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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…

The Presidential Election Petitions Court has declared that it lacks the powers to hear the petition of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) challenging the qualification of President Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima. Reading the lead judgment on Wednesday, Justice Haruna Tsammani held that the issues brought before the tribunal are pre-election matters, which ought to have been at a high court. He added that the timeframe of 180 days within which to determine the issue had elapsed. “In Alhassan and others versus Ishaku and others, it was held that an election tribunal has no jurisdiction on the primary of a…

The Medical and Dental Practitioners Investigation Panel of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria has suspended four doctors from practicing medicine in the country. The made this known on Monday via the social platforms of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. The Investigation Panel is the statutory body with the mandate to investigate any case where it is alleged that a registered medical practitioner or dental surgeon has misbehaved in a professional respect. The panel is composed of 15 members all of whom must be registered medical practitioners or dental surgeons. The PD department receives and processes allegations…

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has given all miners engaged in the illegal extraction of mineral resources in the country an ultimatum of 30 days to join notable mining cooperatives or face the full wrath of the law. This was even as the minister unveiled a plan to set up a surveillance task force that would include policemen and other relevant agencies to secure the mines in the country.Alake gave the charge at a world press conference held in Abuja on Sunday. While announcing that the 30-day ultimatum to miners and plan to introduce security operatives were…