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The Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have supported the request by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for a live broadcast of the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja. Addressing newsmen after Wednesday’s proceeding, counsel to Obi, Livy Uzoukwu, said it has become imperative

The Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum and Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has condemned the zoning arrangement by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress for the 10th National Assembly principal officers. The PUNCH reports that the APC National Working Committee zoned the positions of the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly

Hoodlums, suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, on Wednesday, set ablaze a commercial bus and a tricycle in Onitsha, Anambra State, in their attempt to disrupt commercial and economic activities in the area. A source in the area, who does not want his name in print for fears of harassment, said

The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has described the passing away of the party’s South-West Vice Chairman, Soji Adagunodo, as “loss of a patriot and political asset”. The former vice president, in a condolence message released by his Media Office in Abuja on Wednesday, described the late Adagunodo as a

Four suspects have been arrested for the murder of a herder identified as Umaru Aliu. According to reports, Aliu was shot to death and his body dismembered in Ijagure village along Sagada, Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Amotekun Corps Commander, David Akinremi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, saying, two were

The Ogun State Government has revealed that it has empowered 200 girls in public secondary schools with teargas canisters to help them fight against sexual assaulters. The Director of Women Empowerment Services, Ministry of Women Affairs, Wonuola Kazeem, disclosed this during a close out/accountability meeting on strengthening access to community-based psychosocial support for survivors of

The United Kingdom Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of British multinational oil and gas company, Shell, over a 2011 offshore oil spill. The apex court ruled that it was too late for Nigerian claimants to sue Shell subsidiaries over a 2011 offshore oil spill. The case was one of a series of legal

Juju singer, Dele Taiwo, is set to drop a new gospel song on May 12, 2O23. The song, ‘Funmi Loro So’, which is a duet with gospel singer, Esther Igbekele, will be released on his birthday. According to the singer, he is also set to change his music rhythm for good. In a statement sent

The chairman of the Cross River State Elections Petitions Tribunal, Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, says the panel will be fair to all the parties. He gave the assurance on Wednesday in Calabar at the panel’s inaugural sitting. At the inaugural sitting with Justice Adeniyi were Justice Z. U. Modibbo (Member 1) and Justice Eva Okoronkwo (Member

Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt   The Police in Rivers State have confirmed the arrest of eight suspected members of a cybercrime/kidnapping syndicate in Cypo Estate, Umuebule 1 in Etche Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the state Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Iringe-Koko

A set of flats in a private building and property worth millions of naira were destroyed in a fire outbreak at the Rumuomasi axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The fire reportedly started around 7 pm in the room of one of the tenants before it spread to other flats. Daughter to the landlady, Angela

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has congratulated his Osun State counterpart, Ademola Adeleke, on his victory at the Supreme Court. Diri, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, on Wednesday, said the ruling of the country’s apex court on the Osun governorship election was an affirmation that power in

A prosecution witness, Ogunjobi Olalekan, has narrated how a suspect, Eze Harrison Arinze, received $382,000 worth of bitcoins from his victims before his account was blocked by his Virtual Asset Service provider. Olalekan, who is the 1st prosecution witness and an officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the trial of Arinze, said

The Niger Delta Development Commission has said it will partner with the United Nations Satellite Centre to find lasting solutions to the challenges of flooding in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, stated this during a virtual presentation on ways of combating flood challenges in the Niger Delta region by

A 23-year-old student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko in Akure Ondo State, (names withheld) on Tuesday, narrated to an Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court how she was allegedly raped by the founder of her church, Oluwafeyiropo Daniels, of I Reign Christian Family Church. The witness, who is a former assistant pastor of

… As NLC suspends strike Power supply has been restored In Imo State following the truce reached between the state government, Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress over the industrial action in the state. The state witnessed a total blackout for six days while the industrial action lasted. Flights were also barred from coming

The leadership of the Traditional Religious Worshippers Association in Osun State has said necessary rites to further make the reign of the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, to be more peaceful would be done, assuring the state helmsman of their support. This was contained in a congratulatory message of the religious group to Adeleke on his

No fewer than seven people have been reported dead while several others hospitalised after drinking tea suspected to have been prepared with a local leaf popularly known as Zakami at a wedding in Kano. Zakami contains a psychoactive substance. The incident happened on Tuesday in Sheka area of Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State.

Activities at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli campus, have been temporarily suspended over the attacks by armed hoodlums operating within the Ihiala Local Government Area, Anambra State. Uli community, where the state-owned institution is located, is within the Ihiala LGA, a border town in Anambra, where the high rate of unknown gunmen activities have

The Presidential Election Petition Court has adjourned to next Wednesday, May 17, the petition against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The court took the decision on the request for adjournment by parties to the petition.

A female activist, Abiodun Thomas, has accused a member-elect of the House of Representatives from Ado-Odo/Ota Federal Constituency of Ogun State, Tunji Akinosi, of attacking her after his car allegedly hit a hawker in the Onikan area of Lagos State. In her account of the incident, she stated that she was attempting to assist the

The National Emergency Management Agency, on Wednesday, disclosed that it received another batch of 148 stranded Nigerians from Niamey, Niger Republic. NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Nuradeen Abdullahi, confirmed their arrival while receiving the returnees at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport. According to Abdullahi, the returnees arrived aboard SKY MALI Airlines operated by Ethiopian

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, met with the House of Representatives candidates for Speaker and Deputy Speaker endorsed by the All Progressives Congress. Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, met with both Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Hon. Benjamin Kalu, endorsed by the ruling party for the House leadership shortly before he left the country

Ahead of the election into the national offices of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, delegates of the group from the South-West region have declared their support for the incumbent National President, Mr Tajudeen Baruwa. Rising from a meeting held in Osogbo, Osun State, the Caretaker Chairmen of the Union across the six South-West

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has ordered the reopening of the Benin City Judicial Division. The directive is contained in a statement on Wednesday by the FHC Assistant Director of Information, Catherine Oby-Christopher. It notified members of the public that the division has been relocated to the venue formerly