Presidential Candidate Arraigned For Cheating

The only woman presidential candidate in last Saturday’s presidential election, Ebiti Jegede (otherwise known as Mrs Ebiti Ndok) has been arraigned before the Magistrate Court sitting in Karu, Abuja for issuing two separate dud cheques to two different hotels to offset bills for her lodgement. The ANDP presidential candidate was arrested shortly after she finished […]

Kano: Mohammed Abacha appeals

  The son of the late Head of State General Sani Abacha, Mohammed, on has asked the Supreme Court to stay the judgment of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal which invalidated his nomination as the Kano State governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change. In a notice of Appeal by his […]

Presidential poll: Go to tribunal or shut up, PDP tells Buhari

The leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) on Thursday, challenged the defeated presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to proceed to the election petition tribunal to prove his claim that last Saturday’s presidential election was rigged in favour of its presidential candidate,Goodluck Jonathan, or shut […]

Shekarau denies receiving N20bn from Jonathan

THE All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) presidential candidate, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, has refuted an allegation being passed through a text message on  GSM that he and his counterpart, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, of the Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN), received N20 billion each from President Goodluck Jonathan to work for his success in last Saturday’s presidential election, […]

Afenifere congratulates Jonathan, condemns violence in the North

THE Yoruba socio political group, Afenifere, has congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan on his victory at the just-concluded presidential elections. This is just as it condemned the violence, arson and general breakdown of law and order rocking some northern states over the results of the election. The group sued for peace and called for an end […]

Islamic cleric slain in northeast

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Authorities are blaming members of a radical Muslim sect for the killing of an Islamic cleric in the country’s northeast. Police chief Mike Zuokumor said that when police responded to the scene of the attack Wednesday night in Maiduguri, a police patrol was ambushed by a blast that wounded three officers. The […]

Ibori appears in UK court, remanded in prison

THE Crown Prosecution Service in the United Kingdom (UK) has filed money laundering and fraud charges against James Onanefe Ibori at the Westminster Magistrate Court in London. The charges also featured some other prominent Nigerians, including former Governor Victor Obong Attah of Akwa Ibom; David Edevbie, a former Principal Secretary to late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua […]

South Africa congratulates Jonathan, hails INEC

Johannesburg  – South Africa has congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan on his victory in the April 16 polls. It reaffirms its desire to further enhance strong relations with President Jonathan, the Nigerian government and its people. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation, in a statement in Pretoria on Wednesday night, also  congratulated the people of […]

Kaduna: COAS assures residents of adequate security

Kaduna-The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has assured Kaduna residents of effective security. The army chief gave the assurance, Wednesday, in Kaduna while conducting an on-the-spot assessment of the security arrangement in the affected areas. Ihejirika pledged to deploy additional personnel to areas of need to curb violence. He appealed to parents and […]

Borno: Another bomb blast kills Police Inspector in Maiduguri

Maiduguri -The Borno State Police Command announced, Thursday, that a police inspector was killed in a bomb explosion in “London Ciki Ward” of Maiduguri ,Wednesday night. Malam Mai Mamman, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO , told newsmen in Maiduguri that the bomb was thrown at a police vehicle that was conveying policemen to evacuate bodies […]

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