A Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has submitted a petition to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, to consider the creation of a Yoruba nation. Olayomi Koiki, the spokesman for Sunday Igboho, made this known in a post on Sunday via his X page. He stated that […]
The events leading to the election and the aftermath were filled with intrigues, drama and twists. The Coalition of Councillorship Candidates for the 2024 local government elections in Rivers State has promised not contest the results of the elections held on October 5 in court. Akwu Chilegide Jonathan, the Chairman of the Forum and Accord […]
R Kelly’s daughter Buku Abi has alleged that the singer abused her sexually during her childhood. She made this known in a documentary on the TVEI Streaming Network. The singer has been in jail since 2021, serving lengthy sentences for several sexual crimes. Buku Abi, 26, said she was too scared to share her ordeal […]
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, declared that Umar Damagum remains the Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman. Justice Peter Lifu stated this while delivering judgment in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/ CS/579/2024, instituted against the National Executive Committee and Board of Trustees of the political party by Senator Umar Maina. […]
The crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party shows no signs of resolution, as the integrity faction on Friday announced the appointment of Yayari Ahmed Mohammed as acting National Chairman. In the early hours of Friday, the National Working Committee, led by acting National Chairman Umar Damagum, suspended National Legal Adviser Kamaldeen Ajibade SAN and National […]
The Rivers State Government has insisted that the Appeal Court judgment on Thursday in Abuja did not reinstate the Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the State House of Assembly. In a statement signed by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dagogo Iboroma, SAN, in Port Harcourt on Thursday, the government clarified that Amaewhule and […]
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP has won all the 17 local government areas of Plateau State, the State Independent Electoral Commission, PLASIEC, announced on Thursday. PLASIEC Chairman, Plangji Cishak who declared the winners also handed them the certificate of return in a brief ceremony at the PLASIEC headquarters in Jos. The winners were subsequently sworn- […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed Hon. Martin Amaewhule as the authentic Speaker of the Rivers State Assembly. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, equally validated the Amaewhule-led members of the Assembly as bonafide lawmakers for the state. While dismissing an appeal that was […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Thursday sentenced a 67-year-old Lebanese, Zuhier R Akar, to 14 years imprisonment for sexually exploiting two teenage girls. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Kano Command, arraigned Akar of Gidan Wanka, Unity Road, Fagge Local Government Area, Kano with a two-count charge of […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has upheld the ruling of the House of Representatives tribunal sacking the member representing Igboeze North/Udenu federal constituency, Hon. Simon Atigwe. The Appeal Court which delivered the judgement in Enugu on Wednesday, held that Hon. Atigwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was not duly elected by the […]
