The Court of Appeal Markudi division has upturned a ruling of a Federal High court Markudi against the EFCC, which was earlier barred by the lower court from placing Benue state government bank accounts on Post no debit (PND). WHAT WE KNOW Markudi division of the Court of Appeal, has ...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, a major protagonist in the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has granted an explosive interview where he bared it all about the PDP crisis, while daring the party leadership to suspend him over his role in the current imbroglio bedeviling the party. WHAT ...
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State and presidential candidate of the Ruling APC have taken a swipe at the main opposition PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, noting that “Instead of being a unifier, Atiku is now a divider-in-chief” for “violating his party’s code for power rotation”. WHAT WE ...
Ohaneze Ndigbo, has called on President Buhari to order the arrest and prosecute Shehu Mahdi for his inciting and criminal statements against the Igbos. WHAT WE KNOW The Ohaneze Ndigbo, through her spokesman has called on the President Mohammed Buhari led federal government to arrest and prosecute Shehu Mahdi for ...
The lead counsel of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the embattled founder and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have disclosed new details about the health situation of his client and how he is been treated by the Department of State Security Service (DSS), in whose custody Kanu has been ...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has rejected an Industrial Court judgement, which ordered Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) to suspend its ongoing strike immediately and return back to the classroom, while describing it as “black market judgment.” WHAT WE KNOW Nigerian students under their umbrella body, the ...
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Wednesday ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its ongoing nationwide strike. WHAT WE KNOW The Federal Government may have heaved a sigh of relief, as the National Industrial court of Nigerian, this Wednesday ordered the Academic Staff Union of ...
Yakubu Dogara, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, have said the ruling APC Muslim-Muslim ticket for the February presidential election is bound to fail. WHAT WE KNOW A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Tuesday, said the adoption of a Muslim-Muslim ticket by the All Progressives ...
The National Association of Nigerian Students on Wednesday vowed to disrupt political campaigns billed to start later this month in driving home their point for the Federal Government to end the ongoing strike. WHAT WE KNOW Nigerian students under their apex body, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), have ...
An ex-agitator, and Mayor of Urhoboland, Eshanekpe Israel has described the PDP presidential ticket of Atiku Abubakar and running mate Ifeanyi Okowa as a betrayal of the South. WHAT WE KNOW The National Coordinator of the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, NCNDE-A and Mayor of Urhoboland, Eshanekpe Israel, a.k.a ...
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo has denied allegation it is making monetary demands to support the campaign for an Igbo president in 2023. WHAT WE KNOW Ohaneze Ndigbo has denied an allegation of demanding money to support the campaign for Nigerian President of Igbo extraction, ever since the ...
Barr Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Monday, told the media that the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu’s health condition has continued to deteriorate in the detention facility of the Directorate of State Services, DSS. WHAT WE KNOW “The Nigerian state might ...
A Federal High court sitting in Jalingo, Taraba State capital have nullified the election of the APC Governorship Primaries in the state. However, the Primaries of the PDP in the state has been upheld by the court. WHAT WE KNOW A Federal High Court, sitting in Jalingo, Tuesday, nullified the ...
In keeping to it's preparation for the 2023 General elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), have published the names of eighteen candidates, their political parties and other details for the 2023 General elections, which have now made public the answers to some questions about the major contenders for the ...
The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives also called the Green Chambers, Femi Gbajabiamila have said that the effort of the government in the area of university education is inadequate. He also said the leadership of the House wants to intervene in the ASUU strike with a view to ...
Governor Yahaya Bello on Monday dismissed the Anap poll which favoured Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi, maintaining that online agitation is different from grassroots mobilisation. BASIC FACTS Yahaya Bello has dismissed the opinion poll that favoured Peter Obi as the winner of the February presidential election. The Kogi ...
Samuel Ortom, Governor of Benue State and an ally of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has warned the PDP to resolve it's internal conflict before the campaign for 2023 elections. BASIC FACTS Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State have told his party, the PDP to resolve it's internal conflict as ...
The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, says the Nigeria Police Force does not condone indiscipline and violation of citizens’ rights by police officers. Adejobi had in a tweet on Saturday, said, “Even if a policeman on uniform slaps a civilian, the civilian has no right to retaliate more so ...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, says the government is behind oil theft in the country. Peter Obi spoke in Lagos as a guest at the Lagos Chambers of commerce and industry (LCCI). BASIC FACTS Peter Obi presidential candidate of the Labour Party has said that subsidy ...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party seeking the disqualification Labour Party Presidential candidate Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress. The suit challenging the legality of the substitution of the running mates for Tinubu and Obi was ...
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has criticised the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on his comments regarding how Nigerians should respond to assault by police officers. BASIC FACTS Femi Falana has rebooked the Nigerian police for the position of the Force Public Relations ...
The access road to the Murtala Mohammed international Lagos was this Monday blocked to traffic by University students protesting the seven-month industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. BASIC FACTS University students under the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), this Monday blocked the access road to the ...
A Port Harcourt-based lawyer, Azubuike Ihemeje, has petitioned a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, and social media influencer, Reno Omokri, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), over alleged criminal representation. Ihemeje in the petitions sent to office of the two anti-corruption ...
The Peter Obi and Datti campaign (Obi-Datti) has blasted the former governor of Edo State State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole for his comment regarding Peter Obi`s time as governor of Anambra State and his performance in the area of security in the state. BASIC FACTS Adams Oshiomhole have claimed that Peter ...
The police in Ebonyi State have explained their decision to disperse hundreds of supporters of Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi who gathered for a rally on Saturday, while eye witness confirm the police acted on Governor David Umahi`s request. In a statement sent to journalists, the Ebonyi police spokesperson, ...
Following some verbal attack against Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) from Festus Keyamo of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), who is a serving junior minister in the Buhari Administration, the Nigerian workers under the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has come in Obi`s defence. ...
Organisers of a rally in support of the Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, were on Saturday tear-gassed by the police in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, in South-East Nigeria. BASIC FACTS The police in Ebonyi has tear-gassed Labour Party supporters in Ebonyi State. The ...
The National Industrial Court has adjourned the suit filed by the Federal Government challenging the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to Monday, September 19 for a hearing of the interlocutory application of the Federal Government. BASIC FACTS The National Industrial court has adjourned the case ...
The University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State, have refused to release for burial the corpse of a 12 years old who died in the hospital last July. The hospital is holding unto the corpse as the only means of getting the family of the deceased to offset accumulated hospital ...
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday at State House, Abuja, met with the Chairman and select members of Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities, promising to engage in further consultations with relevant stakeholders, towards ending the protracted strike by university lecturers, under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). BASIC FACTS Inspite ...
