PDP rejects appeal judgement, to challenge Oyetola victory in Supreme Court
The main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the court of appeal judgement which upheld Gboyega Oyetola of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Osun…
Blackout as power grid collapse three times in 18 hours
The prevailing power blackout In Nigeria may last longer than expected the national electricity grid collapsed three times in less than 24 hours. The Eko Electricity Distribution Company Thursday evening…
2019 Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Hearings Begin: What You Should Know
The stage was set for the legal tussle for the nation’s highest office after the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Wednesday commenced hearing in the petitions filed by the candidate of…
Buhari presides over longest cabinet meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the longest meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in the history of his administration at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency…
Saraki vs EFCC: You are not above the law, EFCC tells Saraki
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has told Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki that “he is not above the law.” Acting spokesman of the commission, Tony Orilade said in…
As South Africa Looked Itself in the Mirror
South Africans went to the polls yesterday (May 8, 2019) in the country’s sixth democratic elections since 1994. Some say the elections were the country’s biggest since the end of…
Kano Governor turns heat on Emir Sanusi II
For the apolitical, it could seem all exhausting; the furor over the renewed investigations into the expenditure of the Kano State Emirate Council under Lamido Sanusi II and the public…
Court Grants Adeleke N2m Bail in Fresh Certificate Forgery Charges
A Magistrate’s Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday granted a N2 million bail to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2018 governorship election in…
Protesters block Osinbajo’s convoy, accuse army of land grab
Angry youths of Gbagyi village in Abuja yesterday blocked the convoy of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo while protesting against alleged seizing of a parcel of land belonging to the community…
75 Political parties pass confidence vote on INEC chairman
75 Political parties yesterday passed a confidence vote on the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, saying the 2019 general elections met the expectation…