Transcript: We are disappointed with S’Court’s verdict, but we will move on – LP

Just like the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Labour Party, LP, has also rejected the outcome of the 2023 presidential election tussle. The national chairperson of the party, Julius Abure said the “sacred fabric of justice and good conscience was shredded.” Abure said the LP was “very shocked and surprised that even the apex court will toe the line of an earlier judgement despite all the flaws associated with the judgement delivered by the presidential...

APC, PDP and LP divided over the Supreme Court’s judgement

For President Bola Tinubu, his party the All Progressives Congress, APC, and supporters, it is a thrill of victory after the Supreme Court affirmed him as the duly elected president of Nigeria. But in the opposition’s camp, it is the agony of defeat. The national chairperson of the APC Abdullahi Ganduje via a statement on Thursday said the judgement of the apex court has laid to rest all claims by the opposition political parties and...

Supreme Court’s judgement is disappointing – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the Supreme Court failed Nigerians by affirming Tinubu’s election and the judgement of the presidential election petition tribunal on Thursday. In a statement released shortly after the Supreme Court gave its verdict on Atiku Abubakar’s appeal, Debo Ologunagoba, the national publicity secretary of the party said the judgement is a “sad commentary” for Nigeria’s democracy. Read the full excerpt of the sad commentary for our democracy press release,...

South East women cry out over insecurity in the region

Nigerian women in the South East region on Tuesday called on the government to urgently address the worsening deterioration of insecurity in the region. “What we see on a daily basis in the region are tears, sorrows and blood,” Josephine Anenih, a one-time women affairs minister, said at a conference tagged “Nkata Ndi Iyom Igbo (NNII)” in Enugu State. Anenih, who is the convener of the conference, expressed worry that the South East has morphed...

Senate orders police to investigate bank robbery in Otukpo

The Nigerian Senate has ordered an investigation into last Friday’s attacks on four banks and a police station in Otukpo, Benue State. On Friday, October 20, heavily armed robbers gunned down more than eight persons including four cops when they attacked the Otukpo police station and raided four commercial banks in the commercial district of the town. Millions were carted away from branches of First Bank of Nigeria United Bank of Africa, Stanbic IBTC Bank...

Unknown gunmen attack Mosque in Kaduna, kill Imam

Masked killers stormed a mosque at Sabon Layi community in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State on Tuesday, killing an Imam and a worshipper. The Imam and worshipper were identified as Malam Mamuda and Kabiru, respectively. Two other worshippers, simply identified as Bilya Mairabo and Ashiru Mairabo, were critically injured by gunshots. The marauding bandits, disguised as men of the Nigerian Army, struck at 5:30 a.m. when people gathered for congregational prayer. The attack...

UK court rules in favour of Nigeria, quashes $11bn debt on failed gas deal with P&ID

…President Tinubu lauds judgement. On Monday, Justice Robin Knowles of the Commercial Courts of England and Wales stopped Nigeria from paying an $11 billion [N8.4 trillion] arbitration award to Process & Industrial Developments [P&ID] Ltd., a company based in the British Virgin Islands. The legal wrangling between the Nigerian government and the company dates back to 2012 after a gas processing contract signed in 2010 went south. P&ID entered into an agreement with Nigeria in...

Federal Government to disburse student loans in January

President Bola Tinubu has said that the student loan programme would begin in January. President Tinubu announced this at the 29th Economic Summit organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning in Abuja on Monday. “By January 2024, the new student loan programme must commence,” the President said, adding that the programme would put an end to the incessant strike actions by academic and...

Davido, Rema win two awards at the 2023 Trace Awards

Nigerian musicians Davido and Rema won two awards each at the 2023 Trace Awards which was held in Kigali, Rwanda last Saturday, October 21. The Trace Awards is a new awards franchise created by Trace, a global TV and multimedia platform. The purpose of the awards is to recognise African and Afro-influenced musicians from Africa and other parts of the world. Divine Ikubor, known professionally as Rema, won the “Song of the Year” award for...

Supreme Court hears Atiku and Obi appeals, adjourns judgement

…dismisses APM’s appeal. The Supreme Court, after hearing arguments from attorneys of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi on Monday, put off the judgement for another day. Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Obi of the Labour Party, LP, were Tinubu’s main opponents during the last presidential election. Atiku and Obi came second and third respectively after the poll. The duo are challenging Tinubu’s win, alleging irregularities and Tinubu’s ineligibility to run for the...

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