•Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission has called on political parties to call their supporters to order. The INEC also charged security agencies to take quick action against perpetrators of electoral violence, reports The PUNCH. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu gave this charge today at a meeting of the Inter-agency Co...
The family of the murdered female student of the University of Port Harcourt, Justina Otuene has called for justice. Otuene was allegedly killed by her boyfriend at his residence in Ozuoba in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, reports The PUNCH. Similarly, the management of the institution said it would not rest until […...
Edo State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Hon. Destiny Enabulele, member representing Ovia South West Constituency. The tribunal nullified the election of Enabulele on the ground of non-compliance with the Electoral Act, 2022 as amended. The tribunal led by Justice A.O Chijoke declared the APC candidate in the election,...
•UN peacekeepers UN peacekeepers, ordered to leave Mali by the country’s leaders, have been forced to rush their withdrawal, destroy equipment left behind and risk their lives on the road out. Following a coup in 2020 the new military rulers in June ordered the peacekeepers out, proclaiming the “failure” of their mission and denouncing its [&h...
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) in a continuation of enforcement operations has impounded over 100 private/commercial vehicles operating illegal parking/garages on bridges across the state. Hon. Sola Giwa, the Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Transportation who led the enforcement operations...
•Wamakko The Election Petition Tribunal in Sokoto state has validated the election of Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko representing Sokoto North Senatorial District and dismissed the petition filed by the opposition PDP and its candidate, Muhammad Manir Dan Iya for lacking in merit. The Tribunal also awarded N250,000 cost to the respondent, r...
High-flying Tottenham Hotspur will face Crystal Palace in one of the London derbies this weekend. Ange Postecoglu’s side currently tops the Premier League table with 23 points, two more than second-place Manchester City, reports AFP. Alongside Arsenal, both teams remain the only unbeaten sides in the league this season. Crystal Palace, on the ...
•CJN Olukayode Ariwoola The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, today said the Supreme Court now has 10 justices on its bench. According to him, with 10 justices on the bench, the Supreme Court has the lowest number of justices in history. The CJN spoke at the valedictory court session for Justice Musa Dattijo […]
•NUC Executive Secretary, Prof Abubakar Rasheed No fewer than 24 polytechnics and colleges of education have been converted to universities by the federal and state governments. However, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and education reform activists tagged the move as a plan to “bury” the essence of technical education in the country,...
Two weeks after the Kano State Police Command declared him wanted, the ring leader of the notorious thugs in Kano, Abba Burakita, has submitted himself and his dangerous weapons to the command headquarters. The daredevil who turned himself over to the police along 40 of his gangsters, have been behind the deadly political thuggery in […...

