The president of the court of appeal, Monica Dongban-Mensem, has directed that all appeals arising from election petition cases across the country be transferred to the Abuja and Lagos divisions. According to reports by TheCable, the order affects gubernatorial, national and state assemblies’ elections, which held between February and March 2023. TheCable reports that, “Although…
Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, has revoked the right of occupancy (RO) of nine property belonging to Senator Ahmed Makarfi, a former governor of the state, barely 11 days to the end of his tenure of office. The affected property have also been slated for demolition. The notice of revocation and withdrawal of the…
The Zamfara State Government has accused the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, of using the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) to intimidate opposition figures in the state. The allegation followed the reported abduction of Saleem Abubakar, a technical assistant in the Office of the Governor Dauda Lawal. Abubakar was said to…
The Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) in Kaduna State has rejected the result of the governorship election won by Senator Uba Sani of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Addressing journalists on Tuesday in Kaduna, state chairman of the party, Hassan Hyet, said the declaration of Sani by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as…
The North-East Governors’ Forum (NEGF), has said that the mass exodus of bandits from the North-West region has made the relative peace in the region vulnerable. According to The PUNCH the governors stated this in a communique issued at the end of their seventh meeting on Friday in Gombe. The meeting was attended by governors…
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Rt. Rev. Matthew Kukah, has said that Nigeria is bleeding from savagery and brutality never witnessed in the history of the country. In his Easter message, Kukah urged President Bola Tinubu to rescue Nigerians from the “cross of evil”. The clergyman lamented that “Every day, innocent citizens are…
