There is security threat to the November 11 governorship elections in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said yesterday. It added that there is need for the government to bring down the level of insecurity to guarantee free and credible…

The embattled Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has begged his principal, Governor Godwin Obakeki, for forgiveness over their political differences. Addressing journalists on Thursday in Benin City, Shaibu appealed to Governor Obaseki to forgive and forget. “I use this medium to…

The United States District Court for Northern Illinois, Eastern Division has stayed compliance with all deadlines contained in the ruling by Magistrate Jeffrey Gilbert, directing the Chicago State University (CSU) to, within two days, release President Bola Tinubu‘s academic records to the candidate of…

The coup-toppled president of Niger has appealed to the West African bloc’s court to free him, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown by the military on July 26 and has been detained at home with his wife and child since.…

After weeks of mudslinging by political parties in the state amid a pensive wait for the outcome of the dispute over the March 18 governorship election, the Kano State election petition tribunal, yesterday, declared Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…

Almost four months after his inauguration, Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf was yesterday sacked by the Election Petition Tribunal. But the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Bauchi,   Bauchi State, affirmed Governor Bala Mohammed’s victory. It said that Mohammed was properly declared winner by the Independent…

The son of Ali Bongo Ondimba and several allies of the ousted Gabon president have been charged with high treason and corruption and placed in custody, the state prosecutor told AFP Wednesday. Bongo’s eldest son Noureddin Bongo Valentin and former presidential spokesman Jessye…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a wartime trip to the United Nations on Tuesday urged the world to stand firm against Russia’s “genocide,” as he told skeptical developing nations they had a stake in Kyiv’s victory. Taking the rostrum of the UN General…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mister Peter Obi, has filed 51 grounds of appeal before the Supreme Court seeking the nullification of Judgment of the Presidential Election Petition court and the election of President Bola Tinubu. In his notice of appeal,…