I Didn’t Need NJC Recommendation To Become Acting CJN — Mohammad

The acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and his humble self do not need the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC) before he could be appointed the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The Punch reports that Muhammad made the claim in response to a query given to him by the NJC, the body constitutionally empowered to recommend the appointment of chief justices and heads of courts. A group, Centre for Justice and Peace Initiative, had written a petition to the NJC, asking the council to remove Muhammad as a justice of

By |March 18th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Kano Inconclusive Election: PDP, APC Supporters Go Spiritual

Supporters of the All Progressives Congress and their counterparts in the Peoples Democratic Party in Kano State have resorted to spiritual warfare as they prepare for Saturday’s supplementary election in 30 out of the 44 local government areas in the state. According to the Punch, the prayer sessions, which reached a climax on Friday, have been holding in private homes and public mosques spread across the city of Kano. Thousands of Muslims thronged mosques in the city to pray for peaceful conduct of the supplementary election, which has attracted heightened interest among residents. Depending on their political affiliations, supporters trooped

By |March 17th, 2019|Categories: Politics|Tags: , , |0 Comments

EFCC Raids Onnoghen’s Farm, Takes Away Sales Books, Receipts, Others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Saturday raided the farm of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, making away with sales books, receipt booklets, its members of staff list and other documents. The Punch reports that about nine EFCC operatives, a cameraman and policemen in a Nissan bus marked Abuja BWR 627AT raided Wanogan Farms Limited located in the Masaka area of Nasarawa State around 3pm and searched the entire premises for over three hours. A relative of the CJN told our correspondent that the EFCC operatives seized all the phones of the workers to prevent

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INEC denying Atiku access to election materials – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has accused the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission of disobeying the March 6, 2019 ruling of the Appeal Court, which directed it to allow the party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to inspect the documents and materials used in the February 23, 2019 presidential election. It described the action of the commission as a deliberate and wicked ploy to frustrate the plan by the party and Atiku to file their petition at the presidential election tribunal, and by so doing, ambush the case. The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan,

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Lagos Collapsed Building: 11 Year Old Pupil Comes Back To Life Inside Mortuary

Ten persons, including four pupils, were feared dead on Wednesday following the collapse of a building on No. 63 Massey Street, Ita Faaji area of Lagos Island. About 50 other persons had been pulled out of the rubble alive as of the time of going to press. It was gathered that the three-storey building, which housed a school, Ohen Nursery and Primary School, and residential apartments, caved in around 10am. At the scene of the incident, rescue operation was ongoing and the total casualty figure could not be immediately ascertained. But a miraculous scene occured when an  11-year-old pupil, Taofeekat

By |March 15th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: |0 Comments

“Inconclusive Is Now Conclusive,” Tofowomo Tells INEC chairman After Receiving Return Certificate

Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo, Senator-elect for Ondo South, thrown some journalists into an unending laughters when he told the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC ), Yakubu Mahmood, that: “ the inconclusive is now conclusive. No more inconclusive election again in Ondo South” moment he received his certificate of return on Thursday. The Senator-elect was among the newly elected senators who collected certificate of return from INEC at the international conference center, Abuja. He dedicated his victory to God and the good people of Ondo South. He also said that his mandate was for everyone in the constituency irrespective of

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Ondo PDP Candidate, Oladapo Rejects House of Assembly Election

The Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the house of assembly election in Ondo West Constituency I, Mr. Oladapo Abiola, has rejected the outcome of the house of assembly election held on March 9, 2019, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), saying it does not refelect the wishes of the people. In petition addressed to the State Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC in Akure , Oladapo called for the cancellation of the election, asking INEC to  conduct fresh election in Ondo West constituency I. The full statement reads: I, Oladapo Abiola, the Candidate and flag bearer of

By |March 14th, 2019|Categories: Politics|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Nicholas Tofowomo of PDP Wins Ondo South Senatorial Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo, the Senatorial Candidate of PDP as the winner of Ondo South Senatorial Election. Tofowomo was declared winner of the election after scoring 81, 892 votes to defeat his closest rival, the incumbent Senator, Yele Omogunwa of the ruling APC who polled 55, 610 votes. The result was announced by INEC Returning Officer, professor Kayode Onifade in charge of Ondo South Senatorial Election in Ondo State after the Senatorial supplementary election held on Saturday was concluded. Recall that two weeks ago, INEC declared the Ondo South Senatorial election inconclusive on

By |March 10th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments

By The Time These Elections Are Over

By Jumoke Akindele  By the time these elections are over on Saturday, Nigeria will be more divided and more in need of restructuring than ever. Yet I know the ones who placed themselves in power will say no.  All these sabre rattling "Lagos is Yoruba land"  "roforofo" threats we've been having in Lagos since after the Presidential election is an ill-wind that will do us no good.  I do not think that the Igbo man is contesting the traditional ownership of Lagos, he just wants to exercise his right to choose who governs the part of Nigeria where he resides. The

By |March 3rd, 2019|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

I Escape Death Last Night, Pastor Adeboye Hints Congregation

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), today, created an unending suspense during the church service when he hinted the congregation that he would have passed on over the night if not for God who spared him. The cleric who gave this shocking revelation told the congregation to thank God they did not gather in the course of the service to mourn him. Daddy G. O, as he is popular called, was expected as usual to mount the pulpit and give his sermon at the  redemption camp but instead, the cleric, who refused

By |March 3rd, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments
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