Four communities in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State have been deserted following the abduction of 110 people by bandits for refusing to pay N110 million monthly levy to a notorious bandits kingpin. The Punch newspapers report that the bandits invaded the four villages on Friday night and abducted 110 people for allegedly refusing…
Samson Itodo, executive director of YIAGA Africa, says Nigeria needs character reform to ensure credible elections. Speaking at a conference on “Electoral accountability and democratic stability,” at the weekend in Kaduna, he said the political class believes that elections cannot be won without disrupting the process and bribing the judiciary. Itodo alleged that the Independent…
Some supporters of former President Muhammadu Buhari, under the auspices of “Protectors of Buhari Legacies (PBL)”, have dismissed claims that his eight year administration was a failure. In a statement on Sunday in Kaduna, Mohammed Ajiji, coordinator of the group, maintained that Buhari made significant strides across various sectors, contributing to the overall development and…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has the majority in the Plateau State House of Assembly following a ruling of the appeal court declaring Nimchak Nansak of the APC as the winner of the Langtang north-north state constituency poll. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Nannim Langyi, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as…
The appeal court in Abuja has nullified the verdict of the Nasarawa state governorship election petition tribunal, which sacked Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, the court affirmed the election of Sule as governor. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Sule…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja will on Thursday deliver judgment in the appeal by Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state, seeking to set aside the tribunal judgment that nullified his election. The tribunal had in its judgment delivered on October 2, declared David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner…
