2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again insisted that Rochas Okorocha would not be issued a certificate of return. Speaking in Awka, the Anambra State capital, Festus Okoye, INEC's Commissioner, Information and Voter…

The Imo State governorship candidate of the Sustainable National Party (SNP), Mr. Ikechukwu Munonye whose party’s logo was allegedly omitted during the election has said he would not push his case any further in the interest of the…

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1. The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has suspended the Chairman of its Ikorodu branch, Mr. Bayo Akinlade, over alleged insubordination.…

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) suffered loss in all the 14 local government areas where Thursday’s supplementary election held. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the election in 44 polling units.…

Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, who contested the last governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to reverse the majority judgment given on March 22 by the…

The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar’s threat to imprison some journalists for alleged misrepresentation of the proceedings in the trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has…

Islamist militants raided a military base in northeast Nigeria, killing a policeman and a local resident, witnesses said Thursday. Fighters in 13 vehicles late Wednesday attacked the base outside Miringa village, 15 kilometres (nine…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday granted permission to the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to serve their petition challenging the outcome of the February 23, 2019 election, on…

Nigeria’s ruling party has vowed that there is no going back on its choice of Ahmed Lawan as Nigeria’s next Senate President. The APC’s stance comes a day after Ali Ndume, another APC senator and senator-elect, questioned the mode of…

Three elected members of the Delta State House of Assembly who contested and won on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the just concluded March 9, 2019 elections have not been issued certificates of return. At the…