The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room says the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the 2023 presidential election may erode the progress made in the use of technology in elections. In a statement issued on Friday, the Situation Room said the verdict may present challenges for the innovative reforms achieved through the Electoral … [Read more…]
A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 1,000 people and injured hundreds more, the country’s deadliest in more than six decades, toppling houses in remote mountain villages where rescuers dug through rubble for survivors. The quake struck in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains late on Friday night, damaging historic buildings in Marrakech, the nearest … [Read more…]
The Rivers State Police Command has vowed to track and prosecute gunmen who ambushed and killed one of its Divisional Police Officers, Bako Angbanshin, in Odumude community, Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state on Friday night. The police said Angbanshin led a team of operatives to raid some criminal hideouts in the area … [Read more…]
The African Union was made a permanent member of the G20, comprising the world’s richest and most powerful countries, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the bloc’s summit in New Delhi on Saturday. The African Union, a continental body of 55 member states, now has the same status as the European Union – the … [Read more…]
Chairman of Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev John Joseph Hayab, has described as disheartening, the attack on St Raphael’s Parish in Fadan Kamantan, Kafanchan diocese of Kaduna State where a seminarian, Bro Na’aman Ngofe Danladi, was burnt to death when the parish house was set ablaze. Bandits had stormed … [Read more…]
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu yesterday convened a meeting with key stakeholders from Ondo State in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on arrival from medical leave. LEADERSHIP Weekend gathered that among the stakeholders present at the meeting included members of the State House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Hon Oladiji Olamide; members of the state executive … [Read more…]
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the contentious February 25th election, Peter Obi has instructed his lawyers to immediately challenge the ruling of the five-member Presidential Election Petitions Court led by Justice Simon Haruna Tsamani. Obi disclosed this at a press conference in the commercial town of Onitsha, Anambra state on Thursday in … [Read more…]
The Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison (AHQ Gar), Maj.-Gen Koko Isoni, on Thursday inaugurated a General Court Martial to try 14 officers and nine soldiers alleged to have breached different provisions of the Armed Forces Act. The court martial was convened at the Scorpion Officer’ Mess, Asokoro Abuja, pursuant to the powers conferred on him by … [Read more…]
The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredoku, returned to the country a few minutes ago. It was gathered that the airline conveying Governor Akeredolu, who has been on medical vacation in Germany for weeks, touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 3:20 pm Akeredolu, it was gathered, was flown in in … [Read more…]
Ali Bongo, ousted Gabon president, has been granted freedom from house arrest by the military junta in Gabon to depart the nation for medical care. In a statement signed by General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, military spokesperson Ulrich Manfoumbi stated, “Given his state of health, the former President of the Republic Ali Bongo Ondimba is … [Read more…]
Former Vice President of Nigeria and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has denied congratulating President Bola Tinubu on his victory at the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC), saying he won’t validate what he called ‘electoral banditry’. Atiku said he did not issue any press statement congratulating Tinubu, who was the candidate … [Read more…]
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the judgements of the Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal that affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential poll in the country. According to a release issued on Wednesday night by former presidential spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu, Buhari expressed his happiness with ruling of the Presidential Elections … [Read more…]