Rivers: Gunmen Kill Police Officer At Checkpoint
A police officer was allegedly shot dead at a checkpoint along the Emohua axis of the East-West road by hoodlums terrorizing the region. The victim was one of the unidentified officers who were reported to have been assigned to Rivers State's Emohua Local Government Area. Obisike further stated that a civilian in a private vehicle was hit by stray shots during...
Two-Day Old Baby Abandoned In Edo State IDP Camp
A baby believed to be about two days old was dumped within the premises of the Internally Displaced Persons camp in Uhogua, near Benin, in Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo State. The camp proprietor, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, said an unknown person dumped the baby in the woods surrounding the entrance of the facility at about 11am on Friday,...
Court Judgement Barring NBC From Imposing Fines On Broadcast Stations Can’t Stand — Information Ministry
The Director, Legal Department, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Mr. Nelson Orji, has said that the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which stopped the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation from imposing fines on erring broadcast stations “is ill-conceived and dead on arrival because of legal encumbrances”. He told the News Agency of Nigeria that a Federal High Court also...
Supreme Court Replies Mike Ozekhome After He Said Nnamdi Kanu May Die In DSS Custody
Nnamdi Kanu’s Senior Counsel, Mike Ozekhome has told the Supreme Court that he is scared that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) might die in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Ozekhome, during the hearing on Thursday, told the apex court that Kanu’s health issues have deteriorated and he needs a surgical operation. The lawyer...
Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Adjourns Until May 17
The hearing on the petitions submitted by the Labour Party, LP has been postponed by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Following the second court session on Wednesday, one of the spokespersons for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, disclosed the information. The court adjourned after a brief petition hearing, according to Okonkwo, who also appeared...
PDP South West Zonal Vice Chairman, Adagunodo Dead
The former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun state and Vice Chairman Southwest zone, Soji Adagunodo is dead. The Southwest Youth leader of the party, Seyi Bamidele, while confirming the incident said the party chieftain passed on in the United States of America. According to the youth leader, Adagunodo passed on after brief illness in USA. “It is true...
Osun Guber: Heavy Police Presence In Osogbo As Supreme Court Delivers Judgment
On Tuesday morning, there was a considerable police presence at major intersections and roundabouts in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State. Olaiya intersection, Oke-Fia and LAMECO roundabouts, Old Garage/Freedom Park, Ayetoro roundabout, and Osun State High Court grounds are among the areas with a police presence. The presence of heavily armed police officers could be related to the Supreme Court's decision,...
Why I Punched My Wife To Coma Over TV Remote, Ex-Boxer Breaks Silence
A 56-year-old ex-Lagos State boxer, Moses Olapade, has given reasons he punched his wife, Atinuke, who later collapsed and went into coma. The incident occurred at 9, Odamo Street, Oke-Aro, in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Moses, who was arrested and detained by police detectives in the state, said his wife was too stubborn. He told the police detectives that he punched...
Presidential Election Petition: No Room For Technicality, Tribunal Warns
The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, on Monday, held its inaugural session, a legal ritual that precedes the actual hearing of petitions seeking to nullify the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. At the session, a five-member panel of Justices of the Court of Appeal that will hear and determine all the five petitions challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu...
Supreme Court To Deliver Judgment In Osun Guber Election Dispute May 9
The contested governorship election in Osun State was held on July 16, and the Supreme Court on Monday set a decision-making date of Tuesday, May 9. After hearing arguments from the parties engaged in the case, the supreme court set a 24-hour deadline for the judgment's delivery. The incumbent governor Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke, who ran for governor on the Peoples Democratic...
