the results of the poll electronically transmitted by the Independent National …
Read More »EFCC presents fresh evidence in court against Senator Nwaoboshi
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, called its third witness in a Federal High Court Lagos, in the trial of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, facing money laundering charges. Nwoboshi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, is the senator representing Delta north in the National Assembly. EFCC had re-arraigned …
Read More »Politicians using Buhari’s name to influence Supreme Court judgment
Ahead of the judgment of the Supreme Court on the Osun State governorship tussle scheduled to be delivered next Friday (July 5), an Abuja-based civil society group, the Guardian of Democracy and Development Initiative, has alleged that some persons particularly top politicians have been dropping President Muhammadu Buhari’s name in …
Read More »Tribunal rejects Atiku’s request for access to INEC server
The Presidential Election Tribunal on Monday rejected the request by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and his party to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow them access to the server used for this year’s presidential election. In a ruling on the application, the …
Read More »Court issues bench warrant for arrest of Innosson CEO
Justice Ayokunle Faji of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, issued a bench warrant for the arrest and production in court of CEO of Innosson Nigeria Ltd, Innocent Chukwuma and two others, over fraud allegations. The Nation Newspaper
Read More »Supreme Court Removes Govs’ Rights To Sack LGA Chairmen, Councillors
The Supreme Court on Friday voided laws enacted by the states’ Houses of Assembly which allow governors to sack elected chairmen of local governments and councillors and replace them with appointed administrators, according to Therepublicannews.net reports. It has become a tradition among governors to dissolve the Executive Councils of the …
Read More »Nigeria is not Safe: NBA
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has declared that no part of Nigeria is safe. NBA President, Paul Usoro, SAN, made the declaration while delivering an address at the association’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting, which held at the NBA secretariat in Abuja. Usoro cited three instances where members of the …
Read More »IYC wants more Ijaw appointed as judges
IJAW Youth Council, IYChas decried alleged poor representation of Ijaw in the Bench in Delta State, alleging that at the moment out of the 30 judges in the state, only three were Ijaws. National President, IYC, Pereotubo Oweilaemi, in a statement , called on the state judiciary to redress the …
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