A three-man panel of the House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, and headed by Justice Cornelius Akintoye, has struck out the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress( APC) candidate for Umuahia South constituency, Mrs. Phina Kanu, against the declaration of Barrister Jerry Uzosike, the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) candidate, as winner of the March 9 House of …

  President Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration for a second term on May 29, will be a low-key affair, as a number of the events slated for the inauguration will now be held during the first observance of June 12 as the National Democracy Day, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has announced. Lai told State House reporters that …

  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the federal government will no longer do business with those indebted to Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Osinbajo said those who are indebted to the government — via AMCON — are direct enemies of both the government and the people of Nigeria. The VP said the debtors have made it impossible for the corporation …