A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, convicted and sentenced two of the four defendants alleged to have kidnapped Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, to a 20-year-jail term each. Justice Binta Nyako, in a judgment, held that the prosecution had been able to establish the counts preferred against Kelvin Ezeigbe and Frank Azuekor, who were […]

Governor Abba Kabiru Yusuf of Kano has approached the Court of Appeal, Kano Division, to set aside the decision of the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which invalidated his victory at the March 18th election. Besides the invalidation of his election victory, the Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay led three-man tribunal, in a judgement delivered on September […]

Commissioner appreciates Benue govt, people after release from kidnappers’ den LG boss, cousin still in captivity as gunmen abduct pharmacist The Senate has summoned the security chiefs to a closed session, to address the spate of kidnapping in tertiary institutions across the country. This followed a motion by Senator Abdulazeez Musa Yar’Adua (APC, Katsina Central) […]

Ignore impersonators who threaten, demand money for support, IPOB warns public The Supreme Court has fixed December 15 to deliver its judgment on the appeal seeking to compel the Federal Government to release the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. The apex court, yesterday, okayed the matter for […]

The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, Friday, dismissed the Peoples Democratic Party’s petition against Governor Alex Otti and the Labour Party. In her ruling, the tribunal presided over by Hon. Justice H. T. D Gwadah said that the petitioners, the PDP, and others, “failed in their three grounds and their petitions […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has clarified that it has no plan to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as fuel or petrol. Following fears that the pump price of PMS might increase, the management of NNPCL made this clarification through a statement on X (formerly Twitter). The […]

Former Minister of Education, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has called on all Africans to make deliberate efforts to fix democracy and leadership culture on the continent. She said that as long as Africa continues on the path of very poor politics with a political culture that subordinates the common good for personal, private or narrow interest, […]

….insists action akin to contempt Former Deputy National Publicity of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekeni Nabena, has frowned at the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, over the call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to resign his position. Nabena in a statement in Abuja argued that Atiku’s position was […]