The Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has nullified the election of 13 local government chairmen and 171 councillors, declaring the process unconstitutional. The election, conducted by the Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC) in July 2024, was ruled invalid for failing to comply with the provisions of the Electoral Act. Delivering judgment…
US President Joe Biden has voted early in the presidential election, with just about a week to go before polling day. The president, who dropped his re-election bid in July, has appeared at an early voting site in his home state of Delaware where he was seen waiting in a queue that extended outside the…
Elder statesman and Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, is dead. The announcement of the passing away of the prominent Ijaw leader was made in a statement issued on Tuesday by the family and signed by Prof. C. Clark. “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo town, Delta, wishes to announce the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives seized drugs with a street value of N3.428 billion in Lagos and Rivers states. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said the drugs include 3.5 million pills of opioids and 163,000 bottles of codeine syrups. He said the codeine syrups were intercepted…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has called on the nation to recognise the vital contribution of fathers to national development, asserting that the strength of the country rests on the leadership shown within the family unit. In a statement shared on Sunday to mark Father’s Day, President Tinubu hailed fathers across Nigeria and the global diaspora,…
Iran has extended the closure of its airspace as it expects Israeli retaliation following its attack on the enemy country on Tuesday evening. All flights have been cancelled until 5 am (0130 GMT) on Thursday to maintain aviation security, state news agency ISNA reported, citing a spokesman for the aviation authority. Iran initially closed the…
Gov Abba Yusuf of Kano State has described the death of Abdullahi Galadanci, his his Senior Special Assistant on Radio, as a great loss to his administration and Kano State in general. This is contained in a statement issued by his spokesperson Sunusi Dawakin-Tofa in Kano on Wednesday. Galadanci passed away on Wednesday at Aminu…
The Democracy Watch Initiative (DWI) has criticised the recently formed opposition coalition led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai, arguing that they are not the solution to Nigeria’s political and economic challenges. In a statement signed by its Director of Strategic Communication, Dr AbdulRazak Ahmed, the pro-democracy group…
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, signed the state’s 2023 Appropriation Bill pegged at N321.3bn into law after the bill was passed by the Edo State House of Assembly. Signing the bill at the Government House, Benin City, Governor Obaseki said most of the projects in the budget will be funded…
Gov Abba Yusuf of Kano State on Monday swore in Umar Farouk-Ibrahim as the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG) in a low-keyed ceremony at the Governor’s office. The event was officiated by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Isa-Dederi. Ibrahim’s appointment comes after his predecessor, Abdullahi Baffa-Bichi, was relieved of his…
