•Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State The Edo State local government by-election to fill vacant councillorship positions was held yesterday in 15 of the 18 local government areas across the state. The election was conducted by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC), despite an ex parte order earlier issued by the High Court ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed the inclusion of Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidates in tomorrow’s by-elections following a court order. In a statement today, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, said the commission had received a judgment of t...
•VeryDarkMan The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured a court order to remand social media activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), pending the conclusion of an investigation into alleged cybercrime offences. VDM was arrested last Friday at a bank branch in the Wuse area of Abuja by a combined team o...
•Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, today denied the claim that there was a court order reinstating the court-sacked Yes/No council chairmen of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state. The governor, who made the denial in a special briefing session with the Osun State Council of Traditional Rul...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has stated that it has sought a stay of execution on a landmark ruling that nullified its minimum age policy around tertiary school admissions. According to a report by TheCable today, JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, said the board has filed an appeal against the [&helli...
•Musiliu Akinsanya a.k.a. MC Oluomo Days after the Court of Appeal in Abuja nullified his presidency, Musiliu ‘MC Oluomo’ Akinsanya assumed office as the National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers yesterday. This marks the first time MC Oluomo has publicly announced assuming office since the appellate court’s decision t...
•MC Oluomo and Tajudeen Baruwa A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called on the federal government to immediately reinstate Tajudeen Baruwa as the President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, following court judgments affirming his leadership, as against election victory claims by Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as...
•Abba Kabir Yusuf The Kano State governor, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf has said there is no going back on the conduct of tomorrow’s local government election in the state. The governor said this while presenting flags of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) to 44 chairmanship candidates in the council election, reports Daily Trust. The [&helli...
•Yayari Ahmed Mohammed and Illiya Damagum Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Treasurer Ahmed Yayari Mohammed yesterday said he has resumed as acting national chairman. Although yet to visit the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, he said in a statement that he has started work as interim chairman following his endorsement by a section of the Na...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has approved the request of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) to detain an Assistant Superintendent of Police and 19 others for 30 days over their alleged involvement in banditry, kidnapping and terrorism. Justice Peter Lifu granted the request of the defence agency to detain ASP A. A Babangida [&helli...
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