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The Enugu State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu has upheld Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s election in the March 18, 2023 election. The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, had approached the tribunal to challenge the declaration, claiming that Mbah was ineligible to run due to an alleged forgery of his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate, as well as cases of over-voting in Udenu, Nkanu East, and Enugu East local government areas. However, the tribunal, presided over by Justice Kudirat Murayo Akano, dismissed the plea on all grounds. She added that NYSC is…

The Department of State Security (DSS) in Ogun State has arrested Hon. Damilare Bello Mohammed, a serving member of the State House of Assembly (OGHA), for his alleged involvement in rival secret cult clashes that occurred in Sagamu town last weekend, where eight people were killed. The lawmaker, who was just elected to represent Sagamu State Constituency 1 on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) platform, was arrested alongside five other accused cultists reportedly participating in the cult violence. The five other suspects, Debbo Animashaun, Bamidele Saheed, Ismaila Onitire, Adewale Otesanya, and Tobi Owoade, were apprehended by DSS agents during a…

Men of the Yobe State Police Commad have arrested a suspected kidnapper carrying an AK-47 gun filled with ammunition. He was apprehended in the state’s Fika Local Government Area. A motorcycle was recovered from the suspect, according to Ahmed Garba, the State Commissioner of Police. MohBad: Police exhume corpse, begins autopsy Garba told journalists following a security council meeting at the Government House in Damaturu that police agents also shot and killed another suspected kidnapper in Fune Local Government Area. The police commissioner stated that the Yobe State Police Command is on top of the issue and that security personnel…

Former Presidential Spokesperson Femi Adesina has revealed that the media purposely misquoted former President Muhammadu Buhari’s words while he was in office. Adesina, who appeared at a media discussion organized by the Association of Veteran Journalists in Osogbo on Wednesday, claimed that some media outlets purposely pitted him against members of the public simply because he was in government. Oborevwori okays 25% reduction in acceptance fees as palliatives for students “My biggest challenge during the eight years that I served with former President Muhammadu Buhari was the fact that a section of the media deliberately quoted me out of context.…

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, has approved 25 per cent reduction in acceptance fees payable in the four state-owned universities as part of palliatives for students. Oborevwori’s approval is contained in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr Festus Ahon, on Wednesday in Asaba. According to him, the reduction in the acceptance fee is in line with measures taken by the Delta State Government to cushion the effects of the petrol subsidy removal on citizens. “The 25 per cent reduction is for new students at the Delta State University, Abraka; Delta State University of Science and Technology,…

The Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, confirming Nasiru Gawuna, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, as the winner of the March 18 poll. Abba Yusuf, who ran on the platform of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), was proclaimed the election winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) following the March vote. Details later…….

Joseph Aloba, the father of late musician Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad, has revealed details about his son’s rapid burial after he died on September 12 at the age of 27, with the funeral taking place the next day. Aloba, who made the revelation in a recent Instagram interview published by Temilola Sobola (@TemilolaSobola) on Tuesday, provided insight into Yoruba cultural norms, saying that the quick burial was in accordance with tradition. He highlighted that it is usual not to postpone a deceased person’s burial when both parents are still living. Aloba noted that if Mohbad had died at…

Hospital chiefs on Wednesday warned of the danger to patient safety by the latest doctors strike, the first time consultants and junior doctors in England have walked out at the same time. The doctors and government are deadlocked over the medics’ pay demands amid the biggest cost of living crisis in a generation. The strikes over heavy workloads and below-inflation pay rises have seen many thousands of appointments and operations postponed and come on top of a vast pandemic backlog weighing down the state-run National Health Service. Previous industrial action has seen consultants and junior doctors strike at different times,…

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 21- year-old tricyclist, Micheal Sude, at Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly raping a teenage girl. The defendant, a tricyclist, who resides at 2, Akinola Awofeso Street, Bariga, Lagos State, is facing a one-count charge of rape. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Bola Osunsanmi, who refused to take the defendant’s plea ordered him to be remanded at Kirikiri Correctional Centre. Osunsanmi adjourned the case until Oct. 18 pending the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Gay Wedding: Nigeria court frees 69 on bail The Police Prosecutor, SPL Raji Akeem, told the…

The son of Ali Bongo Ondimba and several allies of the ousted Gabon president have been charged with high treason and corruption and placed in custody, the state prosecutor told AFP Wednesday. Bongo’s eldest son Noureddin Bongo Valentin and former presidential spokesman Jessye Ella Ekogha, as well as four others close to the deposed leader, “have been charged and placed in provisional detention,” said Libreville prosecutor Andre-Patrick Roponat. The 64-year old deposed president, who had ruled the oil-rich central African country since 2009, was ousted by military leaders on August 30, moments after being proclaimed the winner in a presidential…