MAKURDI – To give herdsmen in the state time to leave, Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has put on hold the State Livestock Guards’ operations for a two-week period. The Governor made the choice in response to a meeting of the state’s Emergency Security Council that was held on Tuesday to discuss ways to stop the recent uptick in the killing of peasant farmers by herdsmen. details soon…
The Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, filed a petition, which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the presidential election petition tribunal to dismiss for being incompetent. After receiving 8,794,726 votes to defeat Obi and 16 other candidates in the election held on February 25, the commission declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), the winner on March 1. Atiku Abubakar, the candidate for the...
On Monday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) requested that the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, withdraw their petition to the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja challenging Bola Tinubu’s election as the nation’s 45th president. In a notice of preliminary objection signed CA/PEPC/03/2023 and submitted to the PEPC Secretariat on Monday night by Thomas Ojo, a member of the party’s legal team in Abuja under the direction of Lateef Fagbemi,...
The Lagos Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has received a petition from the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), asking it to invalidate Governor Babajide Sanwo-election Olu’s and disqualify him due to reportedly fake GCE results. The alleged fake exam result was submitted to INEC during his first-term governorship bid. Mr Adediran and PDP alleged that Mr Sanwo-Olu failed to attach a copy of the GCE O’Level result he claimed to obtain...
Elder statesman and former federal minister of information Chief Edwin Clark has requested that President Muhammadu Buhari summon Lai Mohammed to account for spreading false information about Peter Obi, a candidate for the Labour Party. In response to Lai Mohamed’s recent media appearance in the US during which he accused Obi of treason, Clark stated that the minister had not based his claims on any reliable intelligence report from the state agencies but rather on...
The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that the three officers who were seen in a viral video punching an unidentified man have been located and detained. CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the force’s public relations officer, announced this on his Twitter account in response to a tweet about the assault on Monday night. “A family man being assaulted in front of his wife by police, this is sad @policeNg,” the tweeter captioned a video of a man...
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, described the founder of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, as a businessman who has “given new heights to Nigeria’s prestige” as he turns 66. Buhari’s birthday message is contained in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled ‘President Buhari greets Dangote on his birthday, commends him for giving the nation a good image.’ “Hearty congratulations...
The petition read, “Public complaint against criminal conspiracy to wit: unimplemented 2019 senate resolution on removal recommendation, violation of the CBN’s circular to all banks and financial institutions revised assessment criteria for approved persons’ regime for financial institutions “And regulations on appointment of heads of financial institutions, serial fraudulent misrepresentations on prerequisite qualifications and deceitful withholding of CBN’s statutory position, obligations and duties as the executive director of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank against Stella Erhuvwuoghene...
A 22-year-old boy identified as Eyo was set ablaze Sunday evening by a mob for allegedly stealing a phone. The incident occurred at the Atimbo area of Calabar Municipality Local Government Area of Cross River State. An eyewitness told NAN that the deceased was known for petty stealing and had been warned severally. The source said the boy allegedly stole a phone on Saturday, left the community and reappeared on Sunday. “I know Eyo from...
The National Population Commission, NPC, will train and deploy 5,000 staff for the 2023 population and housing census in Adamawa State. The staff include permanent and adhoc workers for the exercise in the 21 local government areas of the state. Training at the local government level is scheduled to begin next Thursday, April 13, in all the 21 LGAs. The NPC Commissioner in Adamawa State, Dr Clifford Zirra, confirmed that the 5,000 permanent and adhoc...
