Police Arrest Two In Possession Of 468 PVCs
The Police have arrested two persons in possession of 468 Permanent Voter Cards. This was made known in a statement signed by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Sunday. According to the statement, the offenders; Nasiru Idris, was found with 101 PVCs in Sokoto State, and another (name not mentioned)...
Two Persons Appear In Court Over Indecent Handling Of Dead Body In Oyo
The police on Friday arraigned two men, Isah Abdulkabir and Daniel Emmanuel, before an Oyo State Magistrates’ Court at Iyaganku, Ibadan, for allegedly manhandling a corpse. The defendants were accused of mishandling the corpse of one Patrick Alexandra. The prosecuting counsel for the police, Foluke Adedosu, told the court that Abdulkabir, 39, and Emmanuel, 38, committed the alleged offence around 2pm...
2023: Critics Of Tinubu Knows He’s The Incoming President — Sen. Nwaogu
Former member of the National Assembly and Abia State Coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Women Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Nkechi Nwaogu, has declared that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 2023 polls, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is the incoming president of Nigeria. She stated this on Thursday while inaugurating the Abia State Tinubu-Shettima Women Presidential Campaign Council. Nwaogu,...
People Make More Money From Oil Theft Than Drug Trafficking – Asari Dokubo
Former leader of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, says oil theft fetches those who engage in it more money than they will see in drug trafficking. Speaking on Channels TV Sunrise Daily programme on Friday, Dokubo claimed that those who steal oil in the Niger Delta make more money than going into drugs. He also said...
Gospel Singer Sammie Okposo Dies At 51
Popular gospel singer, Sammie Okposo, is dead. The singer died on Friday morning, the PUNCH gathered. He was 51 His project manager, Hillary Vincent, confirmed the news to our correspondent via phone call. More details shortly…
2023: We Will Relocate Gov Abdullahi Sule To Saudi Arabia – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa State has boasted that it will relocate Governor Abdullahi Sule to Saudi Arabia after the 2023 elections. The State PDP chairman, Mr. Francis Orogu made the assertion on Thursday during a media dialogue in the Karu Local Government Area of the State. According to Orogu, the governor lacked the capacity to ensure effective administration...
President Buhari Does Not Use And Dump His Loyalists – Ibrahim Gambari
Ibrahim Gambari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that his principal does not use and dump his loyalists like other politicians in the country. This was made known by Gambari while reacting to accolades from the leadership of the State House and his staff at a reception organized to mark his 78th birthday in the Presidential...
PDP Is A One Big United Family – Ayu
Iyorchia Ayu, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has declared that the party is one big united family. Ayu declared the party’s unity at the launch of its presidential and governorship campaigns in Kwara State on Thursday. His statement comes in the midst of a crisis involving the party’s leadership and the five disgruntled governors known as the G5 governors...
Executive Order 22: Rivers Govt Threatens To Seal Accord Party Office, Gives Seven Days Ultimatum
The Rivers State Government has threatened to seal the Accord Party secretariat in Port Harcourt, the state capital, for violating Executive Order 22, which the state governor, Nyesom Wike, recently implemented. The Rivers government accused the Accord Party (AP) of converting a property at No 5 Ndoni Street in Port Harcourt’s GRA area from residential to semi-public use. According to the government,...
Nuhu Ribadu Loses As Appeal Court Affirms Sen. Binani Adamawa APC Governorship Candidate
An Appeal Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State capital, has declared Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Adamawa State. The court presided over by Justice Tani Yusuf Hassan set aside the judgement of a Federal High Court which nullified the governorship primary and declared that APC has no candidate for the 2023 governorship...
