The controversy over Section 84, subsection 12 of the new Electoral Act 2022 is not yet over, despite a court judgment nullifying it. This is because the two chambers of the National Assembly have said they will appeal the judgement by a Federal High Court in Umuahia, nullifying the controversial section. Justice Evelyn Anyadike had ordered the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned state governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress to a meeting in Abuja. The meeting between President Buhari and the APC Governors is taking place at the State House in Abuja, and it comes two days to the National Convention of the party on Saturday. The Governors who arrived…
Officers of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a mother of five for setting her ten-year-old daughter ablaze. The command’s public relations officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed this in a statement. Oyeyemi said the suspect, Aisha Tijani was arrested following a report lodged at Mowe Divisional Headquarters by one Moroof Ayinde, who reported that the suspect who…
The Kaduna State Police Command has deployed more troops to Southern Kaduna following Sunday night attacks on Agban Kagoro in the Kaura Local Government Area of the state. The attack which the state government said happened in four locations of Tsonje, Agban, Katanga and Kadarko claimed thirty-four lives including two soldiers while over two hundred houses were…
World number one Ashleigh Barty has shocked the sporting world by announcing she will retire from professional tennis at just twenty-five. The Australian made the announcement on social media, saying she was leaving to chase other dreams. Barty won her first Grand Slam at the 2019 French Open. She became the first home player to win the…
The Lagos State Government has arraigned the driver of a Bus Rapid Transport Andrew Nice Omininikoron before the State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square. He was arraigned on a four-count bordering on rape, conspiracy and murder of his passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwola. The Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution DPP, Jide Martins, told Justice Sherifat Sonaike…