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,…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria has kicked against the presidential directives asking the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan to oversee the affairs of the ministry following the suspension of Beta Edu, its minister. President Bola Tinubu had on Monday suspended Edu, following a…
The supreme court has reserved judgment in the appeal seeking to stop the removal of Caleb Mutfwang as governor of Plateau state. The court of appeal in Abuja had on November 19, 2023, sacked Mutfwang as governor of the state. A five-member panel of the supreme court led by John Okoro, on Tuesday, said the…
The Plateau state chapter of the Christian Association (CAN), heads of churches and Muslim leaders in the state, on Monday staged a peaceful protest to Government House, Rayfield- Jos, against Christmas eve killings by terrorists in Mangu, Barkin-Ladi and Bokkos LGAs of the state on Christmas eve. The religious groups presented a 10-point agenda to…
