Osagie asks tribunal to cancel Edo South senatorial election results
BENIN—MINORITY Whip of the House of Representatives and Edo South senatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Samson Osagie, has urged the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Benin City, to cancel the entire election in the seven local government areas of the Edo South, over alleged rigging and manipulation of election results, unprecedented acts of violence and acts which violated and breached the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2010.
Ex-militant leader alleges threat to life over Buhari
The National President, National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, NCNDE-A, ‘General’ Israel Akpodoro, has said he escaped suspected assassins on his way from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, shortly after Mbiama Junction, on his way from the coalition’s pro-Buhari meeting.
Kudirat Abiola’s murder: Lagos awaits appellate court’s directive
lagos—Lagos State government, yesterday, said it is still pursuing the case against Major Hamza Al-Mustpaha and Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan, who were discharged and acquitted by an Appeal Court over the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, saying the case was pending in Supreme Court
Mon ey Laundering: Court adjourns Fani-Kayode’s case till June
lagos—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, adjourned till June 18 for judgment in the trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, charged with money laundering.
Lagos property: Court orders parties to maintain peace
An Ikeja High Court presided over by Justice A. Akinkugbe has ordered parties in the ongoing dispute over a property located at Ikeja to maintain peace pending the determination of the suit before the court.
Vets task Buhari on farmers, cattle rearers’ war
The President-Elect, Mohammadu Buhari has been urged to wade into the long-standing war between farmers and cattle rearers in the northern part of the country. Making the call in Lagos weekend, National President of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, NVMA, Dr. Edgar Sunday, said an intervention by Buhari would put a decisive end to the spate of clashes between the warring parties.
