A High Court sitting in Abia State has asked all judiciary officers, including the Chief Judge and the President of the Customary Court of Appeal in the state not to swear in Uche Oga as governor of Abia State.
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The order was given by Justice Chibuzo Ahuchaogu on Thursday.
The order read,…Abia: Court stops Ogah’s swearing in
The Supreme Council of Elders of Indigenous People Of Biafra on Wednesday disowned the Niger Delta Avengers and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra.
“Preachers of violence might be infants or non-existent during the 30-month Nigerian Civil War,” the group said…IPOB elders disown Avengers, MASSOB
The Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, on Thursday, walked out the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, on Prosecution, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, who was in the upper chamber to represent the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. …Forgery Suit: Senate walks out AGF representatives at panel meeting
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the remand of a former Acting Governor of Adamawa State, Umaru Fintiri, in Kuje prison, Abuja, over five counts of money laundering charges involving about N1.9bn preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Justice…Court sends ex-Adamawa acting governor to prison over corruption charges
egal practitioner, Mr. Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe, has filed a notice at the Federal High Court in Abuja to discontinue the suit he instituted seeking the disqualification of President Muhammadu Buhari for lack of a certificate.
President Buhari
Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe had alleged that Buhari was not…Threat to life: Lawyer fearfully Withdraws Suit Seeking Buhari’s Disqualification For Lack Of Certificate
By Ehi Ekhator
A former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Chief Olisa Metuh has began discussion with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to refund N400m which he received from the office of the National Security Adviser, NSA during the last…Arms scandal: Olisa Metuh to refund N400m to EFCC
By Simeon Nwakaudu
Since the March 19, 2016 rerun elections in Rivers State which witnessed a high level of violence in some constituencies, the state has experienced some security challenges. These security issues have led to the deaths of innocent residents of the state.
Top on the list of the…Governor Wike implements new strategies to secure Rivers State
By Ehi Ekhator
The embattled Director of Media And Publicity at Jonathan/Sambo Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode has denied reports making rounds that he wrote a message to Christians and Apostle Johnsn Suleman, General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Inte…Fani-Kayode denies writing message to Christians from prison
A former member of the Edo State House of Assembly, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, has won the Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial primary organised by the Ali-Modu Sheriff faction of the party at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin.
Iduoriyekemwen, who represented Edo in the Niger Delta De…Iduoriyekemwen wins pro-Sheriff Edo PDP guber primary
A popular musician in the North East, who was kidnapped days after releasing a scathing anti-graft song, was freed on Wednesday, he told AFP.
Ado Dahiru Daukaka went missing in the Adamawa state capital of Yola after he left his house early Friday to offer dawn prayers at a mosque.
Daukaka was…Kidnappers release Nigerian ‘anti-corruption’ musician
Voting has begun in the ongoing primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party, organised by the Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction of the party, for the forthcoming governorship polls in Edo State.
Voting commenced at 4:24pm, with 677 accredited delegates casting their ballot papers, according to…BREAKING: Voting begins in pro-Sheriff Edo PDP governorship primary
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on Wednesday sacked Ali Modu Sheriff as Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Justice Valentine Ashi held that Sheriff’s ascension to office was unlawful as it was based on amended provision of the PDP Constitution said to be illegally …Court sacks Modu Sheriff as PDP chairman
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Apo, Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed a fundamental human rights enforcement suit filed by a former Minister of Aviation Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, seeking an order releasing him from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes C…BREAKING: Court dismisses Fani-Kayode’s suit challenging his detention
A 51-year old herbalist, whose identity has not been revealed, has been arrested by men of the Edo State Police Command over the murder of a 75-year old woman, Mrs. Betsy Egbeobamwonyi.
Betsy was gruesomely murdered at her apartment as she was severally stabbed and her throat sliced.
She was…Native Doctor arrested over alleged murder of 75-yr old woman in Edo
No fewer than 520 delegates are to participate in the fresh Peoples Democratic Party governorship primaries to be conducted by the committee set up Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff.
The primaries will hold at the Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia stadium.
Two aspirants, Hon Ehiozuwa Agbonnayima and Matthew…Edo 2016: 520 delegates to participate in PDP primaries
No fewer than 520 delegates are to participate in the fresh Peoples Democratic Party governorship primaries to be conducted by the committee set up Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff.
The primaries will hold at the Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia stadium.
Two aspirants, Hon Ehiozuwa Agbonnayima and Matthew…Edo 2016: 520 delegates to participate in PDP primaries
•Orders EFCC to appear July 4
A Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti yesterday declined Governor Ayo Fayose’s bid to de-freeze his account frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Fayose vows to lead opposition against APC
Justice Taiwo Taiwo ordered the EFCC and Zenith Bank, the…Court won’t defreeze Fayose’s account
Factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff has appointed the party’s former Vice Chairman (South-South), Dr. Cairo Ojougboh as the faction’s Deputy National Chairman.
Ali Modu Sheriff
This is coming just as another set of “chairmen” of state chapter…Sheriff camp picks Cairo Ojougboh as deputy chair
Those after me are ‘cyberspace terrorists’, says Buratai
The Presidency has left the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) to determine Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai’s fate, following the outcry over his $1.5 million Dubai property.
PRNigeria, the military under-cover media machinery, yester…$1.5m Dubai assets: DHQ to decide Army chief’s fate
Abuja – Following recent disclosure by some senior officers of the Nigerian Army including Generals (38 officers) by the Army Council for alleged complicity and partisanship in the 2015 general elections while others were said to have soiled their hands in arms and logistics procurement, the C…Retirements: Buratai dares Generals to go to court
The Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti, has summoned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Zenith Bank Plc to show why an order exparte to unfreeze Governor Ayodele Fayose’s accounts now before it should not be granted.
Fayose vows to lead opposition against APC
Presiding judge, Taiwo T…Court summons EFCC, Zenith Bank to defend freezing of Fayose’s account
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has appealed to leaders and freedom fighters in the Niger Delta to place the fight for an end to the pollution in the Niger Delta ahead of the call for compensation for the degradation in the region.
The Governor made the call when members of host…Niger Delta Leaders Want Oshiomhole To Represent Them At Presidency
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Monday, alleged that a powerful cabal within the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government had hijacked power from the retired general.
Bukola Saraki
But the Presidency said Saraki’s claim was not only ridiculous but also preposterous since it was not …Presidency reacts to Saraki claims that cabal has hijacked Buhari govt
For allegedly raping his three daughters, a 48-year-old man, Micheal Ogbar, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, refused to hear his plea and remanded him in kirikiri prisons.
Elias said the court had no jurisdiction over the case …Father arraigned for raping three daughters
The immediate past Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP Prince Uche Secondus has charged All Progressives Congress APC federal Government led by President Muhammedu Buhari to stop causing more problems for the country and set out to tackle the myriads it already…Reduce battle fronts and tackle problems – PDP tells Buhari
