The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) during the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, on Wednesday addressed a press conference in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. Obi used the medium to call on President Bola Tinubu to come out and clarify the controversy surrounding his identity and academic records at the Chicago State University. He also spoke about the international embarrassment the incident has brought on Nigeria. FULL TEXT: Having followed the prolonged identity...
An 18-year-old pregnant housewife in Bauchi State was arrested for beating her five-year-old stepdaughter to death for defecating on her. The Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Auwal Muhammad, told journalists at the command’s headquarters on Tuesday while presenting the suspect. After injuring the youngster, Khadija Adamu, a resident of Kandahar, a neighborhood of Bauchi, was detained. On 28 September 2023 at 9.25 pm, Abdulaziz Adamu, male (38), of Kandahar area Bauchi, reported at A’ Divisional...
According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, more than 5.4 million people have registered to vote in the Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa state governorship elections scheduled for November 11. Sam Olumekun, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Committee on Information and Voter Education, said this in a statement on Tuesday. Today, Tuesday, October 10, 2023, marked the commission’s normal meeting. Among other things, the group discussed the planning for the off-cycle governorship elections...
With regard to its strategy for battling corruption worldwide, the Federal Government stated on Tuesday that it was taking into consideration the mounting calls for the creation of an International Anti-Corruption Court. Nigeria’s progress, stability, and prosperity are all negatively impacted by corruption, according to the government. In a speech given in Abuja during the 33rd Anti-Corruption Situation Room, which was organized by Human and Environmental Development Agenda, also known as HEDA Resource Center, in...
Afeez Gbadamosi, 38, was charged by the Lagos State Government on Tuesday with sexually abusing his two little boys, who are three and seven years old. The charges were brought before the Ikeja Sexual Offenses and Domestic Violence court. The state is pursuing four charges of indecent behavior and sexual assault against Gbadamosi. According to state prosecutor Abimbola Abolade, the crime happened somewhere in 2021–2022, she informed the court. According to her, the molestation happened...
Four university students from the state were abducted and taken to an unidentified location following the incursion of gunmen into a community in the Keffi Local Government Area, according to the Nigeria Police Force’s Nasarawa State Command. The pupils were abducted in Angwan Ka’are in the LGA early on Tuesday morning, according to DSP Ramhan Nansel, the state’s police public relations officer, who confirmed the occurrence. To save the victims’ lives, he claimed, the manhunt...
According to the Katsina State Police Command, it has detained 1005 people in connection with 853 recorded criminal crimes during the course of the previous four months, from June 1 to September 30, 2023. According to the Command, 395 of the 1005 cases are presently being prosecuted in several Katsina State courts that have the necessary jurisdiction. In the same time frame, the Command claimed to have successfully freed 171 abducted victims, neutralized five alleged...
On Monday, the Niger State police command unveiled Yahaya Mohammed, a vigilante, who was accused of murdering a commercial motorbike rider and stealing his bike. Mohammed was shown in a parade with thirty-seven other individuals who were reportedly engaged in different types of illegal activity. Before bringing the defendants to court, Abiodun Wasiu, the command’s spokesperson, stated that an investigation was still underway to determine the specifics of the crime. Police were notified of a...
In front of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, Ondo State Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa said that he was abandoning the lawsuit he had filed to stop the Ondo State House of Assembly from impeaching him. The case with file number FHC/ABJ/CS/1294/2023 included the following defendants: the Chief Judge of Ondo State, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, the Governor of Ondo State, the Inspector-General of Police, and the Department of State...
To revive and renovate national museums and other sites around the State, the Abia State administration has made a firm decision to work with the federal government. A Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on tourism and entertainment, Martins Okey Justice, informed the governor of Abia State of the development. The State government’s intention to revitalize the industry was conveyed by the SSA during a courtesy visit to Professor Abba Tijani, Director-General of the National Commission for...
