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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday accused the Supreme Court under the leadership of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad of having been compromised by the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government. The main opposition party also demanded a review and reversal of the Supreme Court judgment on the Imo State governorship election that […]

Kano State Governor Abdullah Umar Ganduje has described claims by former leader of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Buba Galadima that Supreme Court’s expected verdict on the state’s governorship election is causing tension as baseless and lacking merit.   Galadima yesterday declared that the Supreme Court verdict that removed Emeka Ihedioha as governor […]

Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning says the implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT) increase from 5% to 7.5% will take effect from Feb. 1. Ahmed said this during the inauguration of the Chairman and Board members of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Abuja on Thursday.   “We […]

The West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) Convergence Council has expressed concern over the recent decision of the Ivorian President, Alassane Quattara, to unilaterally rename the CFA Franc as “Eco” this year. Rising from an extra-ordinary meeting of ministers of finance and governors of the central banks of the WAMZ on the ECOWAS single currency programme, […]

  A British prosecutor launched a fresh attempt on Thursday to confiscate tens of millions of pounds stolen from an oil-producing state in Nigeria by its former governor, who was convicted of laundering his loot in Britain.   James Ibori, who was governor of Delta State from 1999 to 2007, pleaded guilty at London’s Southwark […]

If there is any state governor that knows the power of federal might and courts it that governor must be the Ebonyi State’s Chief Executive, Mr. David Nweze Umahi. As a politician who began his career as acting state chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umahi knows the rudiments of doublespeak and is an expert […]

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN) on Thursday insisted that the inauguration of a paramilitary organisation Amotekun by south-western states of the country is contrary to provisions of the law. But the Chairman of South-west Governors Forum and Ondo State Governor, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), ruled out […]

With Tuesday’s ruling by the apex court, and yesterday’s swearing-in; at Heroes’ Square, Owerri, of Senator Hope Uzodinma as the new governor of Imo State, former governor Emeka Ihedioha has joined the club of state chief executives that enjoyed brief stints in office. While reacting to the apex court’s ruling, Ihedioha stated: “I do not […]

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, sacked governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State. The apex court, in a unanimous judgment by a seven-man panel of justices that was led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, held that Ihedioha who contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was not duly […]

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday said it was too early to debate which zone of the country should produce the next president, cautioning that such a debate would negatively impact governance and undermine efforts by President Muhammadu Buhari to deliver the dividends of democracy to Nigerians. […]

Amid the ongoing agitations and clamor for an Igbo president in 2023, Ndigbo youths, under the auspices of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) has urged all Southeast governors elected under the platform of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to decamp to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC); arguing that such a move […]