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The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos, Plateau State, has declared a former governor of the state, Simon Lalong, who was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the duly elected person for Plateau South senatorial district. Chairman of the three-member panel, Justice Mahmoud Tukur held that the votes scored by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Napoleon Bali, in the February 25 election were wasted votes as he was invalidly nominated. The unanimous Monday judgment held that as of the time of the nomination, the PDP had no valid structure in the state. On the…

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state, has remanded a 32-year-old nursing mother, Mrs Ann Akpa for allegedly assaulting a Magistrate Akpan Ann was arraigned by the police for allegedly flogging Magistrate Lilian Igwesi with a stick on the 28th day of August 2023 at number 32 Hill Top Road, Abakaliki. The defendant in the two-count charge suit marked MAB /630c/2023 was also accused of causing a breach of peace by pouring dirt inside the Magistrate’s apartment. The Police Prosecutor, ASP Chinagorom Eze, stated that she committed offences punishable under sections 335 and 249(d) of the Criminal…

Following the resolution reached by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, flights and businesses are set to resume in full swing. The announcement has elicited mixed reactions as stakeholders hailed the diplomatic engagement of President Tinubu and President Al Nahyan, which led to the suspension of the visa ban placed on Nigerians. In what was described as a “historic agreement,” Tinubu was able to reach an agreement with his UAE counterpart to reinstate the Nigeria-UAE flights, which had been suspended since October last year. According to the Presidential spokesman, Chief…

A Kwara State Upper Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State yesterday Monday denied popular traditionalists, Azeez Adegbola aka Tani Olohun and Ademola Olawoore, Oluwo Nla of Tede, bail. The court presided over by Mr Sunday Adeniyi ruled that it had jurisdiction to try the case adding that the charges brought against the two defendants were different from what was preferred against them at the magistrate court, adding that the complainants in the two cases were different. After the ruling, the two defendants were immediately arraigned before the court on fresh charges and took the plea of the two defendants. The…

The heightened insecurity in the country may have compelled the Nigerian Police Force to revive and upgrade its tracking equipment and technical intelligence unit at Force Headquarters, Abuja. For some years now, the Police have been having diffculties tracking down bandits, kidnappers, human traffickers, among others, following the breakdown of the equipment put in place by former Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase. Recall that these facilities had been grounded for some time, compelling the Police to rely on the private sector, especially the telcos, to track bandits, kidnappers and car snatchers across Nigeria. Investigations revealed that while the equipment…

The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has assented to a bill creating 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. The bill was presented to the governor for assent by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Oladiji Olamide, at a brief ceremony. A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Richard Olatunde, on Saturday, said the Deputy Speaker, Abayomi Akinruntan; Majority Leader, Oluwole Ogunmolasuyi; and the Parliamentary Secretary, Moyinolorun Ogunwumiju; were at the ceremony. The governor assented to the creation of the new councils despite sections of the state describing it as “unfair.” Akoko communities have complained that they were…

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a towering figure in South African politics and outspoken Zulu chief, has died at the age of 95. During the racist apartheid regime, he founded the Zulu Inkatha party after becoming disillusioned with the African National Congress (ANC). Thousands were killed in clashes between supporters of the two parties in the early 1990s. But he was later welcomed back into the fold, serving as President Nelson Mandela’s minister of home affairs. Chief Buthelezi was a shrewd but controversial politician, who disagreed with the ANC’s tactics of armed action against white-minority rule and trod a moderate path as leader…

The Presidential Election Petitions Court delivered a 12-hour marathon judgement on Wednesday, throwing out the petitions of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM); the petitions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar; as well as the petitions of Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The Tribunal dismissed the petitions of the three parties challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25, 2023 poll. The five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani not only dismissed the consolidated petitions of the PDP, the APM, and the…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the reinstatement of three public institutions under the Federal Ministry of Justice, overturning an earlier Presidential directive that had dissolved the boards of Federal Government parastatals, agencies, institutions, and government-owned companies. This is in response to a request to exempt the boards of some statutory agencies overseen by the Federal Ministry of Justice. Mrs. Beatrice Jedy-Agba, Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, stated in a letter dated September 4, 2023, that President Tinubu granted an exemption to the boards of the Council of Legal Education (CLE), the National Human Rights…

The Nigerian Senate has assured border community dwellers to expect laws that allow them to source for essential food items and other basic necessities of life without having to exert themselves needlessly traveling outside of their localities in order to make such purchases; or to suffer needless wants. Above assurances was given recently by the Senate Adhoc Committee on Customs and Excise during a meeting with stakeholders at the Seme-Krake border at the instance of the Committee, which expressed concern about the past policy issues that expose border dwellers to restrictions of trade items they could buy and move around…