Month: January 2019

  • Over 500 ZLP Members Defect To PDP In Ondo Community

    Over 500 ZLP Members Defect To PDP In Ondo Community

    Less down 3 weeks to the general elections, over 500 members of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), led by it’s Chairman, Mr. Smart Olonimoyo, on Wednesday, defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in Idanre Local Government of Ondo State. Some members of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), also defected to the opposition PDP.…

  • It’s Ridiculous Claim For Anybody To Say I Did Not Trust Atiku

    It’s Ridiculous Claim For Anybody To Say I Did Not Trust Atiku

    * No VP acted in presidential capacity more than Atiku – Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said no Nigerian vice president acted in the stead of his principal as much as former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. The Punch reports that Obasanjo, who was the guest speaker at the Island Club Quarterly Business Lecture, which held…

  • Sultan Says Nigeria In Hard Times, Urges Muslims To Pray

    Sultan Says Nigeria In Hard Times, Urges Muslims To Pray

    The leadership of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam headed by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad lll, on Tuesday cautioned Nigerian politicians against making hate speech ahead of the general elections. The religious group also called on the Muslim community to pray for hitch-free elections in the country. The JNI Secretary-General, Dr Khalid Aliyu, in…

  • Re-elect Buhari If You Got Better Life In The Past Four Years, Atiku Tells Youths

    Re-elect Buhari If You Got Better Life In The Past Four Years, Atiku Tells Youths

    The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has asked young Nigerians to re-elect President Muhammadu Buhari if they got new jobs and a better life in the last four years. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications, Phrank Shuaibu, the former Vice-President urged Nigerians to vote for the PDP…

  • Onnoghen: Lawyers Ask NBA To Derobe Malami, Danladi Umar, Others

    Onnoghen: Lawyers Ask NBA To Derobe Malami, Danladi Umar, Others

    Lawyers under the aegis of Lawyers In Defence of Democracy and some civil society groups opposed to last Friday’s suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen,by President Muhammadu Buhari ,took to the streets of Abuja, yesterday to register their grievances. Vanguard reports that before pouring into the streets,the protesters marched to the…

  • Don’t plunge Nigeria into constitutional crisis, Atiku tells Buhari

    Don’t plunge Nigeria into constitutional crisis, Atiku tells Buhari

    The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday warned  the ruling  All Progressives Congress against  plunging  Nigeria  into a constitutional crisis and in the process derailing the  country’s  democracy. According to the former Vice-President,  the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, is  “an attack on the judiciary”.…

  • I Have Not Resigned, Says Suspended CJN Onnoghen

    I Have Not Resigned, Says Suspended CJN Onnoghen

    — As NBA Orders Lawyers to boycott court for two days in protest of Onnoghen’s removal The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, who was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday, has debunked the rumour gaining traction online on Monday that he has resigned. Onnoghen, whom President Muhammadu Buhari replaced with the next…

  • APC Won Osun Governorship Election With ‘Remote Control’- Buhari

    APC Won Osun Governorship Election With ‘Remote Control’- Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, while appealing to traditional rulers in Osun State to support his reelection to enable his administration consolidate on its achievements, revealed that APC was able to win the state’s governorship election held months back with the aid of “remote control”. Buhari, who failed to provide details of what he meant by…

  • Ekiti Election Petition Tribunal Fixes Judgement For Tomorrow

    Ekiti Election Petition Tribunal Fixes Judgement For Tomorrow

    The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja will on Monday deliver judgment in the petition by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and one other. The PDP and its candidate in the last governorship election in Ekiti State, Kolapo Olusola are, by their petition, challenging the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission…

  • Onnoghen’s Removal Worst Than Rigging On Election Day-  Abuja Protesters

    Onnoghen’s Removal Worst Than Rigging On Election Day- Abuja Protesters

    Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have staged a protest in Abuja, asking the United States of America and the United Kingdom to “activate their warning by placing visa restrictions and  prosecute those who participated in the illegal and unconstitutional suspension of Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria”. The organisations also called for the…

  • Removal of Onnoghen As CJN Worrisome, Questionable  — US

    Removal of Onnoghen As CJN Worrisome, Questionable — US

    The US Embassy in Nigeria said in a statement that the decision of the executive arm of government to suspend the head of another arm of government without recourse to the National Assembly was questionable and worrisome. The US which had last week threatened to place a visa ban on all persons who manipulate the…

  • Timing of Onnoghen’s removal wrong – UK

    Timing of Onnoghen’s removal wrong – UK

    The British Government has expressed worry over the removal of the Chief Justice of Nigeria,  Justice Walter Onnoghen, by President Muhammdu Buhari. This comes barely hours after the American government disagreed with the Federal Government over the removal of the CJN. The Punch reports that the United kingdom said the timing of the removal which…