Politics

Bola Tinubu, winner of the February 25 presidential election, has been sworn in as president of Nigeria. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola, administered the oath of office on Tinubu at exactly 10:37am. He mounted the podium alongside his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu; former President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, …

Chief Anthony Nchekwube, an aspirant for the chairmanship position of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra has promised to consolidate the position of the party as the most preferred brand in the state if elected. Nchekwube, in a Statement in Awka on Sunday  said his administration would build …

Ike Ekweremadu, a former Deputy Senate President as well as his wife Beatrice and their doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking. This is the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act, TheGuardian UK reports. Ekweremadu, 60; his wife, Beatrice, 56; and Dr. Obinna Obeta, 51, were …

The Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections in Nigeria earlier fixed for Saturday, March 11, 2023, have been shifted by one week. The elections have now been rescheduled to hold precisely on March 18. Festus Okoye, National Commissioner & Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee announced the shift in a …

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has discharged Rochas Okorocha, former Governor of Imo State, and six others from an N3 billion fraud charge brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a ruling on Monday, Justice Inyang Ekwo upheld the objection raised by the …

The PDP standard bearer, Atiku Abubakar, has told the Federal Government not to allow Nigerians to be made scapegoats “in the ongoing battle of titans over the redesign of the naira’’. Mr. Atiku made the appeal in a statement by his media aides in Abuja on Tuesday. He said that …

The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja accused some opposition parties of legally hamstringing President Muhammadu Buhari from providing relief for Nigerians suffering agonies of cash crunch resulting from naira redesign. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed levelled the accusation at the 23rd edition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s, PMB, administration …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from suspending or expelling the Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike, from the party. Justice James Omotosho made the order following an ex-parte motion filed by Governor Wike against the PDP and its top officials.  The News Agency …

The Supreme Court has affirmed Ahmed Lawan as the authentic Candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC in the Yobe North Senatorial District. In the lead judgment delivered on Monday, February 6, Justice Centus Nweze faulted the approach of Bashir Machina in commencing the suit at the Federal High Court …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said nobody can threaten him over his choice of a presidential candidate. Obasanjo, who has been publicly showing his support for the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, said he has shed his blood and gone to prison, therefore nobody can threaten him about his …