Imo: PDP Wants CJN to Resign, Says Supreme Court Judges are Corrupt
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has accused the Supreme Court justices led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Tanko, that delivered the controversial ruling that sacked Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, as governor of Imo State and enthroned Senator Hope Uzodinma of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of corruption and have no […]
Makinde Defends ‘Amotekun,’ Visits OBJ
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has declared that the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun was established to complement the work of the security agencies and bridge the gaps in the security of the geopolitical zone. He made this position against the backdrop of the statement credited to the Minister of Justice and […]
ERA/FoEN Mourns As Sunny Olukoya Is Laid To Rest
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) in a statement issued in Lagos today (January 17), described the death of human rights activist and staff – Sunny Olukoya, as a big loss to the environmental justice community and the struggles for righting the injustices in the Niger Delta region. Olukoya died on Thursday […]
APC Bayelsa Plans Befitting Inauguration for Lyon
By Gboyega Adeoye Ahead of the swearing in of the newly elected Bayelsa State governor, Chief David Lyon, slated for February 14, 2020, eight committees have been set up to ensure an unfettered celebration. In a Public Announcement signed by the Chairman of Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress, APC, Hon. Amos Jothan, Chief Samuel Ogbuku […]
Barrack Obama to Run as Kenya President Next Year
In a surprise announcement capable of upsetting African politics, former American President Barack Obama has confirmed this morning his candidacy in the 2021 Kenyan presidential campaign. Son of a Kenyan senior governmental economist, Barack Hussein Obama Sr., the politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017 is actually […]
The Imo Gubernatorial Judgement – A Painful but Legally Correct Verdict
By Kenneth Ikonne It is indeed a perplexing paradox: Hope Uzodinma may not have won the 2019 Imo State gubernatorial election, yet the Supreme Court, on the facts, was right in declaring him the winner of that election in law. The error was not the Supreme Court’s, but that of Governor Emeka Ihedioha’s legal team; […]
Falana Tackles Malami Over Amotekun, Says Security Outfit is Legal
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has differed with the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), on the legality of the southwestern states’ joint security outfit, code-named ‘Amotekun,’ saying the group is not unconstitutional as claimed. Barely a week after the five South-West governors jointly inaugurated Amotekun […]
Supreme Court Judgement Unfair, Unjust- Ihedioha
Former Imo Governor Emeka Ihedioha says the supreme court judgment that sacked him from the office and declared Sen. Hope Uzodinma winner of the March 2019 governorship election was unfair and unjust. According to statement made available to the newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday, Ihedioha said the judgement did not reflect the wishes of the […]
FG Slams Amotekun, Says it is Illegal
Few hours after the Nigeria Police disclosed its discontentment with the formation of the South West security outfit, Operation Amotekun, the Federal Government has declared the new security outfit launched by south west states of Nigeria as illegal. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice made this known Tuesday in a statement signed by […]
Pressure Mounts Over Oshiomhole’s Ouster
There are strong indications that all arrangements have been tidied to remove the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Report says the presidency had already acceded to the pressure to remove the former Edo governor in order to arrest the lingering crisis in the ruling party. It was gathered on […]
