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The Supreme Court has removed Sopuluchukwu Ezeonwuka of the PDP from representing Orumba North/South of Anambra Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun gave the order on Friday in a judgment in an appeal filed against Ezeonwuka’s election by a member of the party, Ben Nwankwo. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mr. Nwankwo’s name was wrongly substituted with the first respondent, Mr. Ezeonwuka, after he had obtained the nomination of the party to contest the National Assembly election. Dissatisfied with the February 20, 2015 judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja and the decision…

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has sworn-in his brother, Teslim and 54 others as new caretaker chairmen for 28 local governments and 27 local council development areas (LCDAs). Also sworn-in were son of former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, Olamiju; and son of former Olubadan Prince Gbade Lana as caretaker committee chairmen. The new caretaker chairmen took the oath of office at the executive council chamber of the governor’s office on Friday in Ibadan. NAN reports that the state has 33 local governments and 35 LCDAs but five local governments and six LCDAs from Oyo and Oriire were exempted as a…

Boko Haram jihadists have killed four soldiers in an ambush in northeast Nigeria, where they torched an army base a day after killing seven civilians, a soldier and witnesses said. “Our men came under attack near Gubdori village yesterday,” the soldier told AFP, asking not to be named. “We lost four men in the ambush. Five were injured and four are still missing.” The Islamists opened fire on an army convoy heading to the small town of Gulumba in Borno state, he added. Military reinforcements came from the town and the attackers “were forced to withdraw after suffering heavy casualties”.…

• Condition contributes to 800,000 suicide deaths yearly From being some of the happiest people on earth, Nigerians have slumped to the rank of the most depressed in Africa. This was the conclusion contained in the latest figures released by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which show that Nigeria has 7,079,815 sufferers of depression, that is 3.9 per cent of the population. Also, 4,894,557 Nigerians, that is 2.7 per cent of the population, suffer anxiety disorders. The country is closely followed by Ethiopia with 4,480,113 sufferers, that is 4.7 per cent of her population; Democratic Republic of Congo with 2,871,309…

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) on Thursday in Sagamu formally decorated a former Governor of Ogun, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, as its National Patron. The investiture of Daniel coincided with his 61st birthday, and his formal inauguration was done by the SWAN National President, Honour Sirawoo, before hundreds of guests at Daniel’s Asoludero Court residence. A statement by SWAN on Friday in Abuja said Sirawoo was accompanied by several national and state SWAN officials during the ceremony. While speaking, Sirawoo who had in October pronounced Daniel a National Patron said his choice was on merit, as it was a…

When Duncan Mighty released his hit single, Port Harcourt Boy, he perhaps did no have ntel in mind but now ntel is the new Port Harcourt Boy. ntel, Nigeria’s most advanced 4G/LTE network provider, is making a statement in Nigeria’s oil-rich city of Port Harcourt by launching two outlets in one week. Led by Kamar Abass, CEO ntel, the senior management team of the organisation which included Director, External Affairs, ntel, Osondu C. Nwokoro; Chief Financial Officer, ntel, Abhulime Ehiagwina and Head of Corporate Communications, Toni Kan Onwordi had a Breakfast Meeting with its dealers in Port Harcourt before embarking…

Oil prices surged more than 2 percent to a one-month high on Friday after the United States launched dozens of cruise missiles at an airbase in Syria. But prices later dropped back as there seemed no immediate threat to supplies. U.S President Donald Trump said he had ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which a deadly chemical weapons attack was launched earlier this week, declaring he acted in America’s “national security interest” against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. After tepid trading before the attack, Brent crude futures jumped to $56.08 per barrel, in what traders called a knee-jerk reaction,…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least four Syrian soldiers including a senior officer were killed in a U.S. missile attack on Friday that had almost completely destroyed a Syrian airbase near Homs city. It was the first early report on the effect of the 60 Tomahawk missiles Trump ordered to be rained on the airbase as punishment for the Bashar al-Assad regime for using nerve gas against civilians in Idlib. But there were also reports that Syria may have evacuated most of its planes at the base just before the attack. While Britain and Australia supported the…

The U.S. fired about 60 Tomahawk missiles into Syria early today in retaliation against the regime of Bashar al-Assad for using nerve agents to attack civilians, U.S. Department of Defense said. The Department said President Donald Trump ordered the attack on Al-Shayrat Air Base, the base from which the chemical attack on Syria’s Idlib province was launched. The statement by Pentagon Spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria, said the missiles were launched from U.S. Navy ships in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. “At the direction of the president, U.S. forces conducted a cruise missile strike against…

The Lagos State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has apprehended 138 suspected drug traffickers and seized 1,399.780 kilogramme (about 1.3 metric tons). The drugs were seized in in Ikeja, Oshodi, Mushin, Lagos Island, Ikorodu and other parts of the State within the first quarter of 2017, the agency said in a statement on Thursday. Those apprehended in connection with drug trafficking include 137 males and one female. The NDLEA Lagos commander, Aliyu Sule, gave a breakdown of the seized drugs as well as arrests. “The Lagos command of the NDLEA between January and March 2017 arrested 138…