After months of legal fireworks at the tribunal, the Presidential Election Petition Panel on Wednesday declared Bola Tinubu as the duly elected president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The tribunal led by Haruna Tsamman said the petitions filed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party…
Emmanuel Yawe, the spokesman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has died. He was aged 65. Yawe, a veteran journalist, from Taraba state, died in his sleep on Friday morning. Murtala Aliyu, Secretary General of the ACF,, confirmed his death on the forum’s WhatsApp media platform. “It is with heavy heart that I bring to…
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba, Monday ordered the arrest of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari and four police officers over their alleged involvement in tampering with exhibits in a case of illicit drug trafficking, official corruption and criminal conspiracy among other charges. The IG also ordered the immediate transfer of…
Former Sokoto governor, Senator Aminu Tambuwal has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the African Democratic Party (ADC). Announcing his defection in a statement, Tambuwal said the persistent internal crisis, leadership disagreements, and growing divisions within the PDP have made it increasingly difficult to continue to remain in the party. “Today, after deep…
The immediate past United States Secretary of State and former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Mike Pompeo, has decried the massacre of Christians in Nigeria, saying that least 1,500 Christians have been killed in the last six months. In an article published on Wednesday in American Centre for Law and Justice (https://aclj.org/), Pompeo…
Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has announced the dissolution of Local Government Transition Committee in the 17 LGAs of the state. Gyang Bere, spokesperson of the governor announced the dissolution in a statement in Jos. He said the dissolution takes effective from September 6, 2024. The statement directed Directors of Personnel Management (DPMs) to assume…
