By Danladi Ahmed The Democratic Front (TDF) has denounced the criticism of the inclusion of the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the list of nominated Ambassadors by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. In a statement signed by its Chairman, Mallam Danjuma Muhammad, andContinue Reading
Residents of Osogbo today swarmed the convoy of Governor Ademola Adeleke today as he drove round major streets of Osogbo after he won the governorship ticket of Accord ahead of the 2026 guber race. The unannounced show of street credibility around the capital city was ordered by the governorContinue Reading
By Sylvester Udemezue The headline published by The Nation reads: *“BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court overrides FG’s pardon for Maryam Sanda, affirms death sentence.”* With due respect, this headline is misleading, legally inaccurate, and constitutionally unsustainable. It mischaracterises both the Supreme Court’s role and the scope of the President’s PrerogativeContinue Reading
The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme, FCA, on Friday, charged political office holders not to waver in their support for Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s administration. According to the Deputy Governor, loyalty should be 100 percent, adding that the political office holders should also be telling theContinue Reading
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence imposed on Maryam Sanda, who was convicted of killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, in their Abuja home in 2017. Okay News reports that Sanda, daughter-in-law of a former PDP Chairman, was sentenced to death by hanging by an Abuja High Court on January 27, 2020.Continue Reading
Former Vice President of Nileria, Atiku Abubakar, has issued a stern warning that the nation’s anti-corruption war is dangerously sliding off course and mutating into a brazen political witch-hunt. He cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-graft bodies to purge themselves of partisan contamination before theyContinue Reading
By Oluwadara Akingbohungbe Okay News reports — A former governor of Osun State, a state in South West Nigeria, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has publicly declared that he will not follow Governor Ademola Adeleke, who recently left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), one of Nigeria’s major national political parties, to joinContinue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has mourned the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, describing his death as explicable loss, and indescribable pain. Ewhrudjakpo, who died on Thursday, had been earlier reported to have collapsed while in the office and was rushed to the Federal Medical CentreContinue Reading
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), on Thursday, took over the prosecution of a lawyer, Ahmed Abdulrahman, and his co-defendants accused of cyberbullying a serving lawmaker, Sen. Umar Buba. Counsel for the AGF, Nueebu Abueh, made this known upon resumed hearing in the matter before Justice Rita Ajumogobia ofContinue Reading
