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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday said one of his mistakes in life was picking former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as his running mate during the 1999 Presidential election. He made the disclosure at an event, held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State, which featured presentations and exhibitions of some products, made by students of the …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that unknown persons stole his academic certificates while he was in self-exile. Tinubu, a former Lagos State Governor, was one of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) Chieftains who fled the country under the regime of the late General Sani Abacha. …

The constitutional right to choose abortion for tens of millions of women in America has been overturned by a group of nine people in Washington DC. Friday’s historic ruling by the US Supreme Court overturns the 1973 ruling known as Roe v Wade and sends shockwaves through the country, with many states already having laws in place ready to effectively ban abortion. …

Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice have been charged with trying to take a child to the UK to harvest their organs. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a former Deputy Senate President, and Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, are in custody and are due to appear in court today. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a district senator, has been charged with trying to bring …

Operatives of Amotekun Corps in Ondo State have arrested some suspects in connection with the June 5 massacre at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo. The assailants left 40 people dead and about 60 others injured in the attack. “We have recovered the last vehicle they used in the operation and we have made some arrests. “We have recovered some vital …

Twenty-two more senators of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) are planning to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the APC, Femi Fani-Kayode has said. He stated that the planned defection is because the senators were denied the party’s ticket to contest the 2023 elections. Expressing worry over the mass defections …

For killing Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion, the mother of former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, Justice Efe Ikponmwoba of an Edo State High Court has sentenced her maid, Miss Dominion Okoro, 25, to death by hanging. The maid was found guilty of killing Madam Igbinedion, 85, with a stool with the intent to rob her of the sum …

THE Supreme Court of Nigeria on Tuesday spoke to the crisis rocking it. Justices of the apex court, in a petition, jointly accused the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, of corruption, maladministration and incompetence. In a statement, Senior Special Assistant (Media) to the CJN, Ahuraka Yusuf Isah, disclosed that the contentious issues had been largely settled.  In …

Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has raised the alarm about the impact of the ‘Obidient’ movement on the chances of the ruling All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party at the 2023 presidential elections. The ‘Obidient’ movement refers to the supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. In a video published by the AIT, which …

Fourteen Justices of the Supreme Court have written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, lamenting the parlous state of affairs in the court. In a first-of-its-kind protest letter in the 58-year history of the apex court, the justices chronicled the operational challenges that have almost crippled the efficient adjudication of cases at the court. According to PREMIUM TIMES, the …