Tension gripped Benin City on Tuesday as leaders of the African Democratic Congress gathered for what was meant to be a major milestone, the formal declaration of Olumide Akpata into the party ahead of the political season in Edo State. According to Dr. Yunusa Tanko, national coordinator of the Obedient Movement, the delegation left the…
The Chief Judge (CJ), Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, has reassigned the two cases filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Abubakar Malami, former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), to another judge. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the case files, which were remitted back to the CJ…
Former Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has filed a N1 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Enforcement Commission (ICPC) over alleged unlawful invasion of his Abuja residence. El-Rufai, through his team of lawyers led by Oluwole Iyamu, SAN, prayed the court to declare that the search warrant…
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has called on the National Assembly to urgently review its stance on electoral reforms, advocating for the mandatory real-time transmission of results. The conference stressed the need to restore dwindling citizens’ trust in the nation’s democracy. Most Rev. Lucius Ugorji, the Archbishop of Owerri and outgoing President of…
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has urged Nigerian leaders to place the common good above personal and partisan interests. Kaigama made the call during his homily at the opening Mass of the first 2026 Plenary Assembly of the (CBCN) on Sunday in Abuja. Speaking on the theme, “The Common Good and…
The Para-Mallam Peace Foundation has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to make the release of Leah Sharibu an urgent national priority before the end of his tenure. In a statement on Friday, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the foundation, Revd Dr Gideon Para-Mallam, said although Tinubu had invested in strengthening the military and…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed into law the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026. The brief signing ceremony took place at the President’s office at the State House, Abuja with Principal officers of the National Assembly in attendance. The National Assembly had on Tuesday passed the Electoral Act 2026 (Amendment) Bill. The amendment comes amid…
Ali Bello, on Wednesday, tendered the Certified True Copies (CTCs) of a judgment and an enrolled order of Kogi High Court in his defence of allegations that the extra-judicial statements made in the ongoing trial were not voluntarily obtained by the EFCC operatives. Likewise, Dauda Sulaiman, the 2nd defendant in the alleged N10 billion money…
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has declared Wednesday, Feb. 18, as the first day of Ramadan 1447 AH in Nigeria. Abubakar announced the sighting of the new crescent of Ramadan 1447 AH in a statement issued by Alhaji Sambo Junaidu, the Chairman…
The Senate on Tuesday passed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2026, following a tense and rowdy session marked by heated debates and a division over key provisions of the proposed legislation. Proceedings in the upper chamber were momentarily stalled as lawmakers commenced clause-by-clause consideration of the bill. The disruption followed a demand…
