The Appeal Court in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, north central Nigeria, has ordered a re-trial of the House of Representatives case between the former President of National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Daniel Onje of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, candidate and Hon. Hassan Saleh of PDP. In his ruling, weekend, Justice Uchechukwu [...]
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia has adjourned for judgment in the petition brought by Chief Stanley Ohajuruka. Ohajuruka, Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in the April 26 polls is challenging the declaration of Gov Theodore Orji of the PDP as the duly elected candidate. Ohajuruka in the petition had prayed the tribunal [...]
An Abuja High Court on Monday dismissed a suit filed by Alhaji Jibril Isa challenging his removal by the PDP as its candidate for the December 3, governorship election in Kogi. Justice Sunday Aladetoyinbo, who delivered judgment, held that the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit. The judge also held that all the facts [...]
The 19-day long real life drama starring Nollywood comic actor, Baba Suwe, assumed a new dimension this morning with the revelation that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has never held any drug suspect in its custody for 19 days since it was set up about two decades ago. The disclosure by Mitchell Ofoyeju, [...]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Monday that Abuja airport had been identified by drug traffickers as their new route for the illicit business. In a statement in Lagos, the NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju said this followed the agency’s increased surveillance and arrest of a prominent artiste at [...]
Irate political thugs reacting to a rumour that Governor of Bayelsa state, Timipre Sylva, may have been excluded by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from contesting the party’s gubernatorial primaries, blocked the East-West road at about 2.30 am today at Mbiama-Yenagoa junction. The thugs set ablaze The Nation delivery van conveying the current edition of [...]
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) said on Sunday that it had so far transported 88,281 Nigerians to Saudi Arabia for the 2011 Hajj. This was contained in a statement issued in Makkah by the Commission, 48 hours to the closure of the King Abdul Azeez International Airport to pilgrims by the Saudi authorities. [...]
