According to the reports gathered by Premium Times, The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial Zone, Dino Melaye has stated his reason for refusing to accept the petition for his recall from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The embattled lawmaker gave his reason in a chat with journalists on Monday, September 25, in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He stated: “It is clear that by the provisions of Section 69(b) of the 1999 Constitution, INEC must act on the petition purportedly presented to it on June 23, 2017 by conducting a referendum within 90 days of receipt of the petition. “The 90 days period as provided for in the Constitution for conducting the referendum after our verification, elapsed on Sept. 23, 2017. “The time having elapsed, I cannot under the circumstance, aid and abet INEC to further infringe on the provisions of the Constitution, which I have sworn to defend.” Melaye faulted the decision of the trial judge to elongate the allotted time fr...

The Presidency has revealed that the following might likely happen to Senator Abaribe, and others that stood as Nnamdi Kanu’s sureties if he refuses to appear before the court on the adjournment day: ·          The presidency has said that the sureties of Nnamdi Kanu risk imprisonment ·          The presidency also said the bail bond presented by the sureties might be forfeited ·        And the court might also issue an arrest warrant for the IPOB leader, said The special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla "The federal government has already filed a motion to set aside the bail of Kanu. “Following the military exercise carried out in Umuahia, Abia State and the subsequent proscription of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has not been seen and may have gone underground. “So it is not likely that he will appear in court on the next adjourned da...

President Muhammadu Buhari is to order the forfeiture of assets belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to the federal government following the designation of the group as a terrorist organization. Sources at the Federal Ministry of Justice told the Punch of Monday, September 25, that the president is expected to appoint an administrator, who would oversee the forfeiture of IPOB’s assets, home and abroad, to the federal government. According to the sources, the forfeiture of IPOB’s assets would no longer require any court order since the group had been designated a terrorist organisation. The federal government has also reportedly documented the order of the Federal High Court which proscribed the group as a terrorist organisation and has commenced moves to notify banks, Nigerian embassies abroad and foreign missions operating in Nigeria from further relating with IPOB. The document titled Terrorism (Prevention) (Proscription Order) Notice, 2017, notified the pu...