Dr Uba should immediately vacate the Office of the Governor of Anambra state with immediate effect to enable the plaintiff appellant complete his term of office.
“I make no order as to costs,” he added.
All other six justices of the apex court on the panel concurred and made their individual comments too.

Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has reiterated his commitment to repositioning the state as a leader in service delivery among the comity of states by 2011.

By Peter Duru MAKURDI—The Benue State government has threatened to wield the big stick on any Local Government Council Chairman in the state who flouts its order for prudence over N2billion recently released to the council areas from the excess crude account. The 23 council chairmen were therefore urged to observe strict fiscal discipline, accountability […]

For instance, many people agree that the performance of Mr. Peter Obi during his first tenure would definitely pose a threat to the ambition of others and they would therefore need to campaign vigorously to be able to stop him. With the unnecessary obstacles in the way of the campaigns, other candidates may soon discover that they do not have enough time to tell Anambra people why they should prefer them to Obi.

A group, Initiative for Better Power Supply (IBPS), has threatened to drag the Coalition of Residence and Business Associations of Nigeria (CRBN) to court over alleged incitement of Nigerians against Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—An Islamic teacher, Mallam Mohammed Awwal, yesterday, narrated before an Abuja high Court how two alleged fraudsters, Yusuf Isah and Samaila Musa, beguiled him into parting with about N1.3million, which they told him was for the purchase of a holy perfume required for the cleansing of foreign currencies they promised to produce […]

The face-off between some national officers of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), is getting messier, following recent denial of the position maintained by some national officers of the association, who had written the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Kutigi, regarding the appointment of lawyers to the position of Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

Only a short while a ago, a business disagreement between two well established car retailers reverberated in the well of the apex court and sent shock waves through the echelons of the judiciary and the entire legal profession.

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin—Kwara state government has ordered over 5,000 students due for promotion to Senior Secondary School class 3  to repeat the class over failure to pass  English and Mathematics. The government has also concluded plans to pay the National Examination Council (NECO) fees of all the students who  passed five subjects including English […]

By Tordue Salem ABUJA—House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs, yesterday scolded the Minister of Police Affairs, Dr. Ibrahim Lame, for failing to account for N3.5 billion. The lawmakers who rebuked the Minister at an interactive session also expressed  amazement that he spent so much without the approval of the National Assembly. The funds were […]

….As Agbaso asks court to declare him gov By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—The Abuja Court of Appeal yesterday adjourned, sine die,  pronouncement on the validity of the April 28, 2007 gubernatorial election in Imo State which produced Governor Ikedi Ohiakim as governor. The appellate court reserved judgment yesterday in the matter after listening to heated arguments […]

WITH 974 votes against, 781 for and 34 voids, Reverend (Dr.) Wilson Badejo was Wednesday ousted as the General Overseer of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria.

AS the Court of Appeal in Enugu prepares to deliver the much-awaited judgment in the case brought by former presidential aide, Dr. Andy Uba, praying that he be declared governor-in-waiting, there was calm in Anambra State yesterday unlike last week when his supporters expressed optimism that the matter would go in his favour.

By Luka Binniyat ABUJA – The possibility of passing the N322 billion, 2009  Supplementary Appropriation Bill into law before the end of this month may have suffered a setback as a peeved House of Representatives yesterday said the N66 billion proposed for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the Bill, must be dropped. That may […]

FORMER Secretary General of Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, yesterday warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Federal Government to spare the people of Anambra State of a rigged February 6, 2010 gubernatorial election.