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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Unknown gunmen attack Mosque in Kaduna, kill Imam

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaUnknown gunmen attack Mosque in Kaduna, kill Imam

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 25, 2023

Masked killers stormed a mosque at Sabon Layi community in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State on Tuesday, killing an Imam and a worshipper. The Imam and worshipper were identified as Malam Mamuda and Kabiru, respectively. Two other worshippers, simply identified as Bilya Mairabo and Ashiru Mairabo, were critically injured by gunshots. The marauding bandits, disguised as men of the Nigerian Army, struck at 5:30 a.m. when people gathered for congregational prayer. The attack...

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Work Intensifies at the New Anambra State Governor’s Lodge and Government House

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWork Intensifies at the New Anambra State Governor’s Lodge and Government House

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)October 25, 20231

Sitting on an expansive landmass of 22 hectares, the new Anambra State Governor’s Lodge and Government House in Awka the state capital, promises to be one of a kind in Nigeria. With massive ongoing construction works across the huge expanse of land, upon completion, it might easily be the single biggest government project in the state capital. This important project is being handled by Iyke Jordan, an indigenous construction company with corporate head office in...

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House Commends Soludo for Road Construction in Commercial Center, Onitsha

NewsNigeriaPoliticsHouse Commends Soludo for Road Construction in Commercial Center, Onitsha

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)October 25, 2023

Anambra State House of Assembly during plenary on Tuesday, commended the governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, over road construction in the Fegge area of Onitsha, the commercial nerve centre of the state. In a motion moved by Hon. Fred Ezenwa, honourable member of the Assembly representing Onitsha South constituency 1, and a member of the Labour Party, he extolled governor Soludo’s focused road construction project throughout Fegge, which is within his constituency. The...

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