Former US President, Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt at a political rally on Saturday, leaving security agencies hunting for information about how a gunman could attack a former American leader. Here is a blow-by-blow account of the shooting in Pennsylvania, where one Trump supporter was killed. – How it unfolded – Dressed […]
The local government election in Delta State on Saturday was marred by low turnout of voters in the various polling units and wards. Our correspondent, while monitoring the election in Asaba, the state capital, and its environs, observed that there was low turnout in Asaba, Okpanam, Ibusa and other communities. PUNCH Online observed that […]
Ahmed Aliyu, governor of Sokoto, has signed the bill stripping the Sultan of the power to appoint district and village heads in the state. Speaking on Thursday after signing the bill and five others, Aliyu said the amendment was to ensure all inconsistencies with the country’s constitution were removed. In recent weeks, the amended […]
The court of appeal in Abuja has affirmed Usman Ododo as the duly elected governor of Kogi state. In the judgment delivered on Thursday, a three-member panel of the appellate court dismissed the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Murtala Ajaka, its governorship candidate. More to follow…
Following the Supreme Court decision declaring unlawful the use of the funds meant for local governments by the Nigeria’s 36 governors, Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project has called on the governors and FCT minister to account for and return the funds they have collected, or face legal action. Recall that the Supreme Court has […]
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that his administration has started the process of preparing the 2025 budget. This is as the governor insisted that the seats of Martin Amaewhule and the other state lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress remain vacant. Fubara stated that they […]
The Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule has issued a 7-day ultimatum to Governor Siminalayi Fubara to represent the 2024 budget to the House. The order follows the first sitting of the pro-Wike House on Monday after some months. The other House led by Victor Oko-Jumbo is also holding a parallel […]
The military regimes of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso marked their divorce from the rest of West Africa Saturday, with Niger’s ruling general saying the junta-led countries have “turned their backs on” the regional bloc. The three country’s leaders are taking part in the first summit of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), set […]
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anàmbra State has been told to fulfill his electoral promises and elementary requirement of democracy by conducting Local Government elections in the State. The Anambra Elders Forum (A.E.F) in a statement in Awka, Anambra State, reminded Governor Soludo that conducting a Local Government election was one of the promises he […]
The Court of Appeal, Abuja has nullified the expulsion of Martin Amaewhule and 24 others from the Rivers State House of Assembly by the Rivers State High Court. A three-member panel of the appellate court held that the lower court lacked the jurisdiction to grant the exparte order. The court held that Section 272(3) […]
