South East communities restrict land sale over RUGA

Ignore calls to return to north, Buhari tells herdsmen Youths demand arrest, trial of Miyetti Allah leaders Beyond merely denouncing the controversial RUGA herdsmen settlement proposed by the Federal Government, communities in the southeast have begun closing land sale gaps that may let in the policy through the backdoor. The sudden restrictions will be seen […]

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INEC produces documents requested by Atiku, PDP

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday produced some of the documents which the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday called for at the instance of the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The tribunal of five judges led by Justice Mohammed Garba had on Wednesday ordered INEC to produce the […]

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Edo Assembly rejects Reps’ moves to disrupt activities

Edo Governor Obaseki Edo State House of Assembly has rejected moves by the House of Representatives to disrupt activities  in its chamber, calling on the Inspector General of Police and heads of the Department of State Services (DSS), and the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to respect a subsisting court order […]

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Atiku’s witness weeps at tribunal, says APC ‘thugs’ shot two during election

Petitioners’ Witness 57, Mohammed Yahaya, called by the Peoples Democratic Party and its 2019 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, broke down in tears at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday. Mohammed, who served as the PDP agent for Aboto Ward in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State during the election, shed tears under cross-examination […]

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Oyetola visits Osun illegal mining site

Oyetola, addressing journalists at the site of illegal mining at Ifewara. With him from left are Secretary to the State Government, Prince Wole Oyebanji; Deputy Governor, Mr. Benedict Alabi; and APC State Chairman, Prince Gboyega Famodun Osun State Governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola on Wednesday paid an inspection visit to to the sites of illegal mining […]

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Senate confirms Muhammad as Nigeria’s Chief Justice

Nigeria’s apex law making body, the Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Justice Tanko Muhammad as the nation’s substantive Chief Justice. As soon as he arrived the chamber, it had gone into a closed session to set the template for the screening. Muhammad, who arrived at the Senate at around 10:10am, was ushered into […]

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Soyinka, Fagunwa pride of Yoruba race – Akeredolu

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has described Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka and the legendary novelist, late D. O. Fagunwa as pride of the Yoruba race. He said the people are lucky to have the duo whose literary works have projected the image of the Yoruba people to the global audience. Akeredolu said the […]

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Tribunal orders INEC to produce documents Atiku wants tomorrow

The five-man Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja on Wednesday directed the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and the commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Zamfara, to produce some documents requested by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, by noon on Thursday. The tribunal led by […]

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Tinubu’s unending controversies in APC, Southwest

It is no longer in doubt that the political machinery of the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is undergoing critical stress in the party, the presidency and in his Southwest base. A trademark he seems to have acquired for himself since the birth of the party in 2014 is that […]

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