Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Kizito Bonzena, on Monday announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing persistent factional crises within the PDP at the national level. Bonzena also disclosed that 15 other PDP lawmakers in the Assembly …
Former Kaduna State Governor, Ahmed Makarfi, has stepped down as secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, insisting the party must uphold its zoning formula to preserve internal equity. His resignation followed the emergence of Kabiru Turaki, a former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, as the party’s new national chairman …
A fierce struggle for control of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reached a boiling point on Tuesday as two rival factions, one led by newly elected National Chairman, Tanimu Turaki, SAN, and the other loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike, converged on the party’s national secretariat in Abuja for …
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), to five years’ imprisonment for sexually harassing female students. Justice James Omotosho delivered the judgment after holding that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) proved …
Commotion broke out on Tuesday at the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja, Watada Plaza, when police fired teargas to disperse supporters of two rival factions engaged in a heated confrontation. Trouble started after groups loyal to former Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike and the newly constituted National Working Committee (NWC) …
Bangladesh's former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has been sentenced to death after the country’s domestic war crimes tribunal found her guilty of crimes against humanity tied to last year’s deadly crackdown on student protesters that forced her out of office. Court Delivers Verdict A three-member panel of the International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka delivered the …
President Bola Tinubu on Monday delivered a firm message on judicial integrity as he declared open the 2025 All Nigerian Judges’ Conference at the National Judicial Institute, Abuja. He cautioned that the Bench must never succumb to compromise, stressing that justice must remain beyond the reach of corrupt influences. “Justice must never be for sale, …
Judges of the Federal High Court are scheduled to commence their 2025 Christmas vacation on Friday, December 19. Court sittings across all judicial divisions will resume on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Court’s Director of Information, Mrs. Catherine Oby Christopher. She explained that the …
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has scheduled emergency meetings of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) and National Executive Committee (NEC) for Tuesday, November 18, 2025. The meetings come amid one of the party’s most severe internal crises in recent …
Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has officially declared his intention to run for governor of Kebbi State in the 2027 elections. Malami, who announced this during an interview with DCL Hausa on Monday, said he is confident in the support he enjoys across the state. “INEC guidelines don’t …
