An Appeal court in Abuja, the Nation’s capital has ordered a fresh hearing in the legal battle over the disputed Kano Emirate involving Alhaji Nasir Ado Bayero. Justice Mohammed Mustapha, who delivered the lead judgment on Friday held that Bayero was denied a fair hearing due to the shoddy manner in which a Kano High Court conducted proceedings against him. The Court of Appeal, therefore, ordered that the case be remitted to the Chief Judge...

…Condemns Gov Makinde’s Interference In Legal Process Centre for Public Accountability (CPA), a prominent civil society organisation has demanded full public inquest from the governments of Oyo, Anambra, Bauchi, Nasarawa States, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration, and other relevant authorities into the tragic stampedes that have recently occurred in those states. The incidents also resulted in the loss of innocent lives in Ibadan, Oyo State, Abuja, Bauchi State, Keffi, Nasarawa State, and Okija, Anambra...

The control of Guzamala and Kukawa LGAs in Borno state by terrorists has become worrisome to the Speaker, Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan. The Speaker therefore called on the federal government to establish a military brigade aimed at liberating the two LGAs. A military brigade is a major tactical unit in the army that consists of several battalions and supporting elements and has between 3,000 and 5,000 troops. The speaker, who...

The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, has denied threatening the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi during his interview on Arise TV. A press statement on Tuesday, signed by Morka, reads,  “On his verified official X handle, Mr Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, has alleged, in his...