Politics

The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the state 2024 appropriation bill of N849.97 billion. This followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation at the plenary in Uyo. The chairman of the committee, Mrs. Itorobong Etim, who presented the report, said the budget comprised N359.07 billion in recurrent expenditure and …

Fearing for their safety, the judges of the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal have elected to stay away from court but instead deliver their judgment via Zoom. The tribunal had earlier scheduled Wednesday to deliver judgment in a petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to challenge the victory of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria …

A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has reacted to the Supreme Court which affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 election. A seven-member panel of the apex court led by Justice John Okoro had earlier on Thursday dismissed the appeals filed by the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, …

An umbrella of People With Disabilities (PWD) under the auspices of Northern Nigeria Disability Forum (NNDF), has threatened to take legal action against President Bola Tinubu over their non-inclusion in ministerial and political appointments in the new administration. The Forum which made the threat at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, said it would approach the court to invoke …

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has advocated for the extension of the fight against corruption to states instead of focusing on the Federal Government and its agencies alone. Fagbemi who made the call at a one-day ‘Hybrid Sensitisation Workshop on Revised Guidelines on Negotiation and Drafting of Contracts and Agreements …

The people of Effium in Ohaukwu local government of Ebonyi state under the aegis, Concerned Indigenous People of Effium (CIPE), have called on the governor of Ebonyi state, Chief Francis Nwifuru, not to take sides in the lingering communal clashes between them and their Ezza counterpart who they claim were settlers. The group in the same breadth, accused the governor …

Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, has asked PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and that of Labour Party Peter Obi to respect the ruling of the Supreme Court and unite for Nigeria. The top court upheld Tinubu’s victory in the 2023 election following several months of legal fireworks.The Justice John Okoro-led panel of the Supreme Court ruled …

The Supreme Court, just like it did to Atiku Abubakar, has also quashed the petition filed by presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. The apex court by so doing affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 2023 election. Join the conversation Opinions Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data …

The Supreme Court has said that it cannot accept the deposition of the Chicago State University (CSU) on the certificate obtained by President Bola Tinubu from the institution, which he presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to contest the 2023 presidential election. The apex court rejected the Appellant’s Deposition, saying the 180-day timeframe is immutable and cannot be …

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, are not present at the Supreme Court, Abuja. The court is scheduled to rule on the petitions against the tribunal (Appealcourt) ruling upholding President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the presidential election held on February 25, 2023. The president’s chief …