A federal high court in Abuja, yesterday, dismissed a suit seeking to stop the swearing-in of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu on Monday. The suit was filed by three individuals: Praise Ilemona Isaiah, Pastor Paul Audu and Anongu Moses, who identified themselves as Concerned Citizens. The trio, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/C5/657/2023, argued that Tinubu violated Section 117 of the Criminal Code Act and Section 156 of the Penal Code Act for providing false information in...

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the governor of Kwara State has emerged as the new chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF. Governor Oyo Seyi Makinde of Oyo State was chosen as vice-chairman of the forum. This was contained in a communique signed by Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the governor of Sokoto State, at the end of the 7th emergency meeting of the state governors held on Tuesday night in Abuja. “On the leadership of the forum, the governor...

A bill seeking to compensate victims of EndSars protest has passed second reading in the Senate. The Bill was sponsored by Sen. Bassey, Gershom (PDP Cross-River). It read, “A Bill for an Act to Amend the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Act,” as it seeks to provide for the establishment of the EndSars Victims Compensation Fund. The Sponsor of the Bill, Senator Bassey, in his lead argument said “Distinguished colleagues, you may recall that as a result...

The Election Tribunal sitting in Enugu on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by the Action Democratic Party (ADP) seeking to stop the swearing in of Dr. Barr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, as the Enugu State Governor on Monday 29th May 2023. The Tribunal in its ruling citing section 285 subsection 2 of the 1999 constitution said it lacks jurisdiction to delve into issues outside its constitutional mandate and on that note dismissed the petition. Speaking to...

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has desribed President Muhammadu Buhari as a hero to the people of the South East following the commissioning of the Second Niger Bridge. He stated this in Onitsha, the commercial nerve of Anambra State, during the official commissioning and handover of the bridge renamed after President Muhammadu Buhari, and the federal secretariat complex built in Awka named after the first female engineer and Head of Civil Service, Mrs Ebele...