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The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, has challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in Abuja to entertain the suit seeking to stop the removal of Dr. Bukola Saraki as Senate president. The AGF urged the high court to hands-off the suit lodged before it by two former All Progressives Congress, APC, senators, Rafiu Adebayo and Isa Misau. He described the two lawmakers who recently defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as “mischief makers”, insisting they failed to establish any acceptable locus standi to institute the action. The AGF maintained…

Last week’s decision of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to adopt direct elections for its forthcoming congresses and Presidential primaries has widened the gulf between the state governors and other chapters of the party on one side and Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s led National Working Committee, NWC, on the other. Despite warnings by the party to heavily reprimand those who go contrary to its resolution, the governors, allegedly acting through their state chairmen, met Sunday in Abuja and agreed to distance themselves from the earlier decision of the National Executive Committee, NEC. The meeting, which was earlier scheduled to hold…

Opinion By: Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN A Journalist who knows his onions can be a prophet! He/she can piece the past with the present to make accurate picture of the future. In 2015 , I “mused” that a military leader who made good his ‘promise’ to tamper with the Freedom of the Press with the promulgation of the obnoxious Decree 4  will not treat the press with kid gloves even as an elected President! I also “prophesied” that Judiciary might suffer same fate because leopards hardly change their spots. At the last national conference of Nigerian Bar Association in Abuja,…

As The Apostolic Church Nigeria clocks 100 years, Rev. Isaac Omotosho, the Jalingo District Pastor  of  the church, Sunday, tasked the church members to fully participate in politics in order to help correct the societal ills. Omotosho, who gave the charge during the centenary anniversary celebration of the church in Jalingo, explained that praying for the right leaders without exercising franchise during the 2019 elections was an aberration. He said that the church had a role to play in getting rid of bad elements in the nation’s political space, irrespective of religious affiliation. “Prayers without action is meaningless. But when…

This is not the best time for Sahara Reporters, an online media platform; its publisher, Omoyele Sowore and Sahara Reporters Media Foundation as Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) has slammed them a N10 billion lawsuit over a series of false, malicious and defamatory publications against the ministry and Dr. Daniel K. Olukoya, its General Overseer. In the Suit No HU/250/2018 pending before the High Court of Akwa Ibom State, Uyo Judicial Division, the Claimants are praying the court for sundry relief, including the sum of N10 billion as exemplary damages, a written apology/retraction to be published in Sahara Reporters…

No fewer than 30 soldiers were reportedly killed by Boko Haram terrorists at a military base in Borno state on Thursday, international news agencies, Agence France Presse-AFP and Reuters reported. The attack was carried out by insurgents believed to be members Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), was on a base in Zari village in the North East of Nigeria. In 2016, ISWA split from Boko Haram, the jihadist group which has killed more than 30,000 people in the region since 2009, when it launched an insurgency to create an Islamic caliphate. The Zari attack highlights the challenge to secure…

The Nigerian Movie industry has grown in leaps and bounds evident in the array of stars and the numerous numbers of jaw-dropping movies that graced the Sixth Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award (AMVCA) held on Saturday, Septemebr 1 at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. Naija News reported that the Award, which epitomised reward of the efforts of Nigerian brilliant minds in the Nigerian Movie industry, showcased the hard work, resilience and creativity of the Practitioners in the industry. Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde left the award ceremony with the most coveted award- Best Actress in a Drama for the Flick, Alter…

Vice-President Atiku Abubakar wept and used handkerchief to wipe tears as he collected the forms from a member of the Atiku Support Groups (ASG). Supporters of former vice president led by Adekemi Adesanya had purchased expression of interest and nomination forms of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for him in Abuja on Friday. Abubakar said the act was significant because young people pooled resources to purchase the forms for him. “The event today is significant and historic because this is the only time in my political career that young men and women in this country have come together without my…

Serena Williams made light work of her older sister Venus Williams to reach the US Open fourth round in New York. The 23-time Grand Slam champion, looking to equal Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24, needed just 71 minutes to win 6-1 6-2. The American siblings, aged 38 and 36, were playing for the 30th time – but it was not much of a contest. Serena Williams, who had a medical timeout in the first set, will play Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi in the last 16. Kanepi, 33, dumped world number one Simona Halep out in the first round and has…

Donald Trump’s name was never mentioned but Barack Obama delivered a broadside at the president when he spoke at the memorial service for John McCain in Washington on Saturday and decried “insult and phony controversies” in politics and public life. Meghan McCain, the daughter of the late Republican Senator from Arizona who died last Saturday, also issued blistering criticism of Trump’s politics when she spoke at the event at America’s national cathedral. Delivering his eulogy from in front of McCain’s flag-draped coffin, Obama said: “So much of our politics, our public life, our public discourse can seem small and mean…