Hon. Justice Akintayo of the Ado Ekiti High Court while ruling on the preliminary objection filed by the Labour Party held that the case of Onile Adams as formulated was not justifiable and as such the court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the case. Reacting to this judgement, Hon. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele who is the Labour Party standard flagbearer described the judgement ... Read More »
The group wrote to Oba Akiolu says it’s been vindicated Irked by the reported endorsement of Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode by the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, a political group in the state, the Visioners for New Lagos (VNL) insisted at the weekend that the Lagos monarch did not have the kind of powers he arrogated to himself but ... Read More »
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is “packaging” ex-warlord Ateke Tom as the next governor of Rivers State, the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged. The party in a statement issued this morning in Port Harcourt also dismissed rumours making the rounds that it plans, in concert with Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, to release and recruit militants ... Read More »
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, yesterday, urged President Goodluck Jonathan not to foreclose the option of dialogue with the Boko Haram Islamic sect, with a view to securing the release of over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State. The association, at the end of an executive committee meeting in Abuja, insisted that Jonathan should not sleep with his two ... Read More »
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has expressed support for a former Accountant General of the state, Mr. Akinwunmi Abode, as governor in 2015. Akiolu said this at the launch of a biography of Ambode titled, ‘The Art of Selfless Service’ in Lagos on Thursday. He said while addressing guests at the event that there was no more room for ... Read More »
THE Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, on Thursday, responded to a statement credited to the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, that “there were three good traditional rulers in Yorubaland,” saying it was the traditional rulers in the South West that held their subjects together, giving room for people like him (Tinubu) to actualise ... Read More »
A top U.S. Defense Department official criticized Nigeria on Thursday for being too slow to adapt in response to the threat of Boko Haram, but said Washington is committed to helping fight the group and safely return more than 200 girls taken from their school a month ago. “In general Nigeria has failed to mount an effective campaign against Boko ... Read More »
The Owerri residence of the immediate past governor of Imo state, Chief Ikedi Ohakim was almost reduced to ashes on Thursday with suspected highly explosive device allegedly planted by his political detractors . According to the former governor who was still weeping profusely when we visited the ravaged building, he got a call from some security details in the area ... Read More »
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Lagos State has apprehended three men for attempting to assassinate a Lagos socialite and businessman, Mr. Victor Adelakun, aka Ade Lexus. we learnt that the suspects were allegedly hired by an Ibadan-based hotelier, Mr. Adebayo Orekoya, aka Bobby Ibadan, who had been declared wanted by the Lagos State Police Command. According to police authorities, Bobby ... Read More »
According to reports from AFP, the data hasn’t been shared with the Nigerians because Washington is still working out an agreement to govern the sharing of intelligence, Colonel Steven Warren said. A defense official who preferred to speak in anonymity told AFP that the United States has deployed the Global Hawk, which flies at high altitude, and the manned MC-12, ... Read More »
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