The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, quashed the terrorism charge the Federal Government preferred against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. It discharged and acquitted him of the seven-count charge pending against him before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The appellate court, in a decision by … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has failed in the oil and gas business and should get out of the sector, Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said. He said this on Thursday while speaking at KADINVEST, an annual event organised by the Kaduna State Investment Promotion Agency. Speaking on the theme of this year’s KADINVEST, ‘Building a … [Read more…]
A member of the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, Tolu Bankole, on Wednesday said it would take someone with grits and strong will like the Presidential Candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu, to revive the power sector and ensure Nigerians enjoy steady electricity. Bankole made the bold claim in a statement issued … [Read more…]
The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has shifted hearing to March 7, 2023 in an application filed by the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, seeking to be joined in the appeal challenging the proscription of the group by the Federal Government. Kanu had, on September 5, 2022, filed … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has lined up 32 witnesses as it expressed readiness to prosecute the former minister of aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah, and eight others accused of complicity in money laundering offences to the tune of N5 billion. Already, Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court has ordered an accelerated … [Read more…]
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has slammed levies of up to N100,000 on bereaved families who may want to paste obituary posters in any part of the state. Soludo, in a memo issued through the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Anambra State Signage and Advertisment Agency, Mr Odili Ujubuon͂u, said that the levies … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), yesterday, suspended its presidential campaign even as anxiety continued to mount over the face-off between Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, and his supporters and the party leadership. According to reports the presidential campaign slated for Kebbi State, yesterday, was put off, while the Zamfara State campaign, scheduled to hold … [Read more…]
Governors who are members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 poll, Bola Ahmed Tinubu are currently meeting at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. The top echelon of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council are part of the meeting. Sources told our correspondent that the issue composition … [Read more…]
The opposition Labour Party (LP) has unveiled a 1,234-member campaign council ahead of the 2023 presidential election. A former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and ex-aide to Olusegun Obasanjo, Doyin Okupe, is the Director General of the campaign. Others are Oseloka Obaze, the Deputy Director General and General Manager of the campaign; Alhaji … [Read more…]
THE International Monetary Fund, IMF, has projected that Nigeria’s economic growth will slow to 3.0 per cent in 2023 while the inflation rate drops to 17 per cent. Making these projections in the IMF October World Economic Outlook, WEO, released on the sidelines of the ongoing IMF/World Bank annual meetings, in Washington DC, the Fund … [Read more…]
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi and his running mate, Dr Yusuf Datti Ahmed, will kick-off their campaigns on October 18 in Lafia, Nasarawa State. According to the schedule of the rallies released by the party, the campaigns will be taken to each of the six geo-political zones beginning with … [Read more…]
The Labour Party (LP) is set to unveil its presidential campaign Council list for the 2023 general election today. This was made known in a press invite issued by the Director General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe. The LP’s campaign council list is coming some weeks after party campaigns officially commenced … [Read more…]