Suspected killers of the retired President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Makurdi, Benue State, Justice Margaret Igbetar, have confessed to having killed her for taking their family’s landed property. Some gunmen had on August 24, 2023, invaded the retired judge’s residence located at Wantor Kwange Street, opposite School of Medicine, Benue State University, Makurdi…
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…
The organised Labour, on Monday night, agreed to suspend its indefinite strike planned to commence on Tuesday. The resolution followed over five hours of deliberations between the federal government, leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. A 13-point communique read at the end of…
Governor of Nasarawa state, Abdullahi Sule, has said that he will appeal the judgement of the election petitions tribunal that nullified his victory at the poll. On Monday, the tribunal annulled Sule’s victory after two out of the three judges on the panel declared David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) as the winner of the…
No fewer than nine people were killed and three others injured in an attack by gunmen in Avu, Kwall district of Bassa Local Government, Plateau State. Likita Dani, a resident of the area said the attack occurred on Sunday at about 8 pm.“The attackers arrived the community around 8 p.m. when some people were sleeping while…
The governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa state, has sacked Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and declared David Ombugadu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as winner of the election. Delivering judgment on Monday in the petition filed by Ombugadu and the PDP challenging the election of Sule in…
