September 5, 2022

William Ruto's Presidential Victory Upheld By Kenya's Supreme Court

William Ruto’s Presidential Victory Upheld By Kenya’s Supreme Court

September 5, 2022 7:46 pm

In lieu of the recently concluded general elections in Kenya, the Kenyan Supreme Court has unanimously rejected all the challenges that had been posited against the official results of the presidential election thereby upholding the Deputy President William Ruto’s win.

Opposition candidate, Raila Odinga had openly alleged some irregularities in the otherwise peaceful August 9 election that had been marked by the last-minute drama when the electoral commission split and traded accusations of misconduct.

Read Also: Kenya’s Supreme Court To Rule On Disputed Presidential Poll

The court found little or no evidence for the various claims and called some “nothing …

Chinese Chinese Yuan Crashes Down To 6.8998 Against Dollars

Chinese Yuan Crashes Down To 6.8998 Against Dollars

September 5, 2022 7:43 pm

The Chinese market saw a major downturn today as the Chinese currency, the renminbi, or the yuan has reportedly weakened on 81 pips to 6.8998 against the United States dollar as had been reported by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.

In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan had been allowed to rise or fall by two per cent from the central parity rate each trading day.

Read Also: Naira ‘Resurrects’ At ₦429.62 To Dollar At Investors’ Window

The central parity rate of the yuan against the dollar was based on a weighted average of prices offered by …

Postpone 2023 Census - HURIWA Charges Nigerian Govt

HURIWA Blasts NNPC Over Fresh Allegations Of Oil Smuggling

September 5, 2022 7:23 pm

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) has come out on Monday to blast the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited which had been formerly known as Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation of allegedly shortchanging Nigerians in terms of crude oil marketing and statsistics.

Emmanuel Onwubiko who is the National Coordinator, HURIWA had in a statement, backed the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali and also faulted the N6.34tn subsidy payment which had been made on the Premium Motor Spirit popularly called petrol.

Read Also: Daily Fuel Supply Still 68m Litres, NNPC Clarifies

HURIWA had expressed their displeasure as to …

NANS Threatens To Shut Down Yola Airport Over ASUU Strike

‘We’ll Expose All Sex-For-Marks Lecturers’ – NANS Warns

September 5, 2022 7:20 pm

In lieu of the recent reports about the increasing spate of Sex for marks in some Nigerian tertiary institutions, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has come out to openly warn all lecturers who are involved in the dirty business of sex-for-marks to completely desist from their nefarious activities or be ready to be publicly disgraced and exposed.

Mr. Usman Barambu who is actually the President of NANS had already made this call while he had been addressing a press conference on Monday in Abuja.

Read Also: Strike Unpatriotic, Don’t Join – NANS Urges State Varsities

Barambu had also …

Presidency Lawmakers Moves To End Same Faith Tickets

Presidency: Lawmakers Moves To End Same Faith Tickets

September 5, 2022 6:47 am

The National Assembly is proposing an amendment to Section 84 of the Electoral Act, 2022 to prevent political parties from nominating candidates of the same religion as presidential and vice presidential candidates.

This is to avoid a repeat of controversy trailing the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2023 general elections,

Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi, who dropped the hint during a media briefing on Sunday in Abuja, said the proposed amendment seeks to promote unity and religious harmony in the country.

He showed a draft copy of the proposed legislation …

2023 CAN President Warns Churches To Be Partisan

2023: CAN President Warns Churches To Be Non-Partisan

September 5, 2022 6:45 am

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) President, Dr Daniel Okoh, has called on Christian leaders and churches across the country to be non-partisan in election matters ahead of Nigeria’s next year’s poll.

He also appealed to Nigerians to be properly guided in making the right decisions in the next presidential election.

Okoh made the call in Onitsha, on Sunday, during the 75th-anniversary celebration of the founder of the Grace of God Mission International, Bishop Paul Nwachukwu.

Okoh stated that the 2023 election offers the electorates the best opportunity to install the president of their choice through the ballot box.

He …

Kyari: Nigerian Govt Files 24 Charges, Seizes Mega Assets

Kyari: Nigerian Govt Files 24 Charges, Seizes Mega Assets

September 5, 2022 6:42 am

The Federal Government has uncovered 14 assets, including shopping malls, a residential estate, polo playground, lands, and farmland belonging to a former commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police.

Kyari was reported to have failed to disclose to authorities his ownership of the properties in different locations in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and Maiduguri, Borno State.

Over N207m and Є17,598 were also discovered in his various accounts in GTB, UBA and Sterling Bank.

In the fresh 24-count charges filed against Kyari by the Director of Prosecution and Legal Services, J. Sunday, dated August 30, …

There Is No Threat To 2023 General Elections – IGP

There Is No Threat To 2023 General Elections – Police IGP

September 5, 2022 6:39 am

The inspector-general of police, IGP Usman Baba, has declared in emphatic terms that there was no threat to the 2023 general elections in the country.

The IGP made this delcaration during the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS) in the United States of America and during his meeting with the assistant secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S, Todd Robinson.

Force PRO, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this stems from the robust security threat analysis carried out using global best standards to ascertain the trend of expectations for the electioneering processes.

He further stated that, “during the …

Trump Labels Biden ‘Enemy Of The State’ At Pennsylvania Rally

Trump Labels Biden ‘Enemy Of The State’ At Pennsylvania Rally

September 5, 2022 6:33 am

Ex-president Donald Trump on Sunday branded his successor Joe Biden an ‘enemy of the state’ during a rally in Pennsylvania as he slammed last month’s FBI raid of his Florida home.

Making his first public appearance since the August 8 raid, Trump said the search was a ‘travesty of justice’ and warned it would produce ‘a backlash the likes of which nobody has ever seen.’

‘There can be no more vivid example of the very real threats from American freedom than just a few weeks ago, you saw, when we witnessed one of the most shocking abuses of power by …

Scores Killed As Stabbing Spree Hits Canada

Scores Killed As Stabbing Spree Hits Canada

September 5, 2022 6:28 am

According to authorities, a stabbing spree in Canada’s heartland Saskatchewan province has left at least 10 people dead and 15 seriously wounded.

After a thorough search, three victims were discovered in 13 different locations, one of which was James Smith Cree Nation and nearby Weldon.

Two individuals have been named a suspect, they are wanted for interrogations but they fled.

As a major investigation unfolds across the entire area of the province, locals have been advised to remain indoors.

‘Do not leave a secure location. Use caution allowing others into your residence,’ Saskatchewan Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) wrote in …

NSCDC Officer Killer Demands ₦30m To Free Hostages

NSCDC Officer: Killer Demands ₦30m To Free Hostages

September 5, 2022 6:26 am

The sum of ₦30 million has been demanded as ransom for the release of three hostages who were abducted by suspected gunmen – as earlier reported, the assailants shot and killed Segun Ayebulu an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

While traveling to his hometown, Ogbe, Kogi State The NSCDC officer tragically got shot along Oke Ako-Irele Ekiti road – he was confirmed dead following the attack. Three other passengers traveling with were kidnapped.

The deceased uncle informed reporters in Ado Ekiti, ‘The abductors contacted the family this evening and demanded N30million to secure the release …

Kenya’s Supreme Court To Rule On Disputed Presidential Poll

Kenya’s Supreme Court To Rule On Disputed Presidential Poll

September 5, 2022 6:23 am

Kenya’s Supreme Court will on Monday (today) whether to uphold or nullify the result of last month’s presidential election, a ruling that is anxiously awaited in the East African country that is scarred by previous bouts of poll-related violence.

The seven-member court are expected to rule following three days of oral arguments last week by lawyers representing the two main candidates and rival camps of election commissioners.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga, making his fifth presidential bid, says Deputy President William Ruto’s narrow win was the product of massive fraud. Four out of seven election commissioners disowned the result announced by …

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