The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo representing Adamawa North Senatorial District of Adamawa state. The Appellate court vacated the tribunal judgment which had earlier affirmed Abbo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Senatorial election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Abbo the winner of the February 25, 2023, parliamentary election. The three-member panel presided over by Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme in its judgment ordered...

Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President has told the senator representing Adamawa North senatorial district, Ishaku Ellisha Abbo not to link him to his Appeal Court sack. Akpabio, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, said it is uncharitable for Abbo to associate him with his loss at the Appeal Tribunal. The statement described Abbo’s claims as “delinquent, provocative and unbecoming of a Distinguished Senator.” He went further, “It is only a...

..Says Senate President doesn’t interfere with judicial decisions The Special Adviser to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and former second vice president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Monday Ubani has in reaction to Senator Elijah Addo’s allegation that Senator Akpabio influenced his sack by the Appeal Court, asked him (Abbo) to withdraw the statement and apologise to Akpabio and the Justices of the Appeal Court in reputable newspapers and electronic media. The former NBA second...

The Nigerian government plans to spend a jumbo-size budget of N26.01 trillion [$33.9 billion] in 2024, Atiku Bagudu, minister of budget and planning, said on Monday. Speaking to reporters after the federal executive council meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja, Bagudu said the budget reflects the “commendable measures” that have been taken since June by President Tinubu to “restore macroeconomic stability.” The Budget Minister said the Nigerian government is working with an oil price...