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Three Abuja-based lawyers have instituted a legal action against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The lawyers file a suit before a Federal High Court in Abuja. They prayed the court to issue an order stopping the electoral body from accepting the nomination of Bola Tinubu, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, …

Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate, is alleged to have insulted Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, according to Samuel Ortom, the governor of Benue State. In an interview with Arise TV, Ortom claimed that sending emissaries to Wike, the party’s second-place finisher in the presidential primaries, was insulting …

The Federal Government through the Nigerian High Commission to the United Kingdom has hired lawyers to stand in for former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, over allegations of organ harvesting. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan who made the disclosure after a closed-door session of the chamber …

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has explained why he is unable to pay salaries and keep the state running. Ortom, who appeared on Arise TV on Wednesday morning, claimed that the Federal Government was preventing him from paying salaries and sustaining Benue. According to him, the Federal Government has refused to …

Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has stated that he is “fasting and praying” for divine guidance before deciding to support Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections. This was made known by the governor via a chat with Arise TV on …

Lawmaker representing Kachia/Kagarko federal constituency, Gabriel Zock has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to back his words with action over insecurity in Kaduna. This was stated on Wednesday by the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme. This is coming after bandits warned people of …

Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has stated that Nigeria is suffering from bad leadership, and there might be a crisis in the country soon. Obi stated this on Tuesday during a visit to the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in …

Organised Labour in Ogun State have been invited to a meeting, today, Wednesday by the state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun to bring an end to the industrial action embarked upon by government workers. It is expected that all pending issues contained in the list of grievances raised by the workers for …

The Supreme Court has cleared the air on the purported inconsistency in the age record of the newly sworn in Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. On the official website of the Supreme Court, Justice Ariwoola was born in Iseyin, Oyo state, on August 22, 1958 and began …

The leadership of Benue State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has insisted that the cleric remains the candidate of the party in the state. This is coming despite criticisms that trailed the emergence of a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, as the governorship candidate of the All …