On Friday, the 15 political parties that were deregistered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, under the aegis of the Coalition for Good Governance, declared their support for the presidential ambitions of the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Obi is running as a candidate for the Labour Party.
Yomi Alliyu, the lawyer for Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemi (Igboho), has declared that it is the Nigerian government, not the Benin Republic government, that is holding Igboho in prison.
Despite the fact that Igboho has been jailed in the Benin Republic for months, his lawyer claims that the Nigerian government is behind his continuing detention.
The House of Representatives, the National Assembly's lower chamber, has failed to submit documentation proving how its members spent N2.5 billion in operating expenditures for the first six months of 2019.
Aso Rock Villa
The Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Movement, a socio-political umbrella of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, claims that the fourth wave of the Coronavirus epidemic, which rocked Nigeria's Presidential Villa, is a sign of God's wrath for the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
Philip Peter Dasun, a member of the Plateau State House of Assembly, has resigned as the Deputy Majority Leader.
Dasun represents the state's Pankshin North region.
The Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Balarabe Ilelah has perfected plans to clamp down on broadcasting organisations perceived as being anti-government, using the cover of their failure to pay license...
President Muhammadu Buhari's human rights record has been slashed by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD-West Africa) over the alleged deaths of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, and the 2020 #EndSARS demonstrators.
Idayat Hassan, the CDD's Executive Director,
The Kaduna State Government's two-month ban on mobile phone services has been removed.
This is in response to previous bandit assaults on the Kaduna-Abuja Road, notwithstanding the prohibition.
Pastor Femi Emmanuel
Femi Emmanuel, the Presiding Pastor of the Living Spring International Chapel, has warned Nigerian youngsters to avoid taking part in street protests.
He advised them to get involved in grassroots politics in order to preserve the country from political gladiators.
Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), a human rights activist and lawyer, has stated that the Nigerian government and its federating units cannot simultaneously accept and reject the panels established to investigate police brutality and other security agencies in the nation.
The Tribunals were established on the command of the Nigerian government through the National Economic Council,
Mr Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has stated that Twitter has agreed to all of the terms imposed by the Nigerian government.
The Buhari administration shut down Twitter in Nigeria in June, alleging "consistent usage of the site for actions that are capable
File photo of a gunman wearing bullets for illustration
On Sunday, unknown gunmen opened fire on the motorcade of Chinedu Awoh, a politician representing the Ohaukwu North seat in the Ebonyi State House of Assembly.
While on his route to his hometown of Effium, the gunmen attacked and fired at his convoy.
Bola Tinubu
Tanko Yakasai, a founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and a sage, has disclosed that Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), plans to compete for president in the 2023 general election.
He said the APC chairman visited him at his Abuja home on Wednesday to seek support for his presidential bid in the next election
The Senate on Monday urged Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, to clarify the circumstances behind the payment of monthly allowance to beneficiaries of the Federal Government's Social Public Works program.
In response to the senate's request, Keyamo stated that the Nigerian government has not yet distributed N7.3 billion
Nnamdi Kanu's N5 billion lawsuit against the Nigerian government has been adjourned by an Abia court
Nnamdi Kanu
The Nigerian government has been ordered to free the arrested leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, according to a complaint filed by his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, in an Abia State Court.
Kanu's N5 billion lawsuit to enforce his fundamental human rights was set to begin on Tuesday.
The house of secessionist leader Sunday Igboho was invaded at midnight in July, according to an audio tape of an unidentified official of the Department of State Services (DSS), because he had given the hint while speaking carelessly.
The claimed security agent's voice, which was believed to be on the phone, also stated that Igboho's arrogance and stupidity were exploited against him.
An unidentified officer of the Department of State Services (DSS) has stated how Omolewu Tunji Francis, a former caretaker chairman of Ibarapa North Local Government Area, aided in the raid on the home of secessionist leader Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, according to an audio clip.
Lagos Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa.
The Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, with a history of wasting public resources, has again approved a lavish trip for lawmakers to Spain.
SaharaReporters learnt that...
Hon Abok Ayuba Nuhu, the Speaker of the Plateau State House Assembly, has been impeached.
According to the Daily Trust, he was impeached at the plenary on Thursday after 16 of the Assembly's 24 members voted him out.
The campaign team of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Anambra State, Valentine Ozigbo, has been booed by some suspected followers of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The PDP members were barred from having a campaign rally at the head medicine market,
The impeached Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Abok Ayuba Nuhu, bought a bullet-proof automobile for less than N100 million and inflated its price to N300 million to swindle public funds, according to a petition filed by the Youths Rights Against Corruption (YRAC).
Salihu Lukman, the director-general of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), has slammed Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a prominent Islamic cleric, over a recent remark.
The PGF is a forum of governors elected on the ruling All Progressives Congress's platform.
- The Buhari administration has approved a budget of N21 billion for a 14-bed presidential clinic.
- Ex-Chairman Secondus' lawsuit has been postponed until Friday by the PDP Party National Convention
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- Ex-Ondo Governor, Mimiko Defects To Peoples Democratic Party