May 18, 2022

Breaking: Sanwo-Olu Slams Ban On Okada In Lagos

Breaking: Sanwo-Olu Slams Ban On Okada In Lagos

May 18, 2022 1:39 pm

In a suprise twist of events, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has on Wednesday announced a total ban on every form of Okada (commercial motorcycle riders) operations in six Local Governments Areas in the state beginning from June 1, 2022.

Reports have shown that this might be as a result of the recent unrest in

This is not the first time the government had announced total ban on okada operations in these areas, as there were no strict enforcement.

But on June 1, 2022, Sanwo-Olu said the ban this time around would be total and would be enforced.

The …

Electoral Act: Supreme Court Gives Verdict On Controversial Act

Supreme Court Justice, Eko To Retire From Judiciary

May 18, 2022 1:37 pm

In the spate of recent retirements by Supreme Court Justices, another Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Ejembi Eko has affirmed reports that he will be taking this retirement from Nigeria’s judiciary on Monday, May 23, 2022.

His retirement is coming barely two weeks after a female eminent jurist, Mary Ukaego Peter Odili bowed out in the same manner.

Justice Eko is leaving the apex court bench having attained the mandatory retirement age of seventy years.

The Director of Press and Information, Dr Festus Akande confirmed that the Justice has signified intention to pull out of the judiciary …

Retail Price For Petrol Jumps To ₦172.61 In April - NBS

Retail Price For Petrol Jumps To ₦172.61 In April – NBS

May 18, 2022 1:32 pm

Reports by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have forcasted that the average retail price which is being remitted by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) has jumped to N172.61 as of April 2022.

This information was contained in the NBS Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch for April 2022 and made available in Abuja on Tuesday.

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It said that the increase indicates a 3.74 percent increase when compared to the value recorded in April 2021 at ₦166.38.

“Likewise, on a month-on-month basis, the average retail price

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Joy For Adeleke As Court Affirms Him As PDP Candidate

Joy For Adeleke As Court Affirms Him As PDP Candidate

May 18, 2022 1:27 pm

There was jubilation among the PDP faction which supports Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as he was affirmed as the authentic candidate of the party in the forthcoming July 16 governorship election in the state by a Federal High Court, sitting in Osogbo, on Wednesday.

In the landmark judgment, Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, which lasted for more than 1 hour, 30 minutes, held that the primary election conducted at the WOCDIF Centre, Osogbo, on March 8, which produced Dotun Babayemi, was null and void.

PDP during its governorship primary elections on March 8, had held parallel primaries …

e-Customs Concession Project: Court Halts FG's Enforcements

24-Yr-Old Incarcerated For ₦90,000 Phone Theft

May 18, 2022 1:23 pm

24-year old Abubakar Yusuf has met his waterloo for allegedly stealing a Zawani android phone which has been valued at ₦90,000. A Kano Sharia Court in Fagge had ordered that be remanded in a correctional centre on Wednesday.

The defendant, who resides at Sheka Gabas, Kano, was facing a two-count charge of criminal house trespass and theft, to which he pleaded not guilty.

The Judge, Ismai’l Muhammad-Ahmed, ordered the remand of the accused in a correctional centre and adjourned the matter until June 13 for mention. Earlier, the Prosecution counsel, Mr Abdul Wada, had told the court that the defendant …

NATO Membership Sweden, Finland To Submit Bids Today

NATO Membership Sweden, Finland To Submit Bids Today

May 18, 2022 10:37 am

Finland and Sweden have made open announcements that they would be submitting their bids to join NATO together on Wednesday despite Turkey’s threat to block the military alliance’s expansion.

“I’m happy we have taken the same path and we can do it together,” Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said Tuesday during a joint press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto.

Finland, which shares a 1,300-kilometre (800-mile) border with Russia, and Sweden have been rattled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Their applications will jettison decades of military non-alignment to join the alliance as a defence against feared aggression from Russia.

Russian …

EFCC Explains Reason For Ex-Speaker, Etteh's Arrest

EFCC Explains Reason For Ex-Speaker, Etteh’s Arrest

May 18, 2022 10:35 am

As part of their moves in putting the records straight with their recent arrests, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has put out an explanation on why they arrested Patricia Etteh, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, over her involvement in a contract awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in 2011.

According to reports, the former Speaker was picked up yesterday evening by the anti-graft agency over a shady N240m contract awarded by the NDDC and is presently undergoing interrogation at the Abuja office of the EFCC.

Etteh was said to have received N130m through …

U.S To Inaugurate Conflict Monitor For Russian War

May 18, 2022 10:32 am

In a move to further publicize the real state of things between the two war torn countries which are Ukraine and Russia, the United States (U.S.) has established a new conflict monitoring body which will be used to build legal cases against Russia for crimes committed during its war on Ukraine.

“The Conflict Observatory will ensure that crimes committed by Russia’s forces are documented and perpetrators are held accountable,” State Department spokesman, Ned Price, said on Tuesday as he announced the creation of the body.

He had all the programme would capture, analyse, and make publicly available open-source information and …

Nnamdi Kanu: FG To Amend Charges For Bail Hearing

May 18, 2022 10:31 am

As the court proceedings between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB fires on, thee Federal Government have revealed that they have amended the treasonable felony charges against the leader.

Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu’s Special Counsel, said one of the seven-count charges was removed.

Speaking with Newsmen on Wednesday, Ejimakor said: “The Federal Government just amended the charges against Nnamdi Kanu now, they removed one, you know it was seven, but they removed one, and now it’s six.

“We are in court waiting for the judge’s arrival, and Kanu himself is yet

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I Won In 2019 But APC Stole My Mandate, Atiku Claims

I Won In 2019 But APC Stole My Mandate, Atiku Claims

May 18, 2022 7:08 am

A presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that he won the 2019 Presidential election but was robbed of the mandate by the All Progressive Congress (APC). 

He alleged that the APC denied him. the mandate given to him by voters in 2019 using the power of incumbency and the instrument of the Federal Government.

‘Under no circumstance will that be allowed to repeat itself again in the 2023 elections should the party give me the mandate to contest,’ he said.

The Waziri Adamawa was speaking to …

Presidency Blasts Northern Elders Over Secession Comments

Presidency Blasts Northern Elders Over Secession Comments

May 18, 2022 6:59 am

The Presidency, on Tuesday, slammed the Northern Elders Forum for what it called ‘delusional arrogance’ over its call for some section of the country to break up from Nigeria. 

This is in reaction to earlier comments by the spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, in which he said the country should not go into another civil war for the sake of keeping those in the southeast who desire to secede.

In a widely-circulated clip, Baba-Ahmed who spoke to journalists said, “We said if secession is what every Igbo wants, and this is what the Igbos want, …

APC Weakens In Kano As Ex-Gov, Ibrahim Shekarau Joins NNPP

APC Weakens In Kano As Ex-Gov, Ibrahim Shekarau Joins NNPP

May 18, 2022 6:12 am

The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) received a major blow yesterday following the confirmation that a former Governor of the State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau has officially joined the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) from the ruling party.

The former DG of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s Support Group AbdulMumin Jibrin, who recently joined the NNPP made the disclosure via a tweet on his official Twitter page.

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The tweet reads, “BREAKING- Sen Ibrahim Shekarau joins NNPP. Details later.”

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that Senator Rabiu …

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