Outcome of the April 11, 2015, governorship poll has been nullified by an Appeal Court sitting in Abuja. In a judgment delivered by Justice Adefunke Okojie, the appellate court held that the Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal erred when it voided election results from only 18 Local Government Areas of the state. Consequently,…
An Islamic group has tampered with the official website of the Lagos State government, http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/. The website was hacked on Friday and a message left for both the Federal Government of Nigeria and other states. The group accused them of being terrorists, including the USA, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar. The group posted on…
Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, has been granted bail by an Abuja High Court. Dasuki was granted bail alongside four others standing trial for alleged money laundering and criminal breach of trust. The others are former director of finance at the office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu; a former Group General Manager of…
The impeachment of the former deputy governor of Enugu State, Sunday Onyeabuchi, has been declared illegal. Onyeabuchi was removed from office after the State House of Assembly found him guilty of gross misconduct and running a poultry at the Government House. He was impeached by majority of the House. But in a ruling by Justice…