BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Disagrees With Ihedioha’s Removal, See Reasons
Justice Chima Nweze on Tuesday gave a dissenting ruling when the Supreme Court in Abuja dismissed the application for review of its January 14, 2020 judgment which removed Emeka Ihedioha as Imo State Governor, and declared Hope Uzodinma as the valid winner of the last governorship election in the state. A seven-man panel of the apex court led by the...
BREAKING: Lagos Assembly Passes Amotekun Law
Lagos State House of Assembly at plenary on Tuesday passed the bill to create Amotekun Corps as a special unit of the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps. It passed the bill after taking the third reading of the amendment to the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps Agency Law 2019. The amendment bill had successfully gone through all the different stages of...
BREAKING: Supreme Court Dismisses Ihedioha’s Application To Review Imo Governorship Judgment
The Supreme Court has dismissed the application for review of its January 14, 2020 judgement that sacked former Imo Governor Emeka Iheodiha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A seven-member panel of justices presided by Justice Tanko Muhammad on Tuesday ruled that the court lacks the jurisdiction to sit on appeal over its judgment on the Imo governorship. In the main...
Coronavirus: Reps To Suspend Plenary For 2 Weeks
The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to suspend plenary for two weeks to enable the management of the National Assembly, put measures in place against the spread of coronavirus in the country. This was part of the resolution of the house, following a motion of urgent public importance by representative Uyime Idem, and seconded by Ndudi Elumelu, on...
Lyon’s Deputy About Committing Suicide, Timipre Sylva cries out
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has revealed that Lyon’s deputy, Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo is on the verge of committing suicide. This follows the Supreme court verdict that sustained the sacking of Bayelsa State governor-elect, David Lyon and Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, his deputy, Recall that the Supreme Court had sacked David...
BREAKING: Supreme Courts Stands Down Judgement In Imo Review
The Supreme Court has temporarily shifted the Imo judgement review to a later time today. The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammed, postponed the judgement during hearing on the matter. Ihedioha’s counsel, Kanu Igabi is asking the court to set aside its earlier judgement. He argued that Uzodinma’s bloc had called the Imo elections invalid, claiming that they even called for a...
UPDATES: Supreme Court Begins Hearing Of PDP, Ihedioha’s Application On Imo Guber Judgement
The Supreme Court is hearing the application filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha, over the January 14, 2020 judgment which sacked him as the Governor of Imo State. Mr. Ihedioha and the PDP, in their applications, claim that the judgment of the apex court which installed Senator Hope Uzodinma as the Governor of...
Abia APC Crisis: “Sheath Your Swords, Allow Peace To Reign – Nwankpa
The Abia state chapter chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Hon. Donatus Nwankpa has finally broken his silence in the lingering war of words between the governorship candidate of the party in the state in the 2019 election, Uche Ogah and a member of the BoT, Prince Benjamin Apugo over accusation that Ogah in aided the PDP, the ruling...
“I Apologise For Failure To Protect You Fully”, Gov. El-Rufai Begs Victims Of Fresh Attacks
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has apologised to residents of the villages attacked in Igabi and Giwa local government areas of the state over the attacks that reportedly led to the deaths of more than 50 persons. TheCable had earlier reported that El-Rufai was on his way to the villages over the latest attacks. A local guard had told VOA...
Abia APC Crisis Deepens As another Of Ogah’s Aide Accuses Chief Apugo Of Dinning With Opposition
The crisis rocking Abia APC is getting messier by the day following accusations and counter-accusations of betrayal between the camps of two chieftains of the party in Abia, Dr Uche Ogah, a governorship candidate of APC in the state at the 2019 general elections and current Minister of State for Steel and Mines Development, and Prince Benjamin Benedict Apugo,...
