•Godwin Emefiele and Boss Mustapha Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, today, appeared at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, and testified in the ongoing trial of ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele is standing trial before Justice Muazu on 20-co...
•Godwin Emefiele A deputy director in charge of Branch Operations in the Central Bank of Nigeria, Onyeka Ogbu, today, told a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama that he was aware of a $6.2 million payment request for international election observers. The former governor of the bank, Godwin Emefiele, is standing trial on [&h...
•President Joe Biden US President Joe Biden belatedly joined TikTok yesterday, marking his debut on the social media platform with a 26-second video. The move comes after fierce US government criticism of the video-sharing platform in recent years, most notably from Republicans but also from the Biden administration, reports AFP. TikTok is own...
•Trump The start date for former U.S. President Donald Trump’s trial for attempted election fraud has been pushed back. The court in the capital Washington announced yesterday that the start of the trial, originally scheduled for March 4, would be postponed due to unresolved legal issues in the case, reports AFP. A new date has […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has excluded the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from participating in the Saturday re-run election for Plateau North Senatorial District and Jos North/Bassa federal constituency. This is just as the State Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) warned INEC not to plunge Plateau State into crisis...
•Vladimir Putin Russia today officially registered incumbent Vladimir Putin as a candidate for the presidential election in March, a vote that he is all but certain to win. The 71-year-old has led Russia since the turn of the century, clinching four presidential ballots and briefly serving as prime minister in a system where opposition has [&h...
•Governor Ahmed Aliyu The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Ahmed Aliyu as Sokoto State governor. Reading the lead judgment, Justice Tijani Abubakar dismissed the appeal by the PDP and its governorship candidate, Saidu Umar, agreeing with the reasoning of the court below. … developing story
•Sheriff Oborevwori Following the Supreme Court judgment delivered in Abuja today, the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevweri, has said he faced more election cases than any other governor in Nigeria. Oborevweri, who disclosed this at a thanksgiving service at the Government House Chapel, Asaba, the state capital, after the judgment, said th...
•Oborevwori The Supreme Court today dismissed all three appeals to overturn Sheriff Oborevwori’s election as governor of Delta State. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the March 18 governorship election. But unsatisfied, the three parties headed to th...
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Sai’du Umar, challenging the election of Ahmad Aliyu as governor of Sokoto State. A five-member panel of justices, headed by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun adjourned till a date to be made known to parties after hearing the appeal, reports...

