The Labour Party (LP) has reacted to a warning by President Bola Tinubu and his legal team to the Presidential Election Petition Court (PREPEC) sitting in Abuja. Tinubu, through his counsel, allegedly told the Tribunal that nullifying the election that brought him to power on account of the 25 percent of lawful votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory could lead to chaos. Reacting in a statement, the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party,...
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has called on the Federal Government to reopen cases of religious killings in the country. Soyinka made this appeal on Channels Television during his 89th birthday celebration on Sunday while he also sought a visa ban on religious bigots. A second-year student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto State, Deborah Samuel was killed on May 12, 2022, over allegations of blasphemy. “I also demand that the case...
There is speculation that a former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, might replace the senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Tokunbo Abiru. According to a report on Friday, Ambode visited President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting comes after the President met with Ambode at the state reception organised by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on June 29 at the State House. Tinubu publicly acknowledged Ambode’s presence, saying,“ I’m glad...
LUAC alleged that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) under the leadership of Arch. Sonny Echono as Executive Secretary has become a conduit pipe for high level contract fraud, procurement racketeering and other forms of corrupt practices.* A group named Lawyers United Against Corruption (LUAC) has issued a five-day ultimatum to the Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Arch. Sonny Echono to resign over his alleged complicity in massive corruption, contract fraud, procurement racketeering...
…says Ebonyi not private estate A Civil Society Organization, Save Nigeria Movement (SNM) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be wary of the desperate antics of former governor Dave Umahi to foist his younger brother on the people as minister from Ebonyi state. The CSO in a statement released on Wednesday in Abuja and signed by it’s convener Rev Solomon Semaka also urged the President to ensure for Inclusiveness for Sustainable Peace in...
In her home in the Makoko neighborhood of Yaba, Lagos State, 13-year-old Taiye Ojo was electrocuted to death on Saturday. The tragedy took place as the teenager was escaping from a barking dog inside the compound. Further information revealed that Taiye had been walking to the on-site restroom when the dog began to bark. She reportedly tried to run away from the dog after becoming alarmed by its behavior. Our correspondent also discovered that the...
Rev. Father Joseph Azubuike, a priest for the Abakaliki Diocese in Ebonyi State, has been abducted by some criminals and gunmen. On Monday, a Catholic priest and three other people were abducted. The victim was abducted on his way to St. Charles Parish, Mgbaleze Isu in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on his way back from responsibilities, according to a statement made by the Chancellor of the Diocese, Rev. Father Mathew Opoke. The...
Major General Christopher Musa, the chief of the military staff, has expressed regret over the delay in the criminal trials of suspects turned over to civil authorities. Approximately 2000 suspected Boko Haram terrorists who had been detained by security forces remained untried. The lengthy duration of criminal proceedings, in Musa’s opinion, was complicating military operations. When the governor of Kaduna state, Uba Sani, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja, according to a statement by...
Two Civil Society Organisations, Save Nigeria Movement (SNM) and College of Bishops Imams and Clergy Councils (CBICC), have jointly described the recent call by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) to scrap the National Population Commission (NPC) as misguided comments that fail to recognize the importance of the Commission by law in gathering accurate population data which is essential for effective governance, resource allocation, and planning for the country’s future. The CSOs which...
The attention of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been drawn to false reports by sections of the online media particularly SaharaReporters, Peoples Gazette and Jackson Ude. The so called news platforms variously and wrongly fed the public with misleading narratives and accusations against the Service. For instance, SaharaReporters wrote that the Service stormed the Independent Corrupt Pratices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and carted away certain...
