Nigeria and African news

The supreme court has affirmed Abdullahi Sule as the duly elected governor of Nasarawa state. Delivering judgment on Friday in the appeal filed by David Ombugadu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 2023 elections, the apex court upheld the verdict of the Court of Appeal declaring Sule as winner of the election. Justice…

Elder statement and convener of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has that Muhammadu Buhari failed abysmally as President for eight years. He said the Buhari administration was full of insecurity, economic collapse, injustice, religious bigotry and lack of direction. According to Clerk,  Buhari pushed the country five decades backward. The elder statesman…

The Agi, Mercy, Annah and Tamah (AMAT) Widows Foundation,  has empowered over 400 widows since it was founded in 2015. The director of the foundation, Sunday Agi Oibe, disclosed this in an interview after the 2023 empowerment outreach of the foundation which held on December 28, at Methodist Church Okikeme, Oju Local Government Area of…

The police in Kaduna have  rescued an Abuja kidnap victim while on transit with his captors to Kano. In a statement on Thursday, the Kaduna state police command said, the victim, by name  Segun Akinyemi, of Block 10, Flat 2 FCDA Quarters,  Area 3 Garki, Abuja, was rescued when his abductors, were taking him to…

The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal seeking to annul  the election of Abdullahi Sule as governor of Nasarawa state. Lawyers of the parties on Tuesday  made their final submissions before a five-member panel of the apex court led by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun. The panel, after listening to the submissions, reserved judgment in the matter,…