Until about 6 p.m. on Thursday the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) refused to accept Jimoh Ibrahim as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the forthcoming November 26 governorship election in Ondo State.

The trial of Abiodun Agbele, aide and confidant of Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, got underway Thursday in Abuja with the first prosecution witness, providing a blow by blow account of how the accused supervised the disbursement of a sum of N1, 219, 490,000 part of the N4.7billion that was transferred from the imprest account of the Office of the …

The Senate on Thursday passed a bill amending the Code of Conduct and Tribunal Act, which transfers the controlling powers over the bureau and the tribunal from the President to the National Assembly.

Edo State Government has suspended His Royal Highness Anselm O Aidenojie, the Onojie of Uromi from office as the Onojie for seven days.

Efforts by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki to halt his trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) failed again on Thursday as the Court of Appeal in Abuja struck out his appeal.