The honorable member representing Awka South 1 constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Henry Mbachu, has called on elected public officials in Nigeria, and also well-to-do individuals, to collectively rise against poverty. Hon. Mbachu who made this call while distributing grants to petty business owners in the market, observed that the level of lack and deprivation in the society can no longer be ignored or even discussed in passing. According to the Labour...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Monday affirmed the re-election of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri as the governor of Adamawa State. Senator Aisha Ahmed Dahiru Binani, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, had appealed against the judgment of the state governorship election petition tribunal which affirmed Fintiri’s re-election. Binani had approached the court on allegations of corrupt practices and non-compliance with the Electoral Act. The three-man panel of the appeal court led...