Author: Vincent Osuwo

The secretary of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Barrister Josephine J. Ekperobe, has announced Wednesday, September 6, 2023, as the day of the delivery of judgement. Both Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar are contesting INEC’s announcement of APC’s Bola Tinubu as president, claiming that the election was marred by corruption and that Tinubu was not qualified to run. The presidential election petition tribunal reserved its decision after the petitioners, the Peoples Democratic Party and its standard bearers, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, and the Labour Party, closed their cases in June after calling 40 of the 150 witnesses listed in…

Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested two robbers who operate on the 2nd Niger Bridge. This was disclosed by the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement on Monday. In recent times, the bridge has been noticed to be a den of robbers, while vandals also seize the opportunity to vandalize some equipment on the newly constructed bridge. He said: “Men of the Anambra State Police Command attached to Harbour Division last week nabbed two robbers dispossessing unsuspecting citizens of their valuables on the 2nd Niger Bridge. “The police team, which was…

It was a night of glitz and glamour as the 16th edition of the Headies award ceremony that celebrates Afrobeats and African music culture took place on Sunday at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta. The event, tagged ‘Celebrating African Renaissance,’ saw A-list artistes from the continent of Africa converge to celebrate the creativity of Pan-African talent, and the event honored the best in Afrobeats. Grammy award-winning artist Burna Boy added another award to his shelve as he bagged several awards, including Best Afrobeats Single of the Year with the song ‘Last Last’. Other stars who shined at…

A man simply identified as Hamzat has made a public outcry after a fraudster (Yahoo Boy) alongside suspected soldiers allegedly invaded his block factory located at Bankole Estate, Magboro, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, and seized his Toyota RAV 4 vehicle. Hamzat told newsmen on Saturday that the soldiers, numbering up to five in a pick-up van, together with the alleged Yahoo Boy were looking for his younger brother, Sulaimon, who is an Islamic cleric. He stated that the problem started when he brought a yet-to-be-identified alleged Yahoo Boy, who is a sibling to his…

Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a drug kingpin, Ngene Onyedikachi, who was responsible for recruiting fake couple smugglers arrested in Lagos on August 1, 2023, while hard drugs of various forms were seized across the country in different operations. The fake couple, Onyebuchi and Nonyelum Ilonzeh were arrested by operatives of the NDLEA for ingesting 184 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.322 kg, with 100 grammes of the drug also concealed in the woman’s private part. In a statement on Sunday,the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said Onyedikachi was arrested at his Akoka,…

The Labour Party in Edo State has rejected the result of the Edo State Local Government Election held on Saturday as announced by the State Independent Electoral Commission. The Labour Party condemned in totality the election conducted by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission, describing it as another sad testimony of how low a state government can descend in attempting to trash the gains of democracy. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Labour party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, in Abuja on Sunday. Quoting Abure, Ifoh stated that democracy can only succeed when the authorities allow the…

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Monday to attend the upcoming G-20 meeting, which will be held in New Delhi, India. This was revealed in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Sunday. Tinubu’s primary goal during the summit, according to Ngelale, is to encourage foreign investments in Nigeria, underscoring the need to generate private cash from around the world to assist the country’s public infrastructure development. The G-20, commonly known as the Group of 20, is an intergovernmental summit of 19 countries and the European Union. It aims to address…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all 18 local government areas in the local government elections held in all the local government areas of Edo State on Saturday. The results issued by the state independent electoral commission showed that the party won all local government areas in the state. Aside from the PDP, the Labour Party (LP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) were among the major political parties whose candidates ran for chairmanship and councillorship in all wards. At the time of filing this report, the APC, Labour Party, and other political parties had yet to comment on…

Dr. Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, has stated that plans are underway to rejig the Npower scheme in a bid to accommodate more people and ensure prompt payment of beneficiaries’ stipends. Edu made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday by her Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Mr. Rasheed Zubair, in Abuja. According to the statement, the Minister stated that the challenges faced by Npower beneficiaries in terms of delays in payment of their stipends would soon be addressed. She stated that in a bid to restructure the Npower scheme, the Federal Government “will change…

The Nigeria Police Academy (POLAC) has announced the passing to glory of one of its cadets, Sulaiman Jika. This was announced on Sunday in a statement signed by ASP Hussain Suleman, Police Public Relations Office of the Nigeria Police Academy (POLAC). According to the statement, “Jika, a dedicated cadet from the Department of Computer Science,” died as a result of a brief illness. He was reported to have improved after receiving treatment and was reportedly discharged. “However, fate took an unforeseen turn. On September 2, 2023, he was once again admitted to the clinic for further examination and care following…