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President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the combined opposition was a victim of overconfidence in the most recent elections, despite the fact that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was working hard to retain power in those elections. According to a statement released by the President’s Spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, the President made this statement on Thursday when he received members of the Progressive Governors Forum, led by their Chairman, Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi. The...

The detained leader of the South-East separatist movement, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has nine new grounds for appeal, according to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The development came about as a result of Kanu’s appeal against an appellate court’s decision to overturn its earlier order ordering the Federal Government to release him after it dismissed terrorism-related charges against him. Kanu had petitioned the Supreme Court on November 3, 2022, to appeal...

Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju, a former governor of Anambra State, was pronounced dead on Tuesday at the National Hospital in Abuja. He was 78 years old. He passed away after a brief illness, according to a press release issued by his son, Mr. Cheta Mbadinuju, on behalf of the family on Tuesday. We announce the passing of our father, grandfather, uncle, friend, and associate, Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju, a former governor of the state of Anambra, with...

Elder statesman and former federal minister of information Chief Edwin Clark has requested that President Muhammadu Buhari summon Lai Mohammed to account for spreading false information about Peter Obi, a candidate for the Labour Party. In response to Lai Mohamed’s recent media appearance in the US during which he accused Obi of treason, Clark stated that the minister had not based his claims on any reliable intelligence report from the state agencies but rather on...

The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that the three officers who were seen in a viral video punching an unidentified man have been located and detained. CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the force’s public relations officer, announced this on his Twitter account in response to a tweet about the assault on Monday night. “A family man being assaulted in front of his wife by police, this is sad @policeNg,” the tweeter captioned a video of a man...

The ex parte interim orders against Seplat Energy Plc, its CEO Roger Brown, and board chairman Basil Omiyi have been overturned by the Federal High Court in Lagos. Also vacated was the order that restrained Brown from participating in the running of the company, according to a statement on Thursday, April 6, signed by Omiyi. “The case has been adjourned to May 16, 2023, to continue the hearing,” the statement read. The interim orders were...

On Monday, Justice Tijjani Ringim of the Federal High Court in Lagos, sitting in Lagos, issued an order of interim forfeiture of the amount of N725,345,897.77 and Plot J 37A 218 Close, 2nd Avenue, Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos, which had allegedly been diverted from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency. After hearing Bilkisu Buhari, counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, argue a motion ex parte, the judge granted the order. Buhari explained...