Justice Muhammad Nasir-Yunusa of the Kano Division of the Federal High Court said the candidates who participated in the 2023 general election in Abia were not parties before his court. He therefore denied nullifying the candidature of the Abia Governor-elect Alex Otti. Mr Nasir-Yunusa, however, said it nullified the election of the candidates for Kano…
The outgoing Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has hired a top Northern politician to persuade the President-elect Bola Tinubu to stop further reconciliation and plan to work with an opposition, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Tinubu met recently with the National Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and 2023 Presidential candidate, Senator Kwankwaso…
Otunba Tunwase of Ijebuland, Subomi Balogun, is reportedly dead in London Friday morning at the age of 89. Otunba Balogun was the founder of new generation bank, FCMB. He was an alumnus of Igbobi College and studied law at the London School of Economics. The deceased practised as a lawyer in the regional justice ministry…
G7 countries are planning to limit exports of diamonds from Russia as punishment for the invasion of Ukraine, several diplomats at the G7 summit said on Thursday. A declaration on the diamonds is to be adopted at the G7 summit of leading industrial democracies in Hiroshima, Japan. The aim is to reduce Russia’s revenues and…
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a sum of N655.932 billion in revenue for April with the Federal Government, States, and Local Government Councils (LGCs). According to a statement issued by Bawa Mokwa, the Director of Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant of the Federation (OAGF), this is contained in a…
Justice M N Yunusa of Federal High Court has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Alex Otti, and all the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia and Kano States. Justice Yunusa rule that the candidates emergence at the primary polls didn’t comply with the provisions of the 2022 electoral act. The Court…
Kaduna state governor Nasir Ahmed el-Rufai has approved the revocation of the right of occupancy (RO) of nine properties belonging to Cane Properties, a Kaduna-based company owned by a former governor of the state and the PDP chieftain, Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi. El-Rufai’s order was informed by the recommendations made to him by the Kaduna Geographical…
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