archiveMay 9, 2022

  Distinguished citizens of our great nation, Nigeria: elder statesmen and stateswomen; political leaders from across geopolitical zones and party lines; policymakers and bureaucrats from the national and subnational levels of government; representatives of civil society; private sector stakeholders; the intelligentsia, opinion moulders and thought leaders from various institutions of...

A group of supporters on Monday paid for expression of interest and nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the party’s 2023 presidential ticket.   The APC presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination forms sell for N100 million.   No fewer than...

The publisher of Sahara Reporter and presidential aspirant in the forthcoming general elections, Omoyele Sowore on Monday advised the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to shut down everything with mass action. Sowore made the call while reaction to the announcement by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to...

  Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has announced withdrawal from the Presidential race and declared his support for Senate President Ahmed Lawan. Kalu in a statement said his decision was informed by the fact that his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not be zoning the presidency to any region....

The trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, over a 21-count charge bordering on forgery and subsidy fraud to the tune of N761, 628,993.84 before Justice S.S. Ogunsanya of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos continued today, Monday, May 9, 2022, with the conclusion...

The exhilarating acts of the top three contestants of the Bigi-sponsored Nigerian Idol on Sunday were trailed by a standing ovation and commendation from the judges as they had double performances each, with applause from the audience in the show which will climax with a winner on 22 May, 2022...

    The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday formally threw his hat into the ring to be the flag bearer of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 Presidential election   Lawan was formally presented with the Expression of Interest and nomination forms...

    By the decision of the Supreme Court in Akinlade v INEC, there is no competent suit filed by Mr. Emefiele pending before the court for adjudication. The affidavit in Support of the Originating Summons and indeed the Affidavit of urgency, were both deposed to by counsel on his...

  The request of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), from preventing him from his presidential ambition has been refused by a Federal High Court in Abuja....

  The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike as the two-month warning strike ends today, Monday, May 9, 2022. This was disclosed on Sunday by the union, in an ongoing National Executive Council meeting in Abuja. At the meeting, ASUU accused the...