Forner Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday disagreed over the subpoenaed witness brought to court by the commission. The development occurred before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja shortly after the trial resumed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has declared Alhaji Mustafa Sule-Lamido, son of former Jigawa governor, winner of the party’s ticket to contest the governorship seat in 2027. Mr Isa Ahmed, the Returning Officer for the primary election held in Dutse, while affirming Sule-Lamido as the sole candidate on Sunday, said that his emergence had complied…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, insisted on the retrial of forner Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa, his sons and others by the former trial judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu. Chile Okoroma, SAN, counsel for the EFCC, told Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja that the commission was still…
Supporters of former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, are pressing him to abandon the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), arguing that the opposition party has drifted away from its founding principles and is now too weak to serve as a serious political movement. The demand was included in a statement issued by the “Former PDP…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has set Thursday, Nov. 13, for judgment in the chairmanship dispute between former Jigawa Governor Sule Lamido and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Justice Peter Lifu made the ruling after counsel for Lamido, PDP, and joined parties, including INEC, adopted their processes and presented arguments. The judge had earlier…
A fresh legal crisis may be looming ahead of the November 15 national convention of Nigeria’s opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as party founding member and former governor, Sule Lamido, has threatened legal action if denied the opportunity to purchase the national chairmanship nomination form. Lamido made the threat on Sunday in Abuja after his…
President Tinubu has extended warm congratulations to former Governor of Jigawa State and elder statesman, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on the launch of his autobiography titled “Being True to Myself”, describing it as a significant contribution to Nigeria’s political literature and democratic discourse. Speaking on behalf of the President yesterday in Abuja, the Minister of Information…
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his belief in a democratic culture where opposition is not enmity but a contest of ideas. Tinubu, represented by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the launch of former governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa state’s autobiography titled “Being True…
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, is set to launch his much-anticipated autobiography titled Being True to Myself on Tuesday, May 13, in Abuja. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, the Chairman of the Sule Lamido Book Launch Committee, Sen. Mustapha Khabeeb, described the event as a landmark occasion that…
