For the first time, Metuh arrives court without handcuffs

Posted by - 4th February 2016
For the first time since his trial began, Olisa Metuh, the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) walked into the court room without the presence of prisons officials and handcuffs. Metuh arrived…

Tambuwal signs 2016 budget bill into law

Posted by - 4th February 2016
Sokoto governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Wednesday, February 3 signed the 2016 appropriation bill into law with a pledge to fully implement the budget for the benefit of the citizens of the state. Speaking at an…

Court orders arrest of Dr Temitope Aluko

Posted by - 3rd February 2016
An order of arrest has been made for the former state secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Temitope Aluko. A chief magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital ordered the state commissioner…

Rivers election: Wike wins at Supreme Court

Posted by - 2nd February 2016
LEGAL tussle over Riv­ers State governorship seat was yesterday put to rest by a unanimous judgment of the Supreme Court, which upheld the election of Nye­som Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as governor.…

Bayelsa election: Chief Timipre Sylva takes case to Tribunal

Posted by - 2nd February 2016
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate in the Bayelsa State governorship election, Chief Timipre Sylva have rejected the results declared by the Collation/ Returning Officer, Prof Zana Akpagu. This is even as…

Appeal Court sacks Gov Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom

Posted by - 1st February 2016
The Court of Appeal in Abuja friday nullified the election of Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State on account of “gross irregularities” in the election that brought him to office. The court subsequently ordered…