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Court Sacks 20 Cross River Assembly Members For Defecting To APC
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly that defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, held that the lawmakers, having abandoned the political party that sponsored them to...
200 Feared Dead As Herders Launch Coordinated Attack On Benue Communities
On Friday night, coordinated attacks by suspected terrorist herders targeted the Yelewata and Daudu communities in the Guma Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State, resulting in a significant loss of life. Preliminary reports indicate that approximately 200 individuals, including internally displaced persons (IDPs) and at least five soldiers, are feared dead. These communities have been recurrent targets of such...
Nnamdi Kanu Optimistic About April Release, Slams Igbo Leaders
Nnamdi Kanu has expressed optimism that he would be freed from the Department of State Services' (DSS) custody by April 2025, according to Engr. Ikenna Ellis-Ezenekwe, president-general of the Igbo Community Association (ICA), FCT. In a statement issued following his visit to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at the DSS headquarters in Abuja, Ezenekwe said...
Gov Sani Signs Security Trust Fund Bill 2024 Into Law
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has signed the Kaduna State Security Trust Fund Bill 2024 into law. Muhammad Lawal Shehu, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, in a statement, said the Bill repealed the State Security Trust Fund Law No. 22, 2018. According to the statement, funds would be deployed to ensure the effectiveness of security agencies in the state. READ...
Fubara, Wike Camps Clash As Police Occupy Rivers PDP Secretariat
The crisis rocking the PDP Rivers State chapter took a new twist as the police took over the party’s secretariat on Aba Road in Port Harcourt. The police action followed alleged moves by both the Aaron Chukwuemeka-led executive loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the Robinson Ewor-led executive loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara to...
Abia Govt To Partner Aba Sports Club In Promoting School Sports
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has assured that his administration will collaborate with the Aba Sports Club to promote school sports especially in the area of swimming, lawn tennis and other sports activities. The Governor gave this assurance at the Investiture of Chief Jerry Kalu (Oshimiri) as the 65th President of the Aba Sports Club (1926) held earlier this evening at the...
I Don’t Have Social Media Accounts – JAMB Registrar
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, has distanced himself from friend requests being sent from social media accounts, purportedly from him, saying he does not own or operate any social media accounts. Oloyede said this in a statement, Friday, by the board’s Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin. The statement read: ”The attention...
Trump Dismisses Any Connections To Epstein
US President Donald Trump denied Tuesday that he had anything to do with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as US lawmakers were expected to vote on releasing records related to the disgraced financier. “As far as the Epstein files…I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein,” Trump told reporters at the Oval Office. “I threw him out of my...
Brazil’s Ex-President Jailed 27 Years For Plotting Coup
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for coup plotting at the end of a landmark trial that divided the nation and drew US fury. The sentence could see the 70-year-old far-right leader spend the rest of his days in jail. Judges voted 4-1 to convict Bolsonaro of plotting to overthrow Luiz Inacio...
INEC Removes 7,746 Deceased Individuals From Voter List
As of December 2022, the Independent National Electoral Commission reported that 7,746 deceased voters had been removed from the national voter register across 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The director of voter education and publicity, Victoria Etta-Messi, disclosed this to our correspondent on Thursday. “Seven thousand, seven hundred and forty-six decreased persons across the 36 states and the FCT...
