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Enugu State Governor and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, casting his vote for the governorship election at his Amube Ward II Polling Unit, Ohom Orba, Udenu Local Government Area, on Saturday
Daily Archives: March 9, 2019
Nigeria: Buhari runs a govt with no direction – Financial Times
The Financial Times (FT) of London says President Muhammadu Buhari has been running a government that lacks a clear direction in the last four years. ...
Read More »Again, Nigerians vote today to elect governors, state assembly members
Nigerians today will vote to elect governors for 29 states and 991 members of Houses of Assembly ...
Read More »INEC ready for polls in Akwa Ibom after office fire incident
The Independent National Electoral Commission (lNEC) said it has replaced and reconfigured the 198 Smart Card Readers that were on Friday burnt in its office in lbesikpo Asutan Local Government, Area of Akwa lbom State ...
Read More »EFCC arrests Imo Accountant-General for laundering N1.05bn to buy votes for Okorocha’s son-in-law
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Accountant-General of Imo State, Uzoho Casmir, for allegedly helping Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, to launder N1.05 billion for the governorship and assembly elections ...
Read More »Aisha seeks only APC members in Buhari’s new cabinet
Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has appealed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider only card-carrying members for political appointments in the next dispensation ...
Read More »Enugu: APC Assembly candidates disown purported call for polls postponement
A coalition of House of Assembly candidates on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, have dissociated themselves from the purported ...
Read More »Olanipekun, Osinbajo’s brother, others in Buhari’s legal team against Atiku
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), will lead the legal team assembled by President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, to defend the President’s mandate in court ...
Read More »Supreme Court affirms interim forfeiture of Patience Jonathan’s $8.4m
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed an order of interim forfeiture made by the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court in respect of $8.4m linked to the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Patience Jonathan ...
Read More »Alleged forgery: Court refuses to disqualify Wike from guber poll
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed a suit seeking an order disqualifying Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State from contesting the Saturday’s ...
Read More »Akpabio withdraws court case challenging election defeat
Former Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, has withdrawn a case he filed challenging his Senate reelection loss. Akpabio’s lawyer, Sunday Ameh, announced the withdrawal in ...
Read More »Gunmen kidnap Gov. Masari’s mother-In-law in Katsina
The mother-in-law to the governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, has been abducted from her residence in Katsina metropolis. Eighty-year-old Hauwa Yusuf is the mother ...
Read More »Wife killer gets death sentence in Lagos
The Lagos State High Court on Friday sentenced Lekan Shonde to death by hanging for killing his wife, Ronke. Lekan Shonde, a depot worker in ...
Read More »Four Nigerians, Dangote, Adenuga, Alakija, Rabiu among 13 richest blacks on earth
Africa’s leading business mogul, Aliko Dangote, is now ranked the richest black person in the world with a fortune estimated at $10.9 billion. Dangote, a cement ...
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