An aspirant of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the House of Representatives seat for Yola North/Yola South/Girei Federal Constituency of Adamawa State, Engr. Bashir Abubakar, has accused member of the House, Abubakar Babazango of allegedly forging the result of the electoral committee that conducted the May 21 primary elections of th...
•Mike Ozekhome The federal government has filed a criminal charge against Mike Ozekhome, SAN, over alleged forgery and use of false documents in a disputed property case in the United Kingdom. The three-count charge, marked FCT/HC/CR/010/2026, was filed before a federal high court in Abuja on Friday by Osuobeni Akponimisingha, head of the high...
•Atiku Abubakar Former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has accused the federal government of illegally altering Nigeria’s tax reform laws after they were passed by the National Assembly. Atiku made the allegation in a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter), where he descri...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives yesterday approved a 10-year jail term or a fine of N75 million for anyone found guilty of forging nomination papers or result forms, or willfully defacing or destroying election-related documents. The decision followed the House’s consideration of amendments to the 2022 Electoral Act, dur...
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the forgery allegations by Samuel Anyanwu against the party as baseless, misleading and reprehensible. The BoT has, therefore, called on all members, stakeholders, and supporters of the Party to disregard the unfounded claims by Anyanwu and remain steadfast in thei...
•Peter Obi The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other relevant authorities to verify and authenticate the academic and professional certificates of all political candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement posted on X today...
•Uche Geoffrey Nnaji The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has tackled President Bola Tinubu for accepting the resignation of former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Uche Nnaji. In a statement, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, described the president’s action as weak and disappointing. He said a gover...
•Atiku and Tinubu The former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should be held accountable for upgrading forgery to the status of a state policy. The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections said this in reaction to resignation yesterday ...
The police have arrested the Director of Investigation and Prosecution with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Mr Joseph Eriki, and one Boniface Agwu over allegations of forgery. While Agwu is the first defendant in a nine-count charge filed by the Federal Government, marked FCT/HC/CR/87/2025, bordering on alleged criminal co...
Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court has remanded a lawyer, Chinwe Onuoha, in the custody of Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS) over alleged forgery. Onuoha would remain in the custody of the female section of NCoS, Kirikiri pending the hearing of bail application, reports The Nation. The Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) yesterday ar...

