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,…

Mr. President, Heads of State and Government, Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. President, 1. On behalf of the people of Nigeria, I congratulate you on your well-deserved election as President of this Session of the United Nations General Assembly. We commend…

President Bola Tinubu gave his inaugural address at the United Nations General Assembly in the small hours of Wednesday, in which he championed the need for Africa to surmount foreign exploitation to attain prosperity through democratic ideals.  “As for Africa, we seek to…

The United States and Iran on Monday swapped five prisoners each in one of the arch-foes’ first deals in years as Tehran gained access to $6 billion in frozen funds. The five Americans freed by Iran, including one held for eight years, flew…

Senior lawyers have raised concerns that ongoing cases at the Supreme Court will suffer delay during the 60-day period that the presidential election appeal will last. This is because of shortage of justices at the apex court following non-replacement of retired justices. The…

Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka said yesterday that Labour Party (LP) knew its candidate February 25 presidential poll did not win. The literary giant accused the LP leadership of trying to force “a lie” on Nigerians, especially youths, that Obi won the election. According to…