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Lauds US, UK, EU’s stand on Onnoghen Abuja – Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar said on Sunday that he was not fighting for Justice Onnoghen, but fighting for the Nigerian constitution. “Once we open the Pandora’s Box of unconstitutionality, we cannot tell where it will end,” Abubaka asserted. While noting that his fight was for the …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – Gunmen killed the police orderly attached to the executive Chairman, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Council of Edo State Hon. Eric Osayande in Benin City, yesterday (Saturday). This came barely three days after gunmen killed a police orderly during the kidnap of his boss Hon. Michael Ohio-Ezomoh, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Owan West …

Inspector-General Muhammed Adamu has retired seven deputy inspectors-general of police who were his seniors, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt from police sources. The affected officers are Maigari Dikko, the DIG in charge of finance and administration and Habila Joshak, the DIG in charge of operations. The remaining five DIGs are Emmanuel Inyang, information and communications technology; Agboola Oshodi-Glover, logistics and supply; …

The Electricity Power Reform Act (Amendment) Bill 2018 passed by the House of Representatives last Tuesday prohibiting and criminalising estimated billing has proposed a one-year jail term and a fine of N1m for defaulters. The proposed law, which will be transmitted to the Senate for concurrence, and onward transmission to the President for his assent, also compels all electricity distribution …

It seems the last may not have been heard of political violence in Lagos as a female supporter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was allegedly hacked to death during a door-to door campaign rally in old Alimosho Local Government area of the state. The rally was organised by party leaders in the area, Egbe-idimu Local Council Development Area,   LCDA, led …

Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) has described the plan by the Federal Government to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT) from the current five percent to 7.5% as utter wickedness and insensitivity to the plight of the common Nigerian. Lanre Oyegbola, Director General, ANN 2019 Presidential Campaign, said in a statement that the additional 2.5 percent of VAT would automatically …

President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspension and replacement of Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Walter Onnoghen on the eve of national and state elections, has drawn a sharp reaction of the United States, which expressed deep concern about the impact of the executive action without the support of the legislative branch. In a statement posted on its website today, the United States Embassy in …

On Friday, January 25, 2019, the President of Nigeria , Muhammadu Buhari, suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Nkannu Samuel Onnoghen from office, and immediately administered the judicial oath of office to the most senior Supreme Court Justice , next in rank to him, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammed as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria. Following that act, the president …

A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, has described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, as an attack on the constitution. Mr Onnoghen, who was charged before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on January 14, with offences bordering on non declaration of assets, was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. Mr Buhari, …

The Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday said the swearing-in of members of the election petitions tribunal by Justice Mohammed Tanko was illegal and a complete nullity. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan in a statement also stated that in the face of the Nigerian law, Justice Tanko cannot function as a Chief Justice of Nigeria, as there is no …