politics

A high court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Tuesday sentenced a dismissed policeman, James Imhalu, to death by hanging for the murder of a commercial driver in 2015, over his refusal to pay him a N100 bribe. While delivering her judgement, Justice Elsie Thompson said evidence before the …

Ekiti State Governor-elect, Mr Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji on Wednesday visited the Lagos residence of former Governor of the State, Mr Ayodele Fayose. Oyebanji said the visit was to extend his courtesies to Fayose as a former governor of the state, who, according to him, demonstrated statesmanship by congratulating him shortly after …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Ndigbo and other Nigerians have been beckoned upon by South-East Christian youths to find a way to secure themselves against all manners of criminals. The youth wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, YOWICAN,  made this known through a communique issued after their meeting in Enugu. The communique was …

Nigerians raising alarm over the basic school certificates of the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been chided by Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma. Reacting to the controversy, which he termed as unnecessary, Uzodinma said if INEC boasts of a functional server, that information should be …

As the 2023 general elections draws closer, Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political commentator, has stated why the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, LP, and New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso cannot win the 2023 presidential election. The rights activist said Obi and Kwankwaso would not win …

Following his denied bail application by a federal high court judge, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has begged for peace in the South-East region of the country. On Tuesday June 28, Withinnigeria reported Kanu bail application was dismissed by Justice Binta Nyako of the federal high …