Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Supreme Court upheld Bala Mohammed’s election as governor of Bauchi State. Sadique Abubakar, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the Bauchi State election, filed an appeal, which was dismissed by a five-member court panel. While acknowledging that the appeal was meritless, the Supreme Court upheld the ruling of the Court of Appeal, which confirmed the election of the PDP candidate and dismissed the case. The appellant claims that the tribunal neglected to rule on the invalid electoral documents presented as evidence before it. Although INEC informed the Supreme Court that the tribunal discovered blank spaces in some…

The Supreme Court has overturned the Abuja Court of Appeal’s decision to nullify Kano State Governor Kabir Yusuf’s election. A five-member panel of justices unanimously ruled on Friday that the Court of Appeal misinterpreted the significance of the alleged reduction of 165,616 ballot papers in favor of Yusuf. Justice Inyang Okoro’s lead ruling further stated that the issue of the Kano governor’s membership was a pre-election matter. He stated that the determination that Yusuf was not sponsored by the NNPP under Section 177(c) of the Nigerian Constitution and Section 134(1) of the Electoral Act was not a finding of the…

US and UK naval forces in the Red Sea have launched airstrikes on Houthi rebel targets throughout Yemen. According to US sources, Tomahawk cruise missiles and fighter jets launched from warships struck more than 12 targets, including the capital, Sanaa, and Hudaydah, the Houthi Red Sea port bastion. The strikes come in reaction to the Iran-backed group’s repeated attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The Houthis, who support Hamas, claim to be targeting ships related to Israel. According to reports, US President Joe Biden stated that the US and UK military had effectively begun strikes against Houthi targets,…

Security agents in Kano have vowed to prevent a breakdown of law and order as tensions rise ahead of today’s Supreme Court ruling on the Kano State governorship election. Abba Yusuf, the Kano State Governor and New Nigeria People’s Party candidate, is attempting to overturn the Court of Appeal and electoral petitions tribunal rulings that voided his victory in the March 18 governorship election. The two lower courts found Nasir Gawuna, the All Progressives Congress candidate, to be the winner of the poll. Chronicle NG reports that the judgment of the Court of Appeal sacking Yusuf created tension and provoked…

An early morning fire on Thursday demolished a commercial building in Benin City, Edo State, destroying products valued at more than N50 million. The inferno apparently started around 4 a.m. at a building on Second East Circular Road, opposite New Market in Benin City, the state capital. Chronicle NG discovered that the majority of store owners in the building exchanged secondhand clothing and food. A couple known only as Ndidi and Blessing, who had two stores on the premises, were alleged to have lost products worth N10 million. “We have lost goods worth N10 million and our source of livelihood.…

Some lawyers yesterday criticized the Nigeria Police Force’s warning that the usage of ‘No gree for anybody’, which some Nigerians have adopted as their 2024 slogan, has the potential to spark a national catastrophe. The slogan, which basically means ‘do not tolerate any type of foolishness from anybody’ or ‘do not allow yourself to be bullied by anyone’, has recently gained popularity among Nigerians, particularly on social media. Responding to the trend, Police Spokesperson Muyiwa Adejobi told reporters that intelligence reports reveal that the catchphrase has the potential to plunge the country into a major crisis. The Force PRO stated…

Jadon Sancho has rejoined Borussia Dortmund on loan from Manchester United until the end of the season. United will get a £3 million loan fee plus up to £3.4 million in bonuses, depending on Sancho’s number of appearances and Dortmund’s qualification for the Champions League. Dortmund will cover the majority of Sancho’s £290,000-per-week salary, but United has agreed to contribute £100,000 to get the winger off the books. After selling the 23-year-old top United player for £73 million in 2021, the Bundesliga club has no option to re-sign Sancho permanently this summer. The move brings an end to Sancho’s four-and-a-half-month…

The Defense Headquarters has advised Nigerians to prevent terrorists from operating freely in the new year. The DHQ urged individuals to be security vigilant and report illicit activities in their communities to security personnel. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the Director of Defense Media Operations, Edward Buba, vowed that the military will act on such tips. “Make Nigerians no gree for terrorists this year. You see something, you say something, and we assure them of doing something,” he said in pidgin. Buba joined in by utilizing the slang ‘no gree for anybody,’ which is now prevalent among teenagers as…

Aaron Boupendza, an MLS player, faces imprisonment in Gabon after a sex tape reportedly involving him leaked earlier this week. According to Senegalese outlet Senenews, the tape allegedly shows the Gabon international engaging in an intimate deed with a woman. If proven guilty under Gabonese legislation, which outlaws the transmission of pornographic content, Boupendza faces a maximum fine of 10 million Central African Francs (£13,100) and up to five years in prison. “Anyone who distributes, records, or transmits the image or representation of an adult when this image or this representation is of a pornographic nature is punishable by up…

Amarachi Ugochukwu, a female marketing staff member of a Globus bank in Ikorodu, Lagos State, committed suicide. The deceased, Ugochukwu, 32, was believed to have consumed an insecticide. According to reports, the incident occurred on Monday at the bank’s premises. Ugochukwu entered the restroom around 1 p.m. and swallowed the insecticide, unknown to her coworkers. Other employees began looking for her when the phone she left on her table continued to ring and she was not present to answer it. A police source confirmed to reporters that Ugochukwu was discovered dead inside the toilet, along with the bottle of insecticide…