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The Federal Government will arraign Mr Tukur Mamu, an ex-terrorist negotiator, today on a 10-count charge relating to terrorism financing, among other things. Mr. Tukur, who will be arraigned on behalf of the FG by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), will appear before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja. On September 13, 2022, Justice Nkeonye Maha of a sister court granted the Department of State Services (DSS) permission to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator for 60 days in order to complete its investigation into Mamu, who led the negotiation with the terrorists…

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) announced another 9,000 job cuts on Monday, adding to a wave of layoffs that has swept the technology sector as an uncertain economy forces companies to become leaner. Amazon will have cut 27,000 jobs in recent months, or 9% of its roughly 300,000-strong corporate workforce, in a remarkable turn for a company that has long touted its job creation. The most recent cuts target Amazon’s highly profitable cloud and advertising divisions, which were once thought to be untouchable until economic concerns caused business customers to scrutinize their spending. Amazon’s streaming unit Twitch will also be affected by…

Soldiers and police officers exchanged gunfire yesterday near the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) office, where votes in Saturday’s governorship election were being counted. A mufti-clad policewoman returning to duty at the INEC yesterday was asked to produce her identity card for recognition. The soldiers assaulted her after she refused to cooperate. This drew the attention of local police officers. A scuffle ensued, resulting in both parties exchanging gunfire. Teargas was also discharged. Businesses in the area were closed, and people fled for safety. The scuffle caught a journalist on his way to the collation center. He told newsmen that some…

In some parts of Abia and Enugu states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has halted further collation of governorship election results. Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, announced this on Monday. It will be remembered that on Sunday, March 19, 2023, thugs stormed INEC’s office in Obingwa Local Government Area in Abia State, holding its officials hostage in connection with the collation of results from the Local Government Area. Similarly, reports from Enugu State called for a review of the governorship election results from the two outstanding LGAs of Nsukka and Nkanu…

Nasiru Muazu Magarya, Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, who ran on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, lost his Zurmi West constituency to PDP candidate Bilyaminu Ismail of the Peoples Democratic Party. Announcing the result, the returning officer, Muddasir Ismail Moriki, said, “Speaker Nasiru Muazu Magarya scored 9530 votes, while his opponent of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ismail Muddasir scored 11213 votes. He said, “I, Muddasir Ismail, the returning officer of the 2023 Zurmi West State Assembly Constituency election held on March 18, 2023, the election was contested by candidates with the following votes.” BREAKING: PDP’s…

The Plateau State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Caleb Mutfwang, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Sen. Nnamani resigns from PDP Mutfwang received the most votes, according to the INEC Presiding Officer, Musa Yusuf, after counting the votes cast by the parties that participated in the election, beating the All Progressives Candidate, Nentawe Yilwatda. Remember that the PDP governorship candidate was reported to be in the lead as of 11 a.m., when INEC resumed collation of results from the state’s 17 local government areas.

South African security forces said on Monday that 87 people had been arrested in the last 12 hours across the country for public violence in the run-up to the Marxist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party’s planned protests. The EFF has called for a national shutdown to protest crippling power outages and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s resignation. The poor and working-class Black South Africans who feel left out of the country’s prosperity since the ruling African National Congress (ANC) ended white minority rule in 1994 are the party’s main constituency. Of the eighty-seven arrested, 41 were in Gauteng, the province which includes…

Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani of the Enugu-East Senatorial District has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Nnamani, a former governor of Enugu State, expressed gratitude to his constituents for their unwavering support over the years in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. According to Nnamani, he has discussed his decision with his associates and constituents and has decided to leave the PDP due to irreconcilable differences with the party’s national leadership. He stated that he had moved on and hoped that his modest contributions to the development of his constituency would serve as foundations for his successors. Nnamani thanked…

Funke Akindele, the famous Nollywood actress turned politician, has deleted all political-related posts from her Instagram page. Akindele, the running mate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Lagos State governorship candidate Abdulazeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, deleted the posts hours after her defeat. All of her political appearances during the campaign, as well as photos from her campaign rallies, were missing. Funke Akindele’s mother passes away This follows the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, defeating the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the recently concluded March 18, 2023, gubernatorial elections. Sanwo Olu won with 762,134 votes,…

Kanayo O Kanayo, a veteran Nollywood actor, has expressed concern about the safety of Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate Peter Obi. Kanayo O Kanayo stated that Nigerians should be on the lookout because the LP, presidential candidate would be arrested soon. He claimed that some people are conspiring against the LP’s presidential candidate, and that something fishy is about to happen. Peter Obi hires 20 SANs to challenge presidential polls In an Instagram post, the veteran actor said: “Peter Gregory Obi will soon be arrested, Watch Out. The conspiracy is brewing, you want to bet?” The All Progressives Congress, APC,…