The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Benue Governor. A seven-man panel of the court, led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, dismissed the appeal by Emmanuel Jime, who contested as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, who read the lead judgment,…
A 60-year old woman, Mrs. Nkechi Nwafor, has landed in trouble after she sold her younger brother’s house including vehicles worth N18m while the brother was in prison abroad with hope that the brother will not return back to Nigeria. P.M.EXPRESS reports that her brother, Oliver Maduka, eventually returned after serving his prison term only…
Boko Haram insurgents have killed the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Lawan Andimi, in Michika local government area of Adamawa state. Ahmad Salkida, a journalist with years of experience reporting the activities of the insurgents, in a series of tweets said Andimi was killed on Monday. “To break some news items can…
Dozens of security Operatives from the Nigeria Police, Department of State Security Service (DSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), most of them armed on Tuesday morning positioned themselves at Panseke, a bustling area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, following planned rally by the Yoruba Youth Congress(YYC). The rally which is expected to be coordinated…
Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, says his administration will soon launch community police to boost security in the state. Ganduje said this while addressing his supporters shortly after the supreme court validated his victory in the March election. “We are going to launch community policing very soon in Kano. Security is for the people of Kano…
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen Godswill Akpabi is insisting that having taken higher national responsibilities as a minister, he cannot be a candidate in the Akwa Ibom South West senatorial election rerun ordered by the Court of Appeal, Calabar, to be conducted only in Essien Udim local government area. But the Independent National…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has opened a garment factory in the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Speaking at the ceremony held on Saturday last week, Mr Obasanjo said he established the factory in collaboration with a United Kingdom-based Nigerian, Abisade Adenubi. “After the initiative from me, the…
A 39-year old Chibuzor Elikee who claimed to have in his custody, the one year old boy, Gold Kolawole who got missing at the Sotitobire Miracle Centre Akure late last year, was today arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure for demanding with menace. According to the charge sheet, he was alleged to…
Officers and men of the “Safe Delta” Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, led by CSP Anieteh Eyoh, on Monday morning, arrested a notorious female armed robber, Bella Lucky, and two other suspects of a criminal gang at McClivers market area in Warri, Delta State. The armed robbery syndicate, who has been on the police…
…begs Buhari govt to intervene Imo State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, has decried the nationwide protest organised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), rejecting the Supreme Court judgement that declared him the governor of the state. Uzodinma made the remark on Monday, while addressing supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who occupied the streets…