Some indigenes of Nasarawa State from across its 13 local government areas, on Saturday held a peaceful protest in Lafia, the state capital, against the recent judgement of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, which pronounced Governor Abdullahi Sule winner of the 2023 governorship election in the state. The governorship election petitions tribunal had on 2nd October sacked Sule …

The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has affirmed the election of Kebbi State Governor, Dr. Nasir Idris. The tribunal threw out the petition filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Major General Aminu Bande (rtd.), and declared Idris of All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected governor of the state. The three-man panel of the tribunal …

A businessman, Minnis Howard, has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for an alleged N822,422,260 fraud. Howard, alongside his company, Howard Minnis Asset Management Limited, was arraigned on Wednesday before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja. In the two counts filed against him by the EFCC, he was accused of obtaining money by pretence …

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed an application by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) seeking an order to set aside its judgement restraining the commission from imposing fines on broadcast stations in the country. The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) had sued NBC for imposing a fine of N500,000 each on Channels Television, TVC, AIT, and 42 others …

The Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Umar  Bangari, on Wednesday, said there was no contradiction in the court’s judgement on the Kano State governorship election. This is as Kano State Governor, Mallam Abba Yusuf headed to the Supreme Court to contest the judgement of the Court of Appeal sacking him from office. There had been several interpretations of …

The election of Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia as Governor of Benue State has been validated by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. The court affirmed Alia’s election on Monday while delivering judgment in the appeal brought before it by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 18th March governorship election, Rt. Hon. Titus Uba. Uba had …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has declared the Zamfara State governorship election inconclusive. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the election. The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, who was seeking a second term in office, had challenged the outcome of the 18th …

Officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) disrupted the inaugural sitting of the Edo State Local Government Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday due to the ongoing national strike. Sitting had barely begun when officials of the NLC stormed the venue and ordered everybody out and shut the door to the building. The tribunal was constituted by the State Chief Judge, …

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday evening named Hon. Setonji Koshoedo the party’s acting National Secretary. Until his appointment, Koshoedo was the Deputy National Secretary. Announcing the appointment after the NWC meeting on Tuesday, the acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum explained that Koshoedo’s appointment is pending the determination of the case before …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday urged an Abuja Federal High Court to reject an ex-parte motion filed by the Alhaji Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) to replace the party’s governorship candidate in Imo State. In its affidavit to show cause pursuant to the court order, INEC told Justice Inyang Ekwo that the plaintiffs’ suit …