An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 37-year-old man, Sunday Stephen, in Kirikiri Correctional Service for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mr P.E. Nwaka, who did not take the plea of Stephen ordered that the case file be sent to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice. Nwaka adjourned Read more
Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president of Nigeria, has said since the Supreme Court is final, the party must accept its judgment on the governorship election in Imo State. The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, nullified the election of Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)as the governor of Imo State. The apex court declared Hope Uzodinma Read more
Convener of Pan-Niger Delta Forum, Edwin Clark, has said the declaration of “Amotekun”, a south-west region of the country security outfit, as illegal will create unnecessary tension. Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, had on Tuesday declared Amotekun as illegal, saying security remains the exclusive preserve of the federal government. But Clark described Malami’s pronouncement as “unconstitutional”. The Ijaw Read more
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards 2020 has come and gone – the event was held in Hurghada, Egypt on January 7, but the dust is yet to settle on what is now known as “the betrayal” of Asisat Oshoala. Asisat Oshoala, 25, is the winner of the CAF Africa Women Footballer of the Read more
Senator Hope Uzodinma, the governor-elect of Imo State, has given an order to all financial institutions where the state funds are maintained not to honour any draft till further notice. This order came a few hours after the Supreme Court declared him the duly elected governor of the state on Tuesday. A letter addressed to Read more
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has expressed its support for Operation Amotekun as it condemned the decision of the Federal Government to declare it illegal. Amotekun, a security outfit recently set up by South-West Region governments to address lingering insecurity in the region was declared illegal by the federal government. The group in Read more
The Senate impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump is likely to begin in seven days with key players sworn in later this week, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. McConnell said he expected the House of Representatives to deliver the articles of impeachment against Trump to the upper chamber on Wednesday. “We believe that Read more
The Supreme Court has sacked Emeka Ihedioha as governor of Imo state, affirming Hope Uzodinma as winner of the March 9 election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Ihedioha winner of the election but Uzodinma, who came fourth, challenged the outcome of the election in court. The INEC results indicated that Ihedioha, who Read more
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has voted to petition the Vatican City in Rome, President of the United States of America (USA) in the White House to ask the two global leaders to compel the Kaduna state governor Mallam Nassir El-Rufai, and President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the siege and systematic genocidal Read more
A leader of Afenifere, Yoruba socio-political organisation, Ayo Adebajo, has said the Federal Government of Nigeria under the leadership President Muhammadu Buhari has just confirmed its dictatorial tendency by declaring ‘Amotekun’, a South-West Region security outfit as illegal. Governors of the states in the South-West region of Nigeria had said the group was established to Read more
