President Bola Tinubu has suspended Betta Edu as minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Edu has been embroiled in a controversy after a memo surfaced indicating that she asked the Accountant-General of the federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, to transfer the sum of N585 million…
A former speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba,is dead. Aged 65, Na’Abba died in the early hours of Wednesday in Abuja following a protracted illness. Family sources said he will be buried today in Abuja according to Islamic rites. More to come…
Many people in Tudun Biri, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state are reported to have been killed in a bomb blast allegedly dropped by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jet. However, the NAF has distanced itself from the unfortunate incident, saying none of its aircrafts had been flown anywhere in Kaduna state in the…
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, has nullified the election of Caleb Mutfwang as governor of Plateau state. According to Channels Television, the court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to Mutfwang. Delivering judgment on Sunday in the appeal by Nentawe Yilwatda Goshwe, governorship candidate of…
The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the judgment of the governorship election petition tribunal which nullified the election of Abba Yusuf, candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as governor of Kano state. The tribunal had in its judgment declared Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of…
