The Lokoja Local Government Council Chairman, Muhammed Danasabe Muhammed, is dead. He died barely 24 hours before the Saturday governorship election Kogi council chair slumps, dies hours to election He was said to have died around 5:30 am at a hospital in Lokoja, the state capital. Muhammed Danasabe Muhammed was said to have been rushed to … Read more
Suspected terrorists have invaded another hostel of a federal university in Dutsin-Ma in Katsina State, abducting at least five female students of the university in the North-West region. A relative of one of the victims identified as Muhammad Fatima, who hails from Lafiagi town of Kwara State, confirmed the latest abduction to SaharaReporters on Wednesday morning. … Read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has denied violating a court order by embarking on an indefinite strike on Tuesday, 3 October. THE PUBLISHER NIGERIA reports that the NLC said the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, is wrong to equate a restraining order to a perpetual injunction. “We find it curious that Mr … Read more
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has confirmed that a fire that broke out on Monday morning was caused by an electrical fault in one of the chambers of the court. CITYNEWS NIGERIA reports that the fire was quickly extinguished by staff using fire extinguishers on hand, and there were no casualties. Festus Akande, the … Read more
Governor Peter Mbah‘s victory in the March 18th, 2023, Enugu governorship election was affirmed by the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday. A three-member tribunal led by Kudirat Akano, while delivering the judgement, dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Chijioke Edeoga. The Publisher Nigeria recalls that the Independent National … Read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has tackled the Trade Union Congress (TUC) over its refusal to take part in its recent 2-day warning strike, saying that a trade union cannot pull out of an industrial action it did not initiate. This was made known by the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, while featuring on a Channels … Read more
The Court of Appeal has uploaded the 794-page judgment given by the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on the 2023 election on its website. The Publisher Nigeria reports that the appellate court announced the upload of the Certified True Copy (CTC) judgment on its official X, formerly known as Twitter, handle on Sunday. The Publisher Nigeria recalls there … Read more
Popular controversial journalist, Rufai Oseni has clashed with a member of the APC presidential council, Mr Jesutega Onokpasa who is also a lawyer. This comes barely 24 hours after the presidential election tribunal dismissed the petitions of Rufai’s preferred candidate, Peter Obi. Rufai got into a heated argument with Jesutega after he requested that the … Read more
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has dismissed the petition alleging that the requirement for presidential candidates to be declared winners of the election is that they must secure 25% of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). THE PUBLISHER NIGERIA reports that the tribunal chairman, Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, said … Read more
