Politics

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has revealed that votes cast in all parts of Nigeria are equal. Falana spoke on a Channels Television’s programme, Sunday Politics. He added that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has been…

Catholic Priest of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka has said that the clergy of all Christian denominations in Nigeria offended God in different positions they took in the processes to the 2023 general election. The…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a 7-day ultimatum to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate state governors over violence and corruption in the just concluded 2023…

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has dismissed a report circulating that the Council of Elders, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, CFR (Ahaejiagamba) referred to the Yoruba as…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has condemned the “persistent” aversion to people of southeastern extraction, which he describes as Igbophobia. Speaking at an event on Saturday in Anambra State to commemorate Governor Chukwuma…

The Court of Appeal Abuja has dismissed a case by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kassim Shettima as the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it will issue certificates of return to newly elected governors, deputy governors-elect and State Assembly members-elect from Wednesday to Friday. Read Also: DSS Warns…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has directed the payment of N5m damages to a driver, Adedotun Clement, who was assaulted by officials of the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency and the Nigeria Police Force during the first…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has warned politicians to desist from peddling “hate speech” and all forms of “false narratives” to ignite violence or pit citizens against the President Muhammadu Buhari government or the incoming…

Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has condemned those asking him to come to Nigeria rather than stay in Finland and talk about things happening in the country. MDB…

The Lagos State Government is to file a six-count charge of manslaughter and 10 counts of grievous body harm against the driver of the staff bus which collided with a train at the PWD railway crossing on March 9. Both offences are…

The Presidency has denied reports that President Muhammadu Buhari is unwilling to hand over to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, at the end of his tenure on May 29, saying the government is already in transition phase. Read Also:…

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has granted permission to Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP), and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) to serve their petitions on Bola Tinubu through the All…

Alex Otti, the newly elected governor of Abia, claimed that he would have won the March 18 governorship election even if Peter Obi had not joined the Labour Party. Otti made this statement when asked if he would have won the March 18…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, nullified the judgment of the election tribunal which voided the election of Ademola Adeleke as governor of Osun State. A three member panel of the appellate court led by Justice Mohammed…