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Edo guber poll: Governor Ododo drums support for APC candidate, Monday Okpebholo

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Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has described the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, as a true representation of the aspirations of the people of the state. Governor Ododo, who made the declaration at the APC youth rally in Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area on Friday, promised to use his contacts and cultural ties with the people of Edo State to ensure the victory of the party and its candidate. The Special Adviser…

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Court to hear APC’s suit seeking Ighodalo’s disqualification Sept. 19

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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, fixed Sept. 19 to hear a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking the disqualification of Asue Ighodalo, the PDP candidate for the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo.Justice Peter Lifu fixed the hearing of all pending applications after lawyers to the parties in the suit reached an agreement for the adjournment to allow PDP’s Counsel, Oyetola Atoyebi, SAN, respond to the plaintiff’s amended originating summons.The APC, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1001/2024, had sued INEC, Ighodalo and PDP as 1st…

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Shiites drag I-G, FCT commissioner to UN, Amnesty Int’nal, others over alleged blasphemy

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The Islamic Movement, also known as the Shiites, has filed petitions at the United Nation (UN) and Amnesty International’s offices in Nigeria against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, and the FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, over allegations bordering on blasphemy against Islam. The Islamic group also petitioned Egbetokun and Igweh at the European Union (EU) and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)’s offices. Copies of the certified true copies of the petitions were made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. The four petitions were addressed to UN…

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Binance executive rejected State House Clinic medical intervention, EFCC tells court

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The EFCC on Wednesday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan, rejected the medical intervention by the State House Clinic.Counsel for the EFCC, Ekele Iheanacho, told Justice Emeka Nwite while opposing Gambaryan’s second bail application moved by his lawyer, Mark Mordi SAN.Iheanacho, who drew the attention of the court to the State House Clinic’s medical report, argued that despite that Gambaryan’s ill-health was not as worse as it was being painted, said the report showed that the defendant was dissatisfied with…

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Shiites threaten to sue police over alleged forceful removal of Muslim sisters’ hijab in detention

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The Islamic Movement, also known as Shiites, has threatened to sue the Nigerian Police Force over alleged forceful removal of Muslim sisters’ hijab who were arrested in connection with the 2024 Arba’een Symbolic Trek in Abuja. The Islamic group, in a statement in Abuja by Maryam Sani on behalf of the Sisters’ Forum of the Islamic Movement, under the leadership of his eminence Sayyid Ibraheem Ya’qoub El-Zakzaky (H), also said the alleged rights abuse would be publicised within and outside the country. She condemned the act and considered it blasphemy…

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Supreme Court affirms Gov. Uzodinma’s re-election victory

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The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed the re-election of Hope Uzodimma of Imo in the Nov. 11, 2023 governorship election.A five-member panel of the apex court, in a lead judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Idris, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in Imo election, Samuel Anyanwu, for lacking in merit.Justice Idris resolved all the issues raised for determination in the appeal against the appellants.Justice Idris equally dismissed the appeal bythe Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Athan Achonu, for being unmeritorious.The judge,…

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Tinubu, Abdulsalam task judiciary on justice for all

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President Bola Tinubu on Thursday urged members of the judiciary not to be deterred in the commitment to their constitutional mandate of ensuring justice.President Tinubu gave the charge at the public presentation of the autobiography of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the retired Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).However, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun is expected to take over the leadership of Nigeria’s judiciary on Friday after Justice Ariwoola retired on Aug. 22, having attained the mandatory retirement age of 70 years.President Tinubu, who was represented at the event by Vice President Kashim Shettima, said…

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Businessmen sue I-G, others for N1bn over alleged unlawful arrest, detention

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Two businessmen; Teniola Adesanya and Goodluck Olatunde, have filed a N1 billion suit against the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police and six others over allegations bordering on unlawful arrest and detention. The suit, marked: FCT/HC/CV/3237/2024 was filed at the High Court of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by their lawyer, Mr. B. S. Akinwumi. The applicants; Adesanya and Olatunde, are suing along with the companies – Oxford International Group Limited, Oxford Gold Integrated Ltd, Oxford Green Farms Ltd, Oxford Real Estate and Facility MGT Ltd and Oxford Commercial Services Ltd. They sued…

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Court declines to stop Fubara from spending Rivers funds

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A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja has refused to shut down all expenditures of Gov. Siminalay Fubara of Rivers pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit field by the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers Assembly.Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on the motion ex-parte marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/984/24 and moved by Sebastien Hon, SAN, rather ordered the plaintiffs to put all the defendants in the suit on notice.Justice Nwite, however, granted another motion ex-parte by the plaintiffs to serve the 5th to 10th defendants with the originating process and other applications in…

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SOLUDO DENIES ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THIRTY- FIVE THOUSAND NAIRA IMPOSE ON KEKE RIDERS

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Awka: Obiorah Anthony Ugwonwa The Executive Governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has denied in a concrete term any knowledge of imposing thirty-five thousand naira on keke riders in the state for installation of security tracking device on every keke in the state. The Governor, who disclosed this in his office at Anambra State Government House, Awka while having an audience the representatives of the unit heads of the keke owners and riders in Awka metropolis who were in his office on solidarity visit to his administration, said…

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