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By Kamil Opeyemi Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has said the crisis that erupted in the state is an internal affair of the party. Wike spoke in Abuja on Tuesday when some leaders of thoughts from the state met him. Wike said the entire issue revolved around political relevance adding that when disagreements arise in families, they go ahead and settle. Recall that NPO Reported that crisis erupted at the state capital on Monday as loyalists of Governor Sim Fubara went on street protests over a foiled impeachment attempt against him by members of the House of Assembly loyal…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Police Command in Niger says it has arrested Joy Afekafe, the prime suspect in the killing of Dr Funmilola Adefolalu, a lecturer with the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna. This is contained in a statement in Minna on Tuesday by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Wasiu Abiodun. Abiodun stated that two other suspects connected to the crime were at large, adding that effort was ongoing to apprehend them. He recalled that on Oct. 29, 2023 at about 10:00 a.m., some friends and church members of Adefolalu, visited her residence in Gbaiko area…

By Kamil Opeyemi Police Council has approved and confirmed the appointment of the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, as substantive IGP. Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja while briefing newsmen at the end of the council’s meeting held at the Presidential Villa. The Police Council has the president, governors and Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) as its members. Its role is confined to the declared purpose of advising the president in the appointment of an IGP. Gaidam said that the meeting centred on the confirmation of the…

The Lagos State Government has sealed $1.35 billion investment deal with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Access Bank to boost infrastructure in the state. Speaking at the second AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment (ACTI) Forum in GeorgeTown Guyana, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, said the fund would increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the state. Sanwo-Olu said the $1.35 billion investment would facilitate five major infrastructure projects in the state. He said the investment, which would power the state’s long-term infrastructure projects, was a demonstration of confidence from international and local partners in Lagos’ growing economy. According to…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) States Assembly Forum (ASAF) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the crisis rocking the executive and the legislature in Rivers. The forum said in a statement by its Director-General, Mr Fubara Dagogo on Tuesday in Abuja. Dagogo said that the development was centered around malicious and offensive onslaught against the government and the good people of Rivers by conservative elements within and outside the state. He said the unfortunate turn of events in an otherwise united political family was regrettable and a huge distraction. This, he said, was especially for the state…

Dr Kayode Ajulo, a constitutional lawyer, has urged the Federal Government to introduce electronic tags for inmates awaiting trial in correctional centers to ease overcrowding. Ajulo who made the call in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, He said this would address the issue of overcrowding in correctional centres, expedites judicial process, and optimised the utilisation of government resources. Ajulo said that the current state of Nigeria’s correctional centres system was burdened by high number of inmates awaiting trial. He said that a significant proportion of the population of the centres comprise of individuals, who had not yet been convicted.…

By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Bar Association, on Tuesday said it will protect the legacies left behind by two of its prominent members who have died recently. Habeeb Akorede, National Publicity Secretary of the NBA, quoted the President of the association, Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN, as expressing sadness over the death of two distinguished icons of the Bar, Prof. Benjamin Obi Nwabueze, OON, SAN and Chief George Nwokocha-Ona Uwechue, SAN. The association in the statement recalled that Nwabueze was the first academic to be conferred with the rank of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. “Until his death, he…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday broke its silence over the political crisis that broke out in Rivers state on Sunday leading to protests in the state capital, PortHarcourt. The National Working Committee of the party, in a statement y Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary, said the NWC has instructed all parties concerned in the state to sheath their swords and allow peace to reign. “The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) calls on all actors in the disagreement in Rivers State to sheathe their swords and allow for peaceful and amicable resolution…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Tuesday, affirmed Mr Timipre Sylva as the validly elected candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s in the Nov. 11 Bayelsa governorship election. The three-member panel, in a unanimous judgment, held that the trial court which nullified Sylva’s candidature lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit filed by an APC member, Mr Demesuoyefa Kolomo, having not been an aspirant in the primaries that produced the ex-minister of petroleum. The court also awarded the sum of N1 million in favour of the appellant (Sylva) in the first appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CV/1060/2023 between APC…

By Kamil Opeyemi No fewer than three persons have been confirmed dead on Tuesday while two sustained serious injuries in a road accident along the Itamaga-Ijede road in Ikorody, near Lagos. NPO Reports gathered that the accident which occurred at about 8:05 a.m., involved a Toyota Camry car and a tricycle. The car, which was on high speed crossed the other side of the road and rammed into the tricycle, killing three passengers – one adult and two school children on the spot. One of the injured, a secondary school student, who relapsed into comma was rushed to hospital along…