Suspected Islamist militants kill 19 people in a village raid

13 Mar 2023

Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 19 people and burned down a medical facility in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on Sunday, according to two regional officials and a resident. According to NAN, the attack took place around 1 a.m. (2300 GMT) in the village of Kirindera in […]

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Woman sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for stealing five children

12 Mar 2023

A Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court, sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has sentenced a 42-year-old woman, Victoria Enwerem (Anosike) to multiple jail terms for stealing five children in Onitsha. Victoria Enwerem was arraigned in Court on a-3 count charge: conspiracy to steal children; fraudulently enticing away and harbouring children, and forcefully isolating the children […]

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Court rejected LP’s request to supervise INEC BVAs Reconfiguration

11 Mar 2023

The Labour Party, on Thursday, knocked the Independent National Electoral Commission, saying the electoral umpire deliberately came up with its idea of reconfiguring the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines after its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, sought to examine the election materials. This was as the party faulted the commission’s claim of backing up the data […]

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WHAT TO EXPECT FROM NIGERIA ‘S POLITICAL JUDICIARY

11 Mar 2023

Election petitions are charades from the point of real resolution of legal and factual issues. They serve the purpose of pacification of the people to accept and live with their conquest by a few elements. The only thing that could alter the predetermined result is if the people demonstrate that they have not been conquered in fact and would reject on the streets every form of pacification from the court.

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WHO CAME SECOND – ANOTHER NIGERIAN CONSTITUTIONAL PUZZLE

11 Mar 2023

We return to the question, who therefore between Atiku and Obi deserves to go into a second ballot with Tinubu? Atiku won over 50% of the votes in just 3 States – Adamawa, Gombe and Yobe States. Obi won over 50% of the votes in 7 States – Edo, Anambra, Abia, Imo, Delta, Ebonyi and Enugu States. Obi is the runner up as according to the officially declared results and is the one qualified to go into a second ballot with Tinubu – should there be one.

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NIGERIA’S 25% QUAGMIRE

11 Mar 2023

It is absurd to say that a Territory that belongs to and is administered by the Federal Government is at the same time a State in a Federation where both power and territory are shared between the Federal Government and the States. I wish we could stop making such arguments.

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Police discover church used as baby factory, arrest pastor

10 Mar 2023

The police in Imo state has uncovered a church used as a baby factory in the state. A statement released by CSP Michale Abattam, spokesperson of the state police command, says on September 9, the state command’s tactical unit received an intelligence report that one Amarachi Okechukwu Dioku, 18, of Umudurualaoka Uba Ifakala Mbaitoli LGA […]

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‘Most Wanted’ Nigerian woman extradited to Italy to spend 13 years in jail for running a prostitution ring

09 Mar 2023

A Nigerian woman on the list of the “100 most dangerous and wanted fugitives in the world” has been extradited to Italy to serve a 13-year prison sentence for “criminal conspiracy, enslavement, human trafficking, and exploitation of prostitution.” After years on an Italian wanted list, the 48-year-old fugitive, identified as Jeff Joy, was extradited from […]

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Appeal Court grants Tinubu access to inspect electoral materials

09 Mar 2023

The Appeal Court in Abuja has granted the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, access to inspect electoral materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission during February 25, 2022, general elections. VisioTalks reports that Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, on Tuesday, urged the Court of Appeal in Abuja to order INEC to grant him access […]

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