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Lauretta Onochie, a former media assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari and Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has been banned by the APC leadership in Delta’s Onicha-Olona Ward 4. A motion written by Ogbolu Peter Nduka and Justina Amagor Akaeze, Chairman and Secretary of the Ward Committee in Aniocha North Local Government Area, and 25 other members of the ward committee, charged the Chairman of the NDDC Board of supposed anti-party actions. The message, dated March 20, 2023, and written directly to the Chairman of the APC Delta State branch, charged Lauretta Onochie of working…

Police have detained three lawyers who are allegedly submitting procedures for the All Progressives Congress at the Port Harcourt electoral appeal panel. The lawyers are said to be drafting applications to challenge the results of the recently ended gubernatorial election in Rivers State announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission. They were allegedly apprehended on Friday night at a motel in Port Harcourt. Their capture is still being investigated. The lawyers work for the Senior Advocate of Nigeria Tuduru Ede’s Chamber. Darlington Nwauju, the State APC Publicity Secretary, verified the event to our reporter on Saturday afternoon. Lagos police recover…

The police have detained Frank Nwajugu, who vowed to bring The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos State. The Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos State, stated in a video that he would call IPOB to protect South Easterners and their property in Lagos State on Friday, March 31, 2023. Making a bold declaration, 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 mobilize for that. We have to do that. We must have our security so that…

Olatoyosi Abiodun, a hit-and-run truck driver, was charged by the Ogun State Police Command on Friday with murdering three people in the state capital of Abeokuta. The deceased was killed in their home in Enugada, by the road, according to a statement released on Friday by the state police public relations officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi claimed that the driver sped away from the site as soon as she saw the collision. He claimed that the driver was later detained and accused of six counts of reckless driving, including endangering the lives of three people and damaging three other cars.…

Despite Ukraine’s pleas, Russia has assumed the chair of the United Nations Security Council. On a rolling basis, each of the council’s 15 members assumes the chair for one month. Russia began a full-scale attack on Ukraine during its last administration, in February 2022. It implies that the Security Council is being headed by a country whose ruler is wanted on international charges of war crimes. The order for Vladimir Putin was issued last month by the International Criminal Court, which is not a UN entity. Despite Ukraine’s protests, the US stated that it could not prevent Russia, a regular…

As he departed the hospital in Rome after a three-day stay, Pope Francis quipped that he was “still alive.” He was taken to Gemelli Hospital in the middle of the week with respiratory problems and was later identified with pneumonia. According to the Vatican, he is reacting to medicines and will be freed on Saturday, based on test findings. “I wasn’t scared because I’m still alive,” the 86-year-old pontiff told media and well-wishers outside the hospital before being taken away. He was seen from the vehicle beaming and waiving before stepping out to talk to a gathering. He then proceeded…

The United States’ cultural affairs representative in Nigeria, Ms. Julie Mckay, has guaranteed the creative industry of her nation’s support for the Film sector’s expansion. She made the assurance on Friday in Jos while touring cultural sites, museums, and the National Film Institute (NFI) and inspecting facilities at the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC). On Thursday, the envoy paid a call to the Film Corporation and met with the board of directors. Mckay reaffirmed her nation’s resolve to work with the Film Corporation to promote young development after meeting with the NFC earlier this year in Abuja and Jos. “Since we…

Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, Ooni of Ife, has called for calm and order in the ancient city of Ile-Ife and its environs. The appeal was made by Ooni, who spoke through his Second-in-Command, Obalufe of Ifeland, Oba Idowu Adediwura, in an interview on Friday in Ile-Ife. He claimed that as the royal father of Christians, Muslims, and traditionalists, and as a global leader who promotes peaceful coexistence, there was no cause for his house to be in turmoil. He stated that as a direct descendant of Oduduwa, the progenitor of the Yoruba race who also taught peaceful coexistence, he…

The state police headquarters reported on Friday that no fewer than 21 different weapons were retrieved from non-state players throughout Lagos in March. This comes right after the service claimed that it had increased its efforts to seize illicit weapons in accordance with instructions from Inspector General of Police (IG) Alkali Usman. At his first news conference at the Officers’ Mess in Ikeja, Police Commissioner Owohunwa Idowu provided the specifics and assessed security activities during the most recent general election. He claimed that the leadership had implemented the closed circle theory of law enforcement to seize these illicit weapons while…

Yahuza Isah and Auwalu Mohammed were sentenced to execution by hanging by a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Kubwa for the death of a tricycle rider. In his decision, Justice Asmau Akanbi-Yusuf stated that, based on the evidence presented, the defendants had a common purpose when they plotted to murder and rob the deceased, Mohammed Shaibu, on January 7, 2020. Akanbi-Yusuf also ruled that Isah and Auwalu failed to show any evidence to refute their arrest in connection with the crime. “The prosecution counsel, Mayowa Adefioye, has proved beyond reasonable doubt the offense of conspiracy, armed robbery, and culpable…