Peoples Gazette has learned that Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has been spotted in London claiming to be a physically challenged old man, in what Supreme Court insiders said was a covert preparation for a meeting with President-elect Bola Tinubu.
Mr Ariwoola's travel was revealed to The Gazette when Mr Tinubu arrived in London for what his team claimed was a relaxing holiday following his announcement as Nigeria's president-elect last month. Mr Tinubu, on the other hand, kept his ...Read More
Festus Keyamo, SAN, a Nigerian lawyer and politician, has filed a complaint with the Department of State Services (DSS) against Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed for allegedly inciting and making treasonous statements. Keyamo stated his desire for peace and national reconciliation in a post from his official Twitter handle, @fkeyamo, underlining that this does not imply weakness.
Keyamo's petition has elicited mixed reactions, with some cheering and others denouncing him. In this ...Read More
On March 18th, Nigeria held gubernatorial and state assembly elections, which were characterized by unsettling acts of violent voter intimidation and suppression. Such occurrences occurred in Lagos, Kano, and other states, raising concerns among international observers, notably the United States diplomatic mission, which monitored the elections in Lagos and other states.
The US is deeply concerned about using racially tinged language during and after the elections, particularly ...Read More
The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed (STAN), has published findings from the IREV portal that could give insight into what would play out in the election tribunal as Peter Obi and Labour Party challenge the outcome of the February 25, 2023 Presidential Election results.
According to Datti the followings were what the IREV investigation revealed:
The death of Prof. Felix Akpan of the University of Calabar's Political Science department has been verified by the Cross River State Police Command (UNICAL).
Prof. Akpan, a former dean of Students Affairs, was discovered dead with numerous stab wounds at his 181 Duke Town close apartment, which is located behind the Mega Hilton Hotel in Calabar.
Superintendent of Police (SP), Irene Ugbo, spokeswoman for the state Police Command, said a suspect, who claimed to be a friend of ...Read More
[Video contained] With Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu's reelection is on the brink as he goes on to be challenged by a significant contender for the same sit from the Labour party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV), a video that relives the sitting governor's role on October 20, 2020, Lekki Toll-gate shootings of unarmed Nigerian youths has surfaced, with the army stating their unhappiness about Babajide Sanwo-Olu role in their invitation on the dark date that has ...Read More
Following various images circulating the internet and widely shared on various social media platforms requesting pieces of evidence of fraud by INEC in the just concluded General election held on February 25, 2023, The Labour Party (LP) has issued an official statement on their verified Twitter handle denying making such requests.
According to the party, this could enable malicious individuals into taking advantage of the process.
Greetings to you, our supporters, & ...Read More
The Supreme Court criticized President Muhammadu Buhari's move to redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes without consulting the federation's 36 states on Friday.
It ruled that the states were not provided reasonable notice, as required by section 20(3) of the CBN Act, before the old Naira notes were removed.
As a result, the Supreme Court, in its lead judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, ruled that President Buhari's consent for the CBN to remove the old ...Read More
Due to irregularities in the official results being released, we have suspended publishing of the same so as not to mislead the public to whom we owe forthrightness. We are sorry for any inconvenience.
A Nigerian politician was arrested for alleged money laundering after being discovered with $498,100 (£414,000) in cash a day before federal elections.
Police discovered heaps of US money inside Chinyere Igwe's automobile.
According to police, Mr Igwe, an opposition PDP member of the House of Representatives, was also found with a list of persons to whom the money should be sent.
Politicians have previously been accused of manipulating elections through vote buying. ...Read More
Ahead of decisive Nigeria's 2023 poll to be held on February 25, 2023, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has topped the search interest of the "2023 Nigerian Presidential Election", as data obtained by zeeny360.com on February 23, 2023, from Google reveal. This data is the presidential candidate search interest in various regions of Nigeria in the last 30 days.
While INEC begins the distribution of materials, the CBN Lagos office is well-guarded.
On Wednesday, the Lagos State Office of the Central Bank of Nigeria, located in Marina, is heavily guarded by security men and vehicles.
Orji Kalu, Senate Chief Whip, stated that he and his family had been dealing with monetary shortages and that he recently could not afford to cook.
On Monday, Kalu revealed this in an interview with Channels Television's The 2023 Verdict.
In what seems to be a brewing war of power between the Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, and the President of the federal republic of Nigeria, the former has defied the latter's directives on the currency swap policy of the federal government.
The two had in the past enjoyed a cordial relationship that was special in many ways. But with President Buhari's insistence to curb vote buy through the currency swap, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has challenged the ...Read More