The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the failure of mass transit scheme in Nigeria has summoned the Minisiter of Finance, Mr Wale Edun over the failure of the scheme. Others summoned include; the minister of Trade and Investment, Accountant General for the Federation, Head of Service of the Federation. Rep. Victor Ogene, the…
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), last night, affirmed the electoral victory President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his Vice Kashim Shettima, at the 2023 presidential poll. The panel of five judges described the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi; Peoples Democratic…
Nigeria’s presidential election tribunal on Wednesday rejected an opposition challenge to Bola Tinubu’s win in February’s disputed vote. Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, who came second and third respectively, had asked the court to invalidate the election, alleging irregularities. Judge Haruna Tsammani, reading out a lengthy…
Charity has been part of human culture for thousands of years. There are numerous instances of charitable acts in ancient civilizations dating back as fast as 2500 BCE ( or 4,500 years ago), which was around the time the Egyptians were building the pyramids Today, 5th September, was designated by the General Assembly of the…
The petition seeking disqualifications of President Tinubu by Labour Party and Peoples Democratic party at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) sitting in Abuja was dismissed on Wednesday 6th September in Abuja . The suits were filed by the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The PEPT’s proceeding is still ongoing at the…
Justice Deems the Petition Lacking a Reason of ActionThe case brought forward by the Allied People’s Movement (APM) against the alleged double nominations of Kashim Shettima has been struck off by the presiding Justice. The decision stems from the petition’s perceived lack of logic and failure to disclose any reasonable cause of action. The APM…
With head high, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) continues to celebrate its judicial but false victory over the FGN-ASUU case, which the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) judged in September 2022 and May 2023. Part of the Court’s overall judgment is “Call off the strike; the government is legally right to implement the…
The Rivers State Police Command has paraded four Police men for alleged extortion. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Nwonyi Emeka, who paraded the four Policemen attached to a neighbouring state command over alleged extortion of about three persons on Monday, September 4th in Port Harcourt, said the paraded men extorted about N6.5 Millions from…
The National Assembly Election petition Tribunal sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos State on Friday upheld the Election of Hon Dr Wale Ahmed as the duly elected winner of Agege Federal constituency of Lagos State. Barister Wahab Kunle Shittu,SAN.defended Hon. Dr.Wale Hamed in the proceedings following a petition filed by Sola Osolana of the People…
In the past three years, at least eight African countries have witnessed military coup d’états. This is coming when it was thought that Africa’s democracy had come of age when we were beginning to think that coups had gone for good, consigned to an era in the past when African governments were led by the…
