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Over 131 lawyers including Ricky Terfa (SAN); Femi Falana (SAN) and civil rights activist, Festus Keyamo, have offered free legal services to Senator-elect for Kogi West Senatorial District, Otunba Dino Melaye at the election tribunal to defend his recently wone mandate. Melaye contested the election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and […]

At it stands, the Taraba runoff election scheduled for Saturday, April 25, may hardly change the current reality. Already signed, sealed and delivered in the INEC book is PDP’s Darius Ishaku polling 317,198 votes against Aisha Alhassan’s 262,386. A difference of 54,812 votes. But the canceled votes totaled 127,125. The major reason the election was […]Read More

Less than 24hours after the inauguration of a transition committee which will oversee the processes culminating in the 29th May handover ceremony, out-going president Goodluck Jonathan and President-elect Muhammadu Buhari have held a closed-door meeting. The meeting which took place at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja lasted for about 35 minutes. […]

The House of Representatives has approved a report on a bill that makes torture and all forms of inhuman treatment in public places and homes in the country a criminal act. According to the bill, torture in offices, police cells and homes are now offences punishable by law. The bill was sponsored by Nkiruka Onyejeocha […]

Former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has assured Nigerians that the incoming administration of Muhammadu Buhari, will swiftly tackle the problem of insecurity, unemployment and other issues with utmost seriousness. Tinubu, gave the guarantee on Thursday at the 12th convocation ceremony of the Ladoke Akintola University […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja today, set aside all actions and activities of the impeached former Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin and the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers from 21st November 2014 till date, including the purported commencement of impeachment proceeding and notice alleging misconduct against the Stare […]

The House of Representatives Committee on Education has recommended for the Federal Government to stop the 2015/2016 Presidential Special Scholarships for Innovation and Development, saying the scheme was too skewed to favouring one section of the country. Chaired by Kano State lawmaker, Aminu Sulaiman, the committee made the recommendation to the Chairman of the Implementation […]

The Federal Government has cried out that within the last half decade, more than 103 Nigerian export products were rejected for being of substandard quality. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Olusegun Aganga raised the the concern in Abuja on Thursday while unveiling the new office complex of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria. The […]

With the 2015 presidential elections now concluded and the country preparing for the inauguration of a new administration on 29th May, President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered that his campaign billboards and posters should be removed and properly disposed. The out-going president gave the order on Thursday. According to a press release to that effect issued […]

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has relieved the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba of his appointment and duties with immediate effect. President Jonathan has also appointed Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase as Acting Inspector-General of Police, also with immediate effect. Until his appointment as Mr. Abba’s replacement, Mr. Arase was the Head of […]

Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has summoned Lulu Mnguni, the South African  High Commissioner to Nigeria, in protest against the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other foreigners. The government also asked the  South African authorities to compensate all the victims of the attacks on non-nationals of the country. The summon was made public […]

Two of the three cases in court, challenging the candidacy of Nigeria’s President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to contest in the presidential election has been struck out. The cases were struck out by the presiding judge Justice Adeniyi Ademola at an Abuja Federal High Court, after the plaintiffs indicated their intention to withdraw the suits on Wednesday. […]