Okorocha’s son-in-law Nwosu withdraws appeal against Ihedioha’s election
The Action Alliance’s governorship candidate in the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, on Tuesday, withdrew the appeal he filed against the election of Governor Emeka Ihedioha. Nwosu is a son-in-law to the immediate-past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, who was elected to the Senate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in the...
Restructure Nigeria To Avoid Another Civil War, Gowon Warns
Fifty years after the Nigerian civil war ended, Nigerians have been warned to avoid another war in the country. To stave off hostilities now or in the future, the Federal Government has been advised to restructure the country. This advice came from General Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), Nigeria’s former head of state, who ruled between 1966 and 1975. Gowon spoke at a conference...
INEC Releases Time Table For Re-Run, Supplementary Elections In Imo State
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has developed a timetable of activities with timelines for the re-run and supplementary elections in Imo scheduled for Jan. 25. Prof. Francis Ezeonu, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, made this known at a meeting of the commission with stakeholders in Owerri. He said that an Appeal Court sitting in Owerri had ordered a...
Supreme Court Set To Deliver Judgment In Imo Guber Dispute
The Supreme Court has scheduled judgment for later today in one of the four appeals challenging the outcome of last governorship election in Imo State. A seven-man panel of the court, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, made the announcement after lawyers in the appeal marked: SC/1461,2019 filed by Ifeanyi Ararume of the All Progressives...
BREAKING: Supreme Court Stands Down Judgment On Imo Guber Election
Any moment from now the Supreme Court will give its verdict in the appeal challenging the legality of Emeka Ihedioha as Governor of Imo State. Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and presiding Justice of a seven member panel of Justices of the apex court, Justice Ibrahim Mohammad indicated that the court will deliver its judgment anytime today shortly after counsel...
BREAKING: Supreme Court Fixes Monday For Judgment In Kano Governorship Election
The Supreme Court has fixed January 20 to deliver judgment on an appeal from the governorship election in Kano State. A seven-man panel of justices of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, fixed the date on Tuesday in Abuja at the hearing of the appeal filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic...
INEC Releases Time Table For Re-Run, Supplementary Elections In Imo State
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has developed a timetable of activities with timelines for the re-run and supplementary elections in Imo scheduled for Jan. 25. Prof. Francis Ezeonu, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, made this known at a meeting of the commission with stakeholders in Owerri. He said that an Appeal Court sitting in Owerri had ordered a...
BREAKING: Supreme Court Fixes Monday For Judgment In Kano Governorship Election
The Supreme Court has fixed January 20 to deliver judgment on an appeal from the governorship election in Kano State. A seven-man panel of justices of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, fixed the date on Tuesday in Abuja at the hearing of the appeal filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic...
You can’t have Biafra & Presidency at the same time, ACF spokesman warn Igbo
Anthony Sani, secretary-general of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), says the Igbo community cannot pursue their agitation for Biafra and presidency at the same time. Sani said this while reacting to an article on the advice of Isa Funtua, an associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, gave to the south-east on its aspiration for the number one seat in the land. Funtua had...
You can’t have Biafra & Presidency at the same time, ACF spokesman warn Igbo
Anthony Sani, secretary-general of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), says the Igbo community cannot pursue their agitation for Biafra and presidency at the same time. Sani said this while reacting to an article on the advice of Isa Funtua, an associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, gave to the south-east on its aspiration for the number one seat in the land. Funtua had...
