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A court in the United States has ruled that the $3m mansion in the state of Maryland, near Washington DC, said to belong to former Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh, should be seized from a trust set up by him, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported on Friday. Funds raised by …

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe’s resignation from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is a setback, according to Shehu Sani, a popular socio-political activist and former federal lawmaker. Abaribe, who quit the PDP on Friday, was also said to have resigned as the Minority Leader in the National Assembly’s upper chamber. He …

An Islamic militia and propagatory body, Taawun has expressed its grievances at Governor Oyetola over process of the House of Assembly primary in Iwo. This was contained in a statement signed by the political wing media of the religious group. The group stated that the leaders of the All Progressives’ Congress …

Sen. Rochas Okorocha, who is currently in the custody of the EFCC, was denied bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday. Justice Inyang Ekwo, instead, ordered Okorocha, through his lawyer, Ola Olanipekun, SAN, to put the anti-graft agency on notice. Olanipekun had asked the court to grant …

Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister has accused Western countries of waging a “total war” on Russia and its people and culture as Moscow pushes on with its military operation in Ukraine. Lavrov on Thursday while speaking at a ministry meeting said “The West has declared war on us, on the whole …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has conducted its governorship primary elections across many states in Nigeria ahead of the 2023 general elections. The APC governorship candidates would contest against candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, the Social Democratic Party and the governorship candidates from other political parties in 2023. …

President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has disclosed that Russia intends to raze five towns in his country. Popasna, Bakhmut, Lyman, Lysychansk, and Severodonetsk are the five towns. According to CNN, Zelensky announced this in his evening address on Thursday. He also claimed that Russia’s stepped-up onslaught in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region represents …

Senate Minority Leader and governorship aspirant in Abia State, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Abaribe also resigned as the Minority Leader in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. He disclosed this in separate letters to the ward Chairman of the PDP in the Obingwa Local …

Fresh details of the reasons former governor of Anambra State, and presidential aspirant, Peter Obi, resigned from the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and quit seeking the party’s 2023 presidential ticket emerged yesterday. According to Vanguard, some governors elected on the platform of the party practically pushed him out …

Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed Binani has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Adamawa State. She defeated former chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, and immediate past governor, Muhammadu Jibrilla Bindow, in the heavyweight contest. The election committee chairman, Malam Gambo, announced the result in …