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The controversy over the eligibility of Senator Ademola Adeleke to contest the Osun governorship election has been put to rest as an Akure Federal Court of Appeal at the weekend reaffirmed his qualification and eligibility to contest the office. The Akure Court of Appeal  dismissed an appeal against the judgement of Osogbo High court which had confirmed the eligibility of …

Okorocha had in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/296/2019, which he filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, maintained that INEC lacked the statutory powers to withhold his Certificate of Return, saying he was validly elected to occupy the senatorial seat. He urged the court to declare that the electoral body acted in error when it refused to recognise him, even …

The governorship elections of March 9 have now been officially concluded, nearly a month after voters first headed to the poll. Following a rash of supplementary polls, the final collation came in Rivers State on April 3 with the re-election of Governor Nyesom Wike. Governors-elect in Bauchi and Adamawa emerged on March 26 and 29, respectively. All the three states were picked up by the PDP. …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed satisfaction with the resignation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen. The party said this vindicates its call for the resignation of the CJN following the allegations of false asset declaration brought against him. The national publicity secretary of the party, Lanre Issa-onilu, made this known while briefing journalists at its …

Suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has resigned, the News Agency of Nigeria is reporting. Mr Onnoghen’s resignation follows the recommendation of the National Judicial Council for his early retirement. The recommendation was sent to President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. In its public statement, the NJC said that it had reached a decision on allegations of fraud against Mr …

In a statement late Wednesday night by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan noted that says Governor Wike’s record of “700,000 votes” margin of victory over the African Action Congress, AAC, speaks volume of the resilience of the people of Rivers State in the face of intimidation, harassment and manipulations by oppressive forces. The statement read: “The victory reinforces the confidence of …

The National Judicial Council says it has reached decisions on the petitions written against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, and the justice acting in his stead, Tanko Muhammad. The decisions have been communicated to President Muhammadu Buhari for action, the council said Wednesday. Mr Onnoghen is accused by the Code of Conduct Bureau of not declaring all …

Nyesom Wike, the 2019 governorship election candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Wednesday won his re-election, having been declared winner of the March 9, poll. Teddy Adias, the State Returning Officer, who doubles as the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa, declared Mr Wike winner of the Rivers governorship poll in Port Harcourt. The governor emerged …

The embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has reacted to new petitions filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before the National Judicial Council (NJC). Mr Onnoghen is facing a separate trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, where he is accused of not declaring all his asset as a Supreme Court judge. He has …

PORT HARCOURT – Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State is in clear lead in the governorship election conducted in the state as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, resumed re-collation of results. At the time INEC suspended collation yesterday, Wike had polled 426, 279 votes in the results of 15 Local Government Areas, LGAs, …