Army Court Martial 14 Officers, 9 Soldiers

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaArmy Court Martial 14 Officers, 9 Soldiers

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2023

For alleged breaching different provisions of the Armed Forces Act, the Nigeria Army has court martial 14 officers and nine soldiers. The Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison (AHQ Gar), Maj.-Gen Koko Isoni, while inaugurating a General Court Martial on Thursday assured the accused persons that justice would be done to all parties concerned by members of the court. The court martial was convened at the Scorpion Officer’ Mess, Asokoro Abuja, pursuant to the powers conferred on...

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Insurgency: UNICEF Says Nigeria Lost Over $100bn In 13 Years

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInsurgency: UNICEF Says Nigeria Lost Over $100bn In 13 Years

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2023

The thirteen years of insurgency in the Northeast has cost Nigeria over $100bn, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The World Agency in its latest report indicates that the long-term economic impacts of the conflicts could be seen in areas of death and injury, loss of livelihoods, displacement, and damage to infrastructure. The Boko Haram terrorists have displaced millions of people and destroyed properties valued at billions of naira in the country’s Northeastern...

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Randy Lecturer Arrested For Raping Undergraduate

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaRandy Lecturer Arrested For Raping Undergraduate

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2023

The Lagos Police Command has arrested a lecturer at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Kadiri Babalola, for allegedly raping a 20-year-old undergraduate of the institution. The Command Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest Thursday, said the suspect will appear in court for “sexual harassment” in the coming days. The accused, Mr Babalola, an associate professor of Botany was said to have perpetrated the act on 16 August, when the victim visited...

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Police raid FUOYE, arrest ten suspects over murder of missing student, Deborah

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaPolice raid FUOYE, arrest ten suspects over murder of missing student, Deborah

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 20232

Police in Ado-Ekiti, the capital city of Ekiti State, have said that ten suspects are currently being interrogated over the murder of one Atanda Modupe Deborah, a 200-level nursing student of government-owned tertiary institution Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, FUOYE. The police raid came after the school’s registrar, Mufutau Ibrahim, put out a public notice on Thursday morning stating that Deborah’s corpse had been found after the student was declared missing on September 5. According to multiple...

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Jubilation, dismay as election tribunal fails to discredit Tinubu’s victory

NewsNigeriaPoliticsJubilation, dismay as election tribunal fails to discredit Tinubu’s victory

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

Nigeria’s presidential election petition tribunal (PEPT), on Wednesday, rejected petitions by opposition parties seeking to overturn President Bola Tinubu’s election in February. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a lesser-known political party Allied Peoples Movement (APM) asked the court to invalidate the presidential election, alleging irregularities. But the five-member panel of judges unanimously picked holes in all three petitions and upheld...

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I refuse to accept the tribunal’s judgement – Atiku Abubakar

NewsI refuse to accept the tribunal’s judgement – Atiku Abubakar

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has said that though he respects the judgment of the presidential election petition tribunal over his petition challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election, he will not accept it. In a media briefing on Thursday, Abubakar said he will head to the Supreme Court to challenge the Appeal Court’s judgement. Read the full text of his speech...

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Imo 2023: Iyere to mobillise youths for Gov. Uzodinma

NewsNigeriaPoliticsImo 2023: Iyere to mobillise youths for Gov. Uzodinma

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 8, 2023

Comrade Kennedy Iyere, a Nigeria’s frontline humanitarian activist and social entrepreneur, has finalised  arrangements to flag-off a state-wide grassroots youth mobilisation campaign for Sen. Hope Uzodinma, the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate for the 11th November 2023 Imo State gubernatorial election. According to a press statement on Thursday signed by Iyere, he would mobilise Imo youths, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) for the support and re-election of Sen Hope Uzodinma in...

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PEPC Judgment: Verdict will deepen country’s democracy – Afenifere

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPEPC Judgment: Verdict will deepen country’s democracy – Afenifere

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 8, 2023

…Tells Tinubu to use the opportunity to enhance citizens welfare The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, Afenifere, has congratulated President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on his victory at the Presidential Electoral Court (PEPC), stressing that judgment will deepen democracy. The National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere  Comrade Jare Ajayi, in a press statement on Thursday expressed delight at the victory of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima at the judgment given on Wednesday. Afenifere, in...

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Full text: Peter Obi speaks on court’s ruling affirming Tinubu’s presidency

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFull text: Peter Obi speaks on court’s ruling affirming Tinubu’s presidency

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has said he will appeal the ruling of the appellate court which upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election in February at the Supreme Court. The LP candidate made his decision known at a press briefing in Onitsha, Anambra State on Thursday evening. Read the full text of his speech below. Yesterday, 6 September 2023, the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) finally delivered its long-awaited judgments on...

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Bola Tinubu v. Petitioners – How the election was lost and won

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBola Tinubu v. Petitioners – How the election was lost and won

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPT, on Wednesday, dismissed the petitions against President Bola Tinubu and affirmed his electoral victory. The petitions were filed by the Allied Peoples Movement, APM; the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi and his party; and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his party. Tribunal kicks out APM’s case The APM dragged Bola Tinubu and vice-president Kashim Shettima to court,...

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