Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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Nigeria’s apex court, the Supreme Court has outlawed the retention and use of LG funds by the state governors. The apex court declared on Thursday that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold funds allocated for local government administrations. A seven-man supreme court justices panel, led by Justice Emmanuel Agim, declared in the judgement…
Sir Kessington Adebunkola Adebutu, a business mogul and the father of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, has formally written a letter to Governor Dapo Abiodun, congratulating him over last Friday’s judgement of the Supreme Court, which upheld his victory as the winner of the March 18 election. Ladi,…
The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) extended congratulations to Governor Dapo Abiodun on his confirmed electoral victory in the March governorship election of the previous year, as affirmed by the Supreme Court in Abuja on Friday. In a statement released by its Publicity Secretary, Akinloye Bankole, the party acknowledged the court…
One of President Bola Tinubu’s legal representatives, Oluwole Afolabi, has expressed skepticism about the significance of Atiku Abubakar’s recent court victory in Chicago, asserting that it holds no relevance to Atiku’s Supreme Court appeal against Tinubu’s election. In a WhatsApp message discussing the implications of Judge Nancy Maldonado’s ruling, Afolabi emphasized that the Electoral Act…
The United States District Court in Northern Illinois has made a ruling that mandates Chicago State University (CSU) to disclose President Bola Tinubu’s academic records to Nigerian opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar by noon on Monday. These documents are being sought for use in Nigerian courts to support allegations that Mr. Tinubu forged a diploma certificate…
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has taken determined legal action to challenge the election of President Bola Tinubu. He and his legal team, led by Chief Chris Uche, SAN, have lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court of Nigeria. This appeal consists of 35 grounds, with the aim…
Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) candidate in the 2023 presidential election, has officially rejected the verdict of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT), which upheld the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the general election held on February 25. Obi made this announcement during a press briefing…
Once again, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has issued a warning that banks, stores, or supermarkets that do not accept old N500 and N1000 notes will face closure. Abiodun declared that he would take action against any trader or service provider who disregards the validity of the old notes as legal tender. In order…
On Sunday, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) called on the Department of State Services to immediately arrest Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, for disobeying a ruling of the highest court in the country. The…
The apex court said the president’s disregard of its order of February 8, 2023, amounts to dictatorship. The court today, March 3, 2023, ordered that old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes remain in circulation until December 31, 2023. It also nullified the Federal Government’s Naira redesign policy, declaring it as an affront to the 1999…
