Supreme Court Judgment: Labour Party laments that executive, judiciary have been hijacked

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSupreme Court Judgment: Labour Party laments that executive, judiciary have been hijacked

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 26, 2023

…Says judgment didn’t meet expectations of Nigerians The Labour Party in reaction to the Supreme Court judgment which affirmed President Bola Tinubu as duly elected president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, says it has accepted the judgment of the apex court but lamented that the executive and the judiciary have been hijacked. While speaking to journalists during a press conference in Abuja, Julius Abure the national chairman of the Labour Party (LP) noted among...

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Tinubu’s Supreme Court Victory: Gov. Bello says verdict reaffirms choice of Nigerians

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu’s Supreme Court Victory: Gov. Bello says verdict reaffirms choice of Nigerians

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 26, 2023

Governor Yahaya Bello, of Kogi State has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima for their landmark victory at the Supreme Court, stressing that the verdict reaffirms the choice of Nigerians. Governor Bello in a press statement on Thursday signed by Onogwu Muhammed, his Chief Press Secretary, emphatically underscored the fact that the Supreme Court’s verdict is a resounding reaffirmation of the people’s choice, which signifies the enduring strength of Nigeria’s democratic institutions and...

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Attack on bus driver: Awka Kingmakers visit GUO, beg for forgiveness

NewsNigeriaAttack on bus driver: Awka Kingmakers visit GUO, beg for forgiveness

PilotnewsOctober 25, 2023

Following the assault on a bus driver with GUO Motors by Soludo’s aide, Ossy Onuko, kingmakers and Ozo titled holders from Awka town (Where Onuko hails from), on Tuesday visited Chief Godwin Ubaka Okeke, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of G. U. O. Transport Limited. They begged him to pardon their son, Mr. Ossy Onuko, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Awka Capital Territory Development Agency, ACTDA whose escorts attached to his office reportedly battered a driver...

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Court Sacks Soun of Ogbomoso, cites illegality of the selection process

NewsNigeriaCourt Sacks Soun of Ogbomoso, cites illegality of the selection process

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 25, 2023

By Hassan Umar Shallpella The new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Gandhi Afolabi Olaoye Orumogege III who was announced by the Oyo State Government as the new Soun and made him king on September 8, 2023, has been sacked by a High Court. A high court sitting in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has ordered the newly installed Soun of Ogbomoso, to vacate the stool, citing illegality of the selection process. The judgment was delivered on Wednesday. Recall...

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Mob Lynches Middle-Aged Man Over Alleged Disappearance Of Genital

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMob Lynches Middle-Aged Man Over Alleged Disappearance Of Genital

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 25, 2023

The FCT Police Commissioner, Haruna G Garba has confirmed that a middle-aged man, identified as Alhaji Tijani Yakubu, has been lynched by an angry mob for allegedly causing the disappearance of one Emmanuel Danladi’s genital at Kabusa village in Abuja. CP Garba, made the confirmation during a press briefing at the police command headquarters in Abuja, on Wednesday, explained that police operatives from Kabusa division, after receiving a distress call, swung into action and rescued...

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Tinubu appoints nine INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC)

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu appoints nine INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC)

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 25, 2023

By the powers vested on him by Section 154 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999, Amended) and Section 6 of the Electoral Act (2022), President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of nine (9) new Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a term of five (5) years each, subject to the confirmation of the Nigerian Senate: According to a press statement signed on Wednesday...

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Soludo has sworn in Ikpeazu-Nkemdiche, special duties commissioner

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSoludo has sworn in Ikpeazu-Nkemdiche, special duties commissioner

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 25, 2023

The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, has sworn-in Hon Mrs. Beverly Ikpeazu-Nkemdiche as the new Commissioner for Special Duties. The Governor while performing the swearing-in ceremony at the Government House, in Awka, tasked the new commissioner to offer purposeful service. Soludo congratulated her on the new role, but quickly reminded her that the new position comes with great sacrifice to deliver on the mandate of the solution team. He said, “It is no secret that...

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Supreme Court set to deliver verdict on 2023 presidential election, Thursday

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaSupreme Court set to deliver verdict on 2023 presidential election, Thursday

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 25, 2023

The Supreme Court has set aside Thursday, October 26, as the judgment day in the appeals by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP). The Court announced this in a statement signed by its Registrar, Zainab M Garba and dated October 25, 2023. The Supreme Court’s impending judgment followed the appeals filed against the September 6 judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), which affirmed...

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South East women cry out over insecurity in the region

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSouth East women cry out over insecurity in the region

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 25, 2023

Nigerian women in the South East region on Tuesday called on the government to urgently address the worsening deterioration of insecurity in the region. “What we see on a daily basis in the region are tears, sorrows and blood,” Josephine Anenih, a one-time women affairs minister, said at a conference tagged “Nkata Ndi Iyom Igbo (NNII)” in Enugu State. Anenih, who is the convener of the conference, expressed worry that the South East has morphed...

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Senate orders police to investigate bank robbery in Otukpo

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSenate orders police to investigate bank robbery in Otukpo

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 25, 2023

The Nigerian Senate has ordered an investigation into last Friday’s attacks on four banks and a police station in Otukpo, Benue State. On Friday, October 20, heavily armed robbers gunned down more than eight persons including four cops when they attacked the Otukpo police station and raided four commercial banks in the commercial district of the town. Millions were carted away from branches of First Bank of Nigeria United Bank of Africa, Stanbic IBTC Bank...

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