An Abuja-based Bureau de Change operator, Jamilu Abdullahi and third prosecution witness in the trial of Ali Bello, on Thursday, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, gave a narrative of the financial transactions between him and the Kogi State government under former governor, Yahaya Bello.... Read more
. .. Against an earlier conviction by a Federal High Court in Lagos which pronounced a 12-year jail term, for the crime. The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal filed by the Federal Government to reopen the trial of Senator Orji Kalu, former... Read more
Foremost pro-democracy group, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has described the on-going political crisis in Rivers State as a strictly party affair and condemned the involvement of Nigeria’s electoral commission-appointed and court-affirmed President, Bola Tinubu in the effort at its resolution. In a press release issued today analysing the... Read more
…canvasses amnesty for South East agitators The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has written to President Bola Tinubu requesting him to use his position to set free the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu as has been decided and ordered by various courts... Read more
. Restrains Martin Amaewhule and Dumle Maol from parading themselves or interfering with the activities of Rt. Hon. Edison Ogerenye Ehie as Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has confirmed Edison Ehie as the authentic Speaker of the Rivers... Read more
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi has called on the Federal Government to provide adequate funding for the Nigerian military in order to enhance its operations Obi made the call against the backdrop of the recent accidental military air strike at... Read more
. Cites retiring Justice’s allegation of internal corruption in judiciary as buttress, Calls for Judicial Reform and a Return of the Nigerian People’s Sovereignty to Nigerians. Citing the recent revelation by retiring a retiring Justice of Nigeria’s Supreme Court, Justice Muhammad Dattijo that the Nigerian judiciary has lost the... Read more
Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) is expected to deliver the much anticipated verdict on the concluded hearing next Wednesday, September 6th, 2023. The country’s Court of Appeal Registrar Umar Bangari confirmed the ruling date to the media on Monday, noting that the reading of the verdict will be... Read more
A group, Incorporated Trustees of Peoples Life Improvement Foundation (PLIF) and a prominent indigene of Rivers State, Sir Precious Elekima, has asked the Federal High Court to compel the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related... Read more
By Victor Onyeka-Ben The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Julius Abure has thanked the party’s Nigerian diaspora faithfuls for their unwavering support and encouragement in its avowed commitment to the realization of “a new Nigeria that will be free of the ills of official corruption... Read more