Former vice-president, Aitku Abubakar, has commended the supreme court judgments affirming the election of governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The apex court, on Friday, affirmed the election of governors Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Dauda Lawal (Zamfara), and Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau) who were elected on the platform of the PDP. The court had earlier on…
The supreme court has affirmed the election of Caleb Mutfwang as Plateau state governor. The court faulted the court of appeal for annulling Mutfwang’s election. The judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, held that “the whole case is a clear abuse of court process”. The apex court held that the tribunal and court of appeal cannot…
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, will on Friday flag off the maiden edition of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Veterans’ Outreach Programme ahead of preparations for the January 15, Armed Forces Remembrance Day. Spokesperson of NAF, Air Vice Marshal, Edward Gabkwet, announced this in a statement on Friday. Gabkwet said the…
The supreme court has affirmed the election of Abba Yusuf as governor of Kano state . A five-member panel of the apex court has upheld the election of Abba Yusuf as governor of Kano state. The apex court held that the tribunal and the court of appeal erred by sacking Yusuf, candidate of the New…
A female marketing employee of a bank in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has committed suicide. According to The Punch newspapers, the deceased, 32-year-old Amarachi Ugochukwu, was said to have drunk an insecticide. The Punch reports that the incident happened on Monday within the premises of the bank. Ugochukwu had around 1pm made her way into the…
The Supreme Court will on Friday, deliver judgment on the Plateau, Kano, Zamfara, Bauchi, Lagos and Ebonyi governorship appeals. Governors of the three states – Caleb Mutfwang (of Plateau) and Abba Yusuf (of Kano) and Dauda Lawal (of Zamfara), are challenging the nullifications of their elections at the Appeal Court while the appeal for Bauchi,…
