The federal government in has declares the joint security outfit established by the southwest states known as Operation Amotekun as an illegal outfit. The Attorney General of the Federation made the stand of the government known in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday. In the statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media … Read more
The Supreme Court, has declared the election of the Imo state Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, void thereby, asking him to vacate the governorship seat. The apex court, in a unanimous judgement by a seven-man panel of justices that was led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Tuesday held that Ihedioha who … Read more
The Action Alliance’s(AA) Governorship candidate in the March 9, 2019 Governorship election in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, on Tuesday, withdraws the appeal he filed against the election of Governor Emeka Ihedioha. On Tuesday, Nwosu’s lawyer, Mr. Solomon Umoh (SAN), told the seven-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Tanko Muhammad, that the decision … Read more
The House of Representatives Committee on Power has called on the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the recently announced increase in electricity tariff. NERC had directed the electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to enforce an upward review of the tariff starting from April 1. Meanwhile, the Committee chairman, Aliyu Magaji, at its meeting, asked … Read more
A truck has rammed into five vehicles and two motorcycles, Crushed one person to death and injured four others at Sango tollgate on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. Ekohotblog garnered that the accident occurred around 4:49 am on Tuesday when the brake of the truck failed. The Sector Commander … Read more
Iran on Tuesday announced its first arrest over the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner in Tehran last week, after the third night of angry protests over the disaster. The Ukraine International Airlines plane was brought down by a missile shortly after takeoff on Wednesday, killing all 176 passengers and crew on board. Tehran for … Read more
An internet user on Monday disclosed on how a school suspended some female students who were in a secret cult called “Marlian”. According to the report that was posted by the Instablog9ja, a parent identified as Adebiyi Gabriel said the school authority suspended the students for belonging to a cult identified as “Marlian secret cult”. … Read more
Fire has destroyed part of the old market in Sokoto state,says sokoto fire service. Mr Mustapha Abubakar, the Head of Operations in Sokoto Fire Service, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday that the inferno started at about 11:00 p.m on Monday and lasted till about 2:00 a.m on Tuesday. Abubakar said that … Read more
The car theft charges filed against Nigerian artist, Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley has been dismissed by a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday. Chief Magistrate Tajudeen Elias had in 2 weeks ago, threatened to issue a bench warrant for Naira Marley’s arrest if he fails to appear in court today, January … Read more
The Supreme Court has fixed January 20 (Monday) for judgement in the appeal challenging the last Governorship election in Kano State. A seven-man panel of the court, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, made the decision after lawyers in the case, comprising an appeal and a cross-appeal, adopted their processes … Read more
Iran will punish all those responsible for the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane, President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Tuesday, adding that the “tragic event” would be investigated thoroughly. “It was an unforgivable error one person cannot be solely responsible for the plane crash,” he said. “Iranian Armed Forces … Read more
Paris Saint-Germain defender Marquinhos has extended his contract with the French champions until June 2024, the club announced on Monday. The 25-year-old Brazilian, who joined the capital side from Roma in 2013, has played 271 games for PSG and won 14 major trophies including five Ligue 1 titles. Marquinhos told AFP last year that he … Read more
President of the UN General Assembly, Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, says the Ukrainian plane tragedy resulting from the Iran-U.S. crisis stresses the need for diplomacy in international conflict resolution. He stated this while outlining his priorities for 2020 at an informal plenary of the Assembly in New York on Monday. The Boeing 737-800 plane crashed shortly … Read more
Following United Kingdom purported plan to return the sum of $9.6m stolen by ex-Delta State governor Chief James Ibori to Nigeria, a group, known as Delta State Society Roundtable on Grand Corruption has said that the state government should be given the money instead of the FG. The group in a statement through Pastor Innocent … Read more
Following the alleged conviction of the Deputy Senate President,Ovie Omo-Agege for felony by a United States’ court in 1996,a coalition of nine civil society organizations have threatened to stage a protest at the National Assembly if he(Omo-Agege) failed to resign and the Delta Central Senatorial District seat declared vacant within the next 72 hours. The … Read more
The people of the gas-rich settlement in Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, has appealed to the Governor of the state, Seriake Dickson, to complete the construction of a new unity bridge to replace the collapsed one linking Imiringi. The bridge, which is the fastest route connecting natives and visitors from the Kolo end of … Read more
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday declined the application filed by the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, requesting the court to reject documented evidence presented against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Okon Abang, who ruled on the matter, said the defendant was not … Read more
Some potential presidential aspirants have lobbied the United States to support the Igbos 2023 presidential ambition. It could be recalled that this move was similar to the global campaign undertaken by members of All Progressives Congress, APC, prior to 2015 presidential election. At an event held in Washington, D.C. on January 10, and attended by … Read more
Last year October, about a week after the nation space that we have generously agreed to refer to as Nigeria, celebrated her 59th year of Independence from colonial rule, I found myself at the Athens Democracy Forum, Athens being of course that former nation-state that claims the honour of pioneering a system of governance that … Read more
The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has belittled the Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Dan Orbih, for allegedly fabricating stories of an empty treasury against the state government to score cheap political points and save his ebbing political career. Osagie debunked … Read more