Beyond the Headlines
The Senate has jettisoned planned final consideration and passage of N22.7 trillion Ways and Means restructuring request forwarded to it and the House of Representatives by President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2022 for expeditious consideration. The payment of N23. 7 trillion “Ways and Means” was secured from the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) in the […]
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has described as empty the threat by some politicians to deal with him when they eventually win the 2023 presidential election. He explained that his political crime, to such people, was his insistence on equity, fairness and justice to be practiced within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has announced that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abia State chapter should conduct a fresh primary within 14 days following the death of its governorship candidate, Uchenna Ikonne. Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, told Daily Sun that since the election is […]
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday alleged plans to scuttle the 2023 general elections through fuel scarcity and naira redesign. Tinubu spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun State, during the APC presidential campaign. “They don’t want this election to hold. They want to sabotage it. Will you allow […]
A federal high court in Abuja has struck out two suits filed by Bukola Saraki, former senate president, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The suits marked FHC/ABJ/CS/507/2019 and FHC/ABJ/CS/508/2019 also had the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), inspector-general of police, and Department of State Services (DSS) as first to third defendants, […]
Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi addresses lawmakers on his budget bill, at the parliament in the capital Tehran, on January 22, 2023. AFP Iran on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 34 individuals and entities from the European Union and Britain in reaction to similar measures taken over Tehran’s response to months-long protests. The measures come two […]
The National Judicial Council has recommended the appointment of nine heads of courts and 84 other judicial officers as part of efforts to prepare for challenges that may arise for the judiciary in the coming general elections. The recommended persons would after appointments serve at the federal and state high courts in the country. […]
The money laundering trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and others, was on Wednesday, stalled before a Federal High Court in Lagos, following absence of Prosecution and Defence Counsel. The case which was initially fixed for continuation of trial could not proceed as the prosecution and defence counsel were said to […]
Abia Governor, Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, PhD, has reacted to the death of Professor Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne, the governorship candidate of the party in the state. Ikpeazu in a statement personally signed by him prayed God to grant the soul of the late Professor eternal rest and to those he left behind, the fortitude to […]
Gunmen on Tuesday night killed the ward chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Umuchoke ward in Okwe in the Onuimo Local Government of Imo State, Christian Ihim. The gunmen also kidnapped five other chieftains of APC in the community. Community sources told our correspondent on Wednesday that the attackers shot repeatedly all through […]
