President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said he would not appeal the judgment delivered on Wednesday by the Federal High Court, Damaturu, in Yobe State, regarding the forthcoming Yobe North Senatorial District elections. In a statement he personally signed, yesterday, he said he has accepted the judgment which disqualified his candidature and participation in … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari, has advised Nigerians to place the country first above regional and sectional claims as the nation prepares for the 2023 general election. Buhari made the call during the First Signing of the Peace Accord for the 2023 General Election organised by the National Peace Committee in Abuja. In attendance were the Presidential … [Read more…]
A total of nine law professors and three major lawyers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC are among 62 lawyers conferred with the prestigious rank of the Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs). They were honoured with the rank by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) under the chairmanship of the acting Chief Justice … [Read more…]
…Pansa and Jobava confirmed as IPA President and Vice President Elect Uchenna Cyril Anioke from Enugu State, Nigeria, has just been elected as a member of the Executive Committee of the prestigious International Publishers Association (IPA), based in Geneva, Switzerland. The outcome of the online election that spanned 2 weeks of voting (9th-23rd September, 2022) … [Read more…]
With the take off of campaigns for the 2023 general election, civil society group, Centre for Transparency Advocacy, CTA, has challenged presidential candidates of political parties to unveil to Nigerians plans to tackle the energy and insecurity challenges facing the country. The group said such plans or manifestos must be backed up by a court … [Read more…]
The House of Representatives has raised the alarm over the possibility of the ebola virus returning to Nigeria, urging the Federal Government to immediately activate preventive measures. Members of the House, at the plenary on Thursday, unanimously adopted a motion moved by one of them, Dachung Bagos, who warned that the virus might spread to … [Read more…]
The National Examination Council (NECO) says no fewer than 727,864 representing 60.74 per cent of the 1,198,412 candidates who sat for this year’s Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) got five credits and above including English language and Mathematics. A total of 889,188 candidates out of the number who sat for the school-based examinations that sat … [Read more…]
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has said there are no ideological differences between him and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abubakar Atiku. Obi made this assertion during an interview on Arise TV Prime Time monitored by Vanguard correspondent on Wednesday. Recall that the two presidential candidates both ran a … [Read more…]
Angry National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has written a strong worded letter to its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to order for the immediate withdrawal of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) released recently. It also ordered him to restrain the PCC from undertaking solo projects of this nature, and agree to … [Read more…]
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, inaugurated the party ‘s Presidential Campaign Council in line with the 2023 elections timetable of the Independent National Electoral Commission. This is as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, and the Labour Party presidential standard bearer, Peter Obi, had … [Read more…]
Gunmen, yesterday afternoon, killed four army officers and one civilian in Umunze community, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. This came about two weeks after gunmen attacked the convoy of the senator representing Anambra South Senatorial Zone, Ifeanyi Ubah, at the Nkwo Market area of Enugwu-Ukwu community, killing some of the police officers … [Read more…]
THE Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi on Tuesday, stormed the monthly meeting of Afenifere held at the Isanya-Ogbo country home of its leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo with a promise to restructure Nigeria if elected as president in 2023. The report reliably gathered that Afenifere leaders, present at the meeting, received Obi … [Read more…]