The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, rejected Princess Ann Agom-Eze’s suit and approved Governor David Umahi’s candidacy for the Senate. Following a primary election on July 30, 2022, Princess Agom-Eze, a senior member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in power in Ebonyi State, disputed Governor Umahi’s selection as the candidate for the … [Read more…]
Renowned humanitarian activist and advocate of pro-Igbo political justice, Comrade Kennedy Iyere has urged Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi not to aid his downfall in Enugu State. Iyere who is one of the biggest promoters of Peter Obi disclosed to Vanguard that there are plots to rob Peter Obi of victory by some … [Read more…]
The attention of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to misrepresenting reports in a section of the media alluding strange and unfounded motives to the Housing Allowance duly approved and paid to NWC members and staff of the Party The NWC has noted that this misleading report … [Read more…]
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has maintained that no court in Nigeria has the authority to try its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, insisting his rendition was illegal. Spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful, in a statement, yesterday, said the Nigerian court has violated local and international laws by allegedly condoning Kanu’s rendition. “Extraordinary rendition is a … [Read more…]
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the conferment of a national honour on the lawmaker representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District of Ekiti State, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, on October 11, 2022, in Abuja. In a statement, Senator Bamidele’s Media Office stated that the Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, who also doubles as … [Read more…]
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…]