Editor's note: The rights group, Intersociety which has been at the forefront of calling for the Appeal Court President, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa to rescue herself from the 2019 Presidential Election Tribunal Panel, has commended her resignation on Wednesday. However, the group is also demanding that Justice Bulkachuwa must take further
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Speakership: Court asked to bar Gbajabiamila over alleged conviction in US
Jude Johnson The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja was yesterday asked to bar a leading contender to the Speakership of the House of Representatives , Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila from contesting the position on the ground of his conviction by a United State of America Supreme Court for alleged to fraud. The
Coup Scare: No evidence document referenced by Nigerian military, DSS exists
Samuel Ogundipe The circulation of a document which allegedly called for a coup to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari appeared to have been exaggerated by the Nigerian government and security agencies, PREMIUM TIMES can report after efforts to obtain it fell through. Over the past two weeks, security chiefs and political appointees of
Saraki dissociates self, Dogara from new National Assembly guidelines for journalists
The President of the Senate, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has dissociated himself and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, from the proposed guidelines for the accreditation of journalists for the coverage of the National Assembly. The new guidelines are due to take effect from July 11, 2019 when the
9th Assembly: NASS releases new tough guidelines for accreditation of journalists
Godsgift Onyedinefu The Management of the National Assembly has released new guidelines for accreditation of journalists ahead of the inauguration of the 9th Assembly. In a statement by the Director of Information of the National Assembly, Emmanuel Rawlings, the new guidelines will take effect from June 11, 2019. The letter to that effect
INEC withdraws 25 Certificates-of-Return
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it has withdrawn 25 Certificates-of-Return issued to some candidates that won during the 2019 general elections. Speaking at a ‘Forum on Media Coverage of 2019 General Elections’ on Monday in Enugu, the Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, IVEC, Festus Okoye, said the
In new talks, Sudan protesters insist on civilian head for new governing body
Sudanese protest leaders said Sunday they will insist civilian runs a planned new governing body in new talks with army rulers, as Islamists warn against excluding sharia from the political roadmap. The Alliance for Freedom and Change is determined that the country’s new ruling body be “led by a civilian as
2019 Elections: How Israeli firm operated anti-Atiku, pro-Buhari Facebook accounts
Editor's note: Facts have emerged how Facebook recently removed dozens of Israeli-operated accounts that were found to be interfering in elections all over the world, espcially in Africa and Nigeria with some of them reportedly targeted the main opposition candidate in the February 2019 presidential election, Mr. Atiku Abubakar. The presidential candidate
Frank Commends US firm, Facebook for ‘exposing Buhari’s political consultant in Isreal’
Godsgift Onyedinefu A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has commended a report released by a US-based firm, Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, for exposing an Isreali-based political consulting and lobbying firm named Archimedes, who has been coordinating false
Sen. Akpabio’s case on defection opens a new frontier for constitutional amendment
Monday Ubani The Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Hon Justice Okon Abang held that a former Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio's movement from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) last year was not a case of defection but a movement occasioned by expulsion