The governorship election petition tribunal in Yola, Adamawa state has affirmed the election of Ahmadu Fintiri as governor of the state. Umar Ardo, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and his party had challenged Fintiri’s victory before the tribunal, alleging corrupt practices, threats and violence during the election. They prayed the tribunal to nullify…
Atsi, sister of the Taraba state governor, Kefas Agbu, has died in an Abuja hospital where she was on admission following gunshot injury. The secretary to the Taraba state government, Timothy Kataps, confirmed her demise on Tuesday. Atsi was said to have sustained the gunshot injury after gunmen attacked a convoy she was in. A…
A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kaduna state, Ahmed Tijjani, has said that Nigerians are fully prepared to vote out leaders who have nothing to offer. Speaking in an interview with the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Tijani said, the privilege enjoyed by big political parties will not count in the…
A new association for legal practitioners in Nigeria, known as, Law Society of Nigeria (LSN) has been established. The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), founded in 1933, had been the only professional body regulating legal practitioners in Nigeria. The new association, according to reports by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), is led by Kunle Ogunba,…
Southern Kaduna People in Diaspora – Europe (SOKAPDAE) have lauded President Bola Tinubu for the establishment of the Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia, Kaduna state. The group also commended the Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani, Sunday Katung – the senator representing Kaduna South senatorial zone, and Danjuma La’ah a former senator who represented…
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau state during the 2023 election, Nentawe Yilwatda, has lashed at the people of the state, saying they are “not wise enough to understand” that religion is being used to deny them of good leadership. In a video trending on the social media, Yilwatda who lost…
