The All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State on Wednesday reacted to the tribunal judgment which validated the election of President Muhammadu Buhari as duly elected. The PDP and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja seeking the nullification of the victory of Buhari in […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the February 23, 2019 poll, is victory for Nigerians that elected him for a second term in office. “Good conscience fears no evil report,” he said in a statement by presidential spokesman Femi Adesina. He said he was not disturbed […]
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The body of Zimbabwe’s ex-president, Robert Mugabe, arrived home on Wednesday to an honour guard in a country divided over the legacy of a former liberation hero whose 37-year rule was terminated by close allies over alleged misrule. Mugabe, a guerrilla leader who rose to power after Zimbabwe’s independence from Britain and governed until he […]
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The presidential election tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the petition of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the 2019 presidential election. The tribunal chairman,Justice Mohammed Garba said the petitioners failed to prove their petition beyond reasonable doubt and the petition “is hereby dismissed […]
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Vice President Prof Osinbajo at Adamawa State for the launch of National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP), in company of the Governor of Adamawa State, Umaru Fintiri. Photo: Twitter/Ngr/President Amid protests that the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) projects might be used as rural garrisons and arms depots in future as launchpads by settler Fulani herders […]
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It was shock and disbelief in Ondo State as news broke that the abducted lecturer of the State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, OSUSTECH, Prof. Gideon Okedayo, has been found dead. Okedayo, of the institution’s Department of Mathematical Science, and his driver were kidnapped by unknown gunmen along Auchi – Igara Road in neighbouring […]
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A federal High Court, Lagos has granted the application for final forfeiture of $40 million worth of jewelry allegedly belonging to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke. Justice Nicholas Oweibo in his ruling yesterday held that the respondent failed to prove that the items in question were not acquired with proceeds of […]
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The Nigeria Police recently said it would strengthen the Operation Puff Adder and Safer Highway in the South-West by partnering with the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC). The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, who said this in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, at the South-West geopolitical zone security summit said the police hoped the strengthened partnership would […]
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Air Peace to bring back 320 President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday admonished South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to take “visible steps” to halt the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other foreigners resident in that country. The President said the persistent attacks and violence were capable of denting the image of South Africa as a leading […]
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The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday nullified the election of the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, of the All Progressives Congress in the February 23 election. The three-member tribunal chaired by Justice Danladi Adeck, in a unanimous decision, declared the former Senate Minority […]
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