Led by Justice Ali Gumel, the court granted Bilyaminu Babadidi’s prayer to set aside the ruling of the Federal High Court in Gombe on December 6, 2022, which ruled in favour of the embattled Lidani. According to documents obtained by The Guardian, the Appeal Court admitted Babadidi’s reliefs and queried APC for unfair treatment of aspirants, voters…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Wednesday, approved Friday as a work-free day. A statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Teslim Igbalaye, said the holiday would enable residents and indigenes to travel for Presidential and National Assembly elections holding on Saturday. The statement also said public servants were expected to utilise…
The presidential bid of the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, received a boost on Wednesday following the support of 155 Christian leaders from the North. Naija News reports that the Northern Christan leaders included serving and former governors, incumbent and former federal and state lawmakers, academics and businessmen. In a message…
Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old woman, Mrs Akunna Roseline Udom, for alleged conspiracy, advance fee fraud and stealing, IGBERETV reports. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, who made this known in a statement on Monday, February 20, said the suspect belongs to a notorious gang that specializes in defrauding unsuspecting members…
A Nigerian street trader, David Ukpo, allegedly trafficked into the United Kingdom for organ harvesting walked into a police station and said he was “looking for someone to save my life”, a court has heard. The 21-year-old, from Lagos, had been sleeping rough for three nights before he turned up at Staines Police Station in May…
Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo, Governor of Anambra State, has stated that his administration has a deadline.He went on to say that he dislikes excuses because there are always a dozen of them in every failure. He said this while inspecting the 26-kilometer Ufuma-Awa-Okpeze-Ndiukwenu-Amansea Road, which is being overseen by Engr. Driekus Saayman of Stefanutti Stocks Hapel…
2023 Elections: We Have Won Lagos, Irrespective Of Tinubu, Says Baba-Ahmed With the presidential election barely less than 96 hours away, the vice-presidential candidate of Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed, is confident of victory in Lagos State, the state with the highest number of registered voters.With over seven million eligible voters, Lagos bests runner-up Kano State’s 5.9 million…
The vice-presidential candidate of Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed, says a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket will not work in Nigeria, given all the ethnoreligious complexities of Nigeria. Nigeria has a Muslim majority in the North and a mostly Christian South, with its over 200 million population further split into over 250 tribes. Baba-Ahmed shared his stance on…
The leader of the apex Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has appealed to Nigerians and political parties to be united and work together for the success of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, this Saturday’s presidential election. This is as the Boot Party, BP, governorship candidate in Lagos State,…
An employee of the Lagos State University, Ojo, Mr. Johnson Ademola, died Monday afternoon in a bank queue in the institution while trying to withdraw cash.Reports of Ademola’s demise had emerged online as some news outlets (not PUNCH) said the deceased was one of the deputy bursars of the institution. It was gathered that the incident…