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The All Progressives Congress (APC) Electoral Committee of the National Assembly and State House of Assembly primaries in Lagos on Saturday officially released the results of the elections. The primaries, including a repeat of the senatorial primary election, were held on Friday. The senatorial primaries initially held on Thursday, but were cancelled and rescheduled owing to logistic issues. Announcing the ... Read More »

The father of Leah Sharibu, the remaining Dapchi Girl, Mr. Nathan Sharibu has confirmed the phone call of President Muhammadu Buhari to the family. Mr. Sheribu who spoke with our correspondent on phone however disclosed as fake the news making rounds on the social media that his daughter was released from the hands of Boko Haram. According to Mr. Sharibu, the ... Read More »

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday evening met behind closed doors with Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting started around 6.10pm when Amosun arrived the Vice President’s office. Amosun was part of the nine All Progressives Congress (APC) governors that met President Muhammadu Buhari earlier in the day over faulty primary elections in their ... Read More »

The Election Petition Tribunal constituted to hear the petitions arising from the Osun State governorship election has granted an ex parte order to Senator Ademola Adeleke, restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission from altering election results as well as information contained in the card reader machines and other documents used for the poll. The tribunal, headed by Justice T.A. Igoche, ... Read More »

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday told the former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, that for his administration, fighting corruption is non-negotiable. Buhari said that fighting corruption is a must. Mbeki, who heads the African Union High Level Panel on Illicit Flows from Africa, was at the Villa to give the President, who is the current Champion of AU Anti-Corruption Campaign, ... Read More »

…Directs one to refund two years’ pay …Dismisses petitions against Justice Kafarati, others The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the dismal of two judges to President Muhammadu Buhari having been found guilty of misconduct. The judges are Justices Rita N. Ofili-Ajumogobia (of the Federal High Court) and James T. Agbadu-Fishim (of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria). This is ... Read More »

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned Senate President Bukola Saraki’s Deputy Chief of Staff Gbenga Makanjuola at the Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged N3.5 billion fraud. He and three others were arraigned before Justice Babs Kuewumi on 11-counts of money laundering. They were accused of conspiring to disguise the unlawful origin of N3.5 billion paid ... Read More »

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun State, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, has vowed to resign his appointment if the Supreme Court finds the Independent National Electoral Commission guilty in the conduct of the recently concluded governorship election in the state. Agbaje said this in his speech in Osogbo on Wednesday during the presentation of Certificate of Return to the Osun State ... Read More »

…ignore them, group tells APC Kaduna State High Court has on Wednesday restrained the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from conducting the primary election to select the party’s candidate for the Kaduna Central Senatorial District. The court order is coming after supporters of Uba Sani had protested at the state’s party secretariat on Tuesday night, asking the party to rescind its ... Read More »

  Alhaji Gboyega Isiaka, the Osun Governor-Elect on Wednesday received his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Osogbo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Oyo, Ekiti and Osun states, Prince Adedeji Soyebi, presented the certificate to Oyetola. NAN also reports that the Deputy Governor-Elect, Mr Benedict ... Read More »