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A tribunal sitting in Umuahia the Abia State capital, has ordered a rerun of the election between Senator Orji Uzor Kalu representing Abia North senatorial district and Mao Ohuabunwa of the PDP. According to the tribunal, the election is expected to take place within the next 90 days in some wards in Ohafia, Arochukwu, Isuikwuato, […]
Senator Rochas Okorocha, representing Imo West at the National Assembly, says the judiciary remained as an aroma of democracy. Okorocha who spoke in Owerri, through his Special Adviser on Media, SAM ONWUEMEODO, after the tribunal affirmed his 2019 election as Senator representing Imo West. The election petition tribunal had dismissed petitions filed by candidates of […]
Rampaging flood due to heavy rainsrecently has trapped residents of Federal Housing Estate egbu road in Owerri Municipal Counciland submerged a large chunk of the community completely. Some residents who spoke to darling FMsaid Educational and business activities including worship centres have been submerged by the flood and crippling business activities. They also added that […]
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has directed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, GEOFFREY ONYEAMA, to further engage the South African authorities on appropriate measures taken to end the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. The President gave the directive upon receiving the report of the special envoy he sent to President CYRIL RAMAPHOSA last week to […]
The Defence Headquarters has denied reports that troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria are arbitrarily detaining children in its facilities in the North East. The DHQ in a statement by it’s Acting Director Defence Information, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu said that children used as suicide bombers by terrorists are arrested, managed and treated as victims […]
Tragedy struck in Nasarawa on Monday when a trailer crushed 11 persons to death and injured many in Lafia-Akwanga road in the state. Channels Television leant that the trailer had a brake failure at Endehu hill along the higway popularly known as “Many have gone.” The accident which happened Sunday morning, involved a trailer loaded […]
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in the Kaduna State capital has upheld the election of Nasir El-Rufai as duly elected governor of the State. Delivering judgment on Monday, chairman of the three-man panel, Justice Ibrahim Bako, says that the petitioner, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Isah Ashiru was unable to […]
Many terrorists have reportedly met their waterloo following a raid by troops of the Nigerian Army in Gworege village within Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State. This is according to Army Spokesman, Colonel Sagir Musa. In his communique on Sunday, Colonel Musa stated that troops of 22 Brigade/Super Camp Dikwa in conjunction with the Civilian […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mrs Soyata Maiga, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the commission’s members requesting them: “to urgently submit a case on the escalating xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African citizens in South Africa to the African Court […]
Edwin van der Sar looks the clear favourite to be Manchester United’s new director of football, the UK Mirror reports. The Red Devils executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, is keen on the Ajax chief executive’s expertise and impressive contacts. Former United players Darren Fletcher, Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Evra have all previously been linked with the […]
