archiveMarch 2023

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi has said that the victory of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is not the will of God for Nigerians. Obi made this assertion while speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Monday. According to him, God’s wish was for the Independent...

  The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday said the old naira notes remain legal tender in the state. The Governor, in a statement signed by the Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, called on business owners, especially retailers, to accept the old N500 and N1,000 notes...

  The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Monday, reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against a judgment of the tribunal which invalidated his election as governor of Osun. The three-member panel led by Justice M. F. Shuaibu, after listening to counsel...

  The legal team of the Labour Party on Monday met with officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja over the inspection of electoral materials used for the February 25 presidential election. The head of the legal team, Dr Livy Uzoukwu, led lawyers into the meeting which...

  Spanish prosecutors on Friday charged Barcelona with corruption over payments the club made to a former refereeing chief’s company. Two of the club’s former presidents, Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell and the ex-refereeing chief Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira are facing the same charge. The affair concerns alleged payments...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, March 10, 2023, presented its second prosecution witness, Olufemi Olukinni, and also closed its case against the duo of Ugwu Chijioke and Ibrahim Adekunle before Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. The defendants, who were...

  the accident recorded six fatalities, 102 casualties   The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, says 32 survivors of the train and bus accident have been discharged from different hospitals in the state. Abayomi said this during a news conference on Friday in Lagos while updating on...

Governor of River State, Nyesom Wike, says he did not rig the presidential election against Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party (LP). Obi came third with 6,101,533 votes in the February 25 elections won by Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Alex Ogbonnia, the National Publicity...

calls for construct level crossing railway gates across the country Following the fatal crash, involving a moving train and the Lagos State Staff Bus at PWD railway crossing along Agege Motor Road on Thursday, Dauda Ali Biu, the Corps’ Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has expressed his heartfelt sympathy...

An American university, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has confirmed the governorship candidate of Labour Party (LP) in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, attended the school between 2005 and 2008. According to the US-based University, Rhodes-Vivour obtained a Master’s Degree in Architecture, after studying at the institution for four years. The...