Raji Ahmed and Kingsley Olawale, two prominent members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have blasted some Nigerians for criticizing the voting procedure that helped Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the ruling party, win the 2023 presidential election. The pair, who are associates of former Lagos Governor, Tinubu and prominent members of the ruling party made this known in a statement signed and made available to newsmen. This comes up following the pro Tinubu group/APC supporters solidarity March held in Abuja on Tuesday, 28th of March. The former Governor of Lagos, Tinubu, won the election over the other 17 contenders.…
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For allegedly posting uncomplimentary comments about Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, the traditional ruler of Umucheke, Eze Ekene Obinali, has been arrested by men of the State Police Command. Eze Obinali, the ruler of Umucheke in Umuobom, Ideato South local government area of the State, was arrested on Wednesday. A source told newsmen that the monarch was arrested by the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the State Police Command for allegedly sharing on a WhatsApp platform a write-up that was said to be very critical of Uzodimma. Obinali was said to have posted a forwarded write-up on a WhatsApp group platform…
Husband of a woman who gave birth to quintuplets in Awka, Anambra State, has fled. The woman, whose name was given as Chidimma Joseph Amaechi, hails from Ebonyi state. She reportedly delivered of 3 boys and 2 girls at Life Hospital, Awka, Anambra state capital. It was however learnt that her husband, Mr Joseph Amaechi, has run away, as a result of the imminent pending Bills and other financial exigencies.
The National Population Commission has said there will be no public holiday during the forthcoming census, scheduled to hold between May 3 and 7, 2023. The commission stated further that everyone living in the country, including foreigners, would be counted as it urged people to make themselves available. According to report, the exercise will be the first since the 2006 census. The commission had promised that the exercise would be done digitally. Speaking in an interview with Punch, the spokesperson for the NPC, Isiaka Yahaya, stated, “There won’t be a public holiday, because during public holidays people can move from…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has arraigned a lecturer of the Tai Solarin University of Education for allegedly demanding sexual and monetary gratification from a female student of the institution. The defendant, Dr Balogun Olaniran, was on Monday, March 27, brought before Justice Osinuga of the Ijebu-Ode High Court, sitting in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, by the ICPC on a one-count charge of violating Section 8(1) (a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000. The spokesperson for the anti-graft agency, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, revealed this on Friday in a statement obtained by our…
The Sokoto Division of the Appeal Court on Friday sentenced two Chinese nationals to six years in prison for fraud and attempting to bribe officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with N50 million. Meng Wei Kun and Mr. Xu Kuai were sentenced to three years in prison for each of the two counts of conspiracy, money laundering, and attempting to bribe EFCC officials by Court of Appeal Justice Abubakar Mahmud Talba. The decision follows the EFCC’s appeal of the Federal High Court Sokoto’s decision, which discharged and acquitted the accused on all three three-count charges. Delivering judgment,…
The Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate in Lagos State, Fredrick Nwajagu, has been arrested. Speaking in a video that went viral on Friday, Nwajagu threatened to invite members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to secure the properties of Igbo people in the state. He said, “IPOB, we will invite them. They have no job. All of the IPOB will protect all of our shops. And we have to pay them. We have to mobilise for that. We have to do that. We must have our security so that they will stop attacking us at midnight, in the…
The Force Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has stated that controversial Nigerian singer, Portable, has at least a six-count charge against him and he would appear at the court to clear his name. Responding to a Twitter user who stated that the police were slow to act against MC Oluomo, who threatened some electorates during the 2023 elections, but swift to pick Portable up, the Force PRO in a tweet noted, “I am sure u are very awake as I have addressed MCs case, but portable has more than 6 count charges to attend to, apart…
President Muhammadu Buhari may handover the reins of power to president-elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023 without giving approval for the removal of fuel subsidy, which has been eating away at the country’s finances. Buhari’s government has been under pressure from international institutions like the IMF and the World Bank to remove the subsidy on Petroleum Motor Spirit before leaving office as this would provide political cover for the incoming administration. Successive governments since 1999 have been unable to muster the political will to remove the subsidy as it is hugely popular in the country and previous attempts to…
No fewer than four passengers including the driver were reportedly kidnapped on Friday by some gunmen who hijacked a Mazda car on Ikirun/ Osogbo expressway. A source said the kidnappers emerged from a bush along Ikirun/Osogbo expressway. It was learnt that the victims were coming from Iragbiji, navigating towards Osogbo before they were accosted by the suspects who asked them to alight. Read Also:Police Arrest Singer Portable, To Spend 72 Hours In Custody It was gathered that the driver of the vehicle escaped from the kidnappers den while the remaining three others passengers were said to still remain in the…