The 2011 general elections in Nigeria are unlikely to be different from the 2007 elections described by local and international observers as the worst elections ever conducted anywhere in the world, an activist lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has said. Falana told journalists yesterday during a press conference organized by the Electoral Reform Network (ERN) in [...]
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Aliyu Idi Hong and the United Nations Organisation’s Chief of Peacekeeping Procurement Unit, Sean Purcell, have warned Nigerian corporate and individual businessmen willing to transact business with the organisation to avoid taking “short cutsâ€. This warning was given at a one-day seminar organised by the Ministry of [...]
The governorship election tribunal sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, South West Nigeria, has ruled in favour of Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola in the petition filed by the Action Congress candidate, Engr. Rauf Aregbesola. In a judgment that lasted about three hours, the tribunal held that the petitioner failed to prove his case beyond reasonable doubt that [...]
Nigeria’s Osun State Election Petition Tribunal has struck out the petition instituted by the Action Congress (AC) candidate for the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuf against the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Leo Awoyemi. The same tribunal was on its way to dismissing the three-year old case filed by the governorship candidate of the Action [...]
The Special Drug Court in Durban, South Africa sentenced one of the most wanted druglords, Ndudim Agoha to 20 years imprisonment. Ndudim Agoha is a Nigerian and had been living in South Africa for eight years. Agoha will spend 16 years behind bars because four years of his sentence was suspended. The business magnate was [...]
All is now set for the final showdown among Nollywood actor Emeka Ike, Ghetto Soldier Daddy Showkey and R&B Star Dare Art Alade, the last three celebrities remaining in the maiden edition of Nigeria’s Gulder Ultimate Search: Celebrity Showdown, the popular reality television show. The show, which ends tomorrow evening at a glittering ceremony holding [...]
Another fake officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has been arrested by the police at a beer parlour at Mile 2 area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Mr. Akanni Olufemi, the suspected fake LASTMA officer was handcuffed by the police after his arrest, which was effected as he was said to be drinking [...]
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