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By Kamil Opeyemi The Appeal Court on Monday has nullified the election of the senator representing Adamawa North senatorial district, Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo. The Appeal Court in Abuja ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for the election, Amos Yohana was the winner of the election. Abbo is the Chairman, senate committee on Creative Economy. A three-member panel presided over by Justice C.E. Nwosu-Iheme, in a judgment, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a Certificate of Return to Rev. Amos Yohanna of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as validly elected lawmaker for the senatorial district. INEC…

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced an apprentice, Godwin Ogboniya, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his employer’s 9-year-old daughter. Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubts, the elements of the one-count charge of sexual assault by penetration against Ogboniya She said that the defendant, who had been living with the survivor’s father for three years, was an “unkind and unworthy employee who embarked on sexual frolicking with the nine-year old girl”. According to her, the survivor recognized the defendant as her father’s apprentice who lived with them for three years.…

The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) says its dissolved National Working Committee (NWC) members might have deserted its old secretariat in Abuja to pave way for lasting peace. The party’s Deputy National Chairman, Chief Felix Chukwurah, made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos on Monday. The statement was signed by the party’s Secretary-General, Mr Ogini Olaposi. “Reports reaching the new NNPP headquarters in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, indicates that the old office under the management of the immediate past Acting Chairman, Alhaji Abba Ali, may have been deserted. “There are indications that the old leadership is now exploring ways…

British lawmakers said they have been pressing for Egypt to open the Rafah crossing to allow Britons to flee Gaza and to reduce the “almost inevitable” impact on civilians of the conflict with Israel. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday said an imminent Israeli military operation must focus on Hamas as he raised concerns about a “regional escalation.” Defence Minister James Heappey warned that combat in Gaza, as Israel is expected to launch an offensive by sea, air and land, is likely to be “horrendous.” Heappey said British officials are working with the Egyptian authorities in an effort to facilitate…

ABUJA, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s annual inflation rose in September to its highest level in about two decades at 26.72%, amid a worsening cost-of-living crisis in Africa’s largest economy. The September inflation rate rose for a ninth straight month from August’s 25.8%, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday, with millions of Nigerians impoverished due to the impact of President Bola Tinubu’s reforms. Food inflation, making up the bulk of Nigeria’s inflation basket, rose to 30.64% in September from 29.34% in August. Tinubu has been under pressure to ease economic hardship after scrapping a decades-old petrol subsidy…

Police in South Africa have launched a manhunt for an escaped suspect accused of pretending to be a doctor. Kingsley Leeto Chele “is a Facebook con artist who targeted women by misrepresenting himself as a doctor or a pharmacist and scamming them of their hard-earned money”, the police said. He also goes by the names Dr Kingsley Chele or Dr KJ Ncube. Chele is accused of having told health professionals on Facebook that he was seeking investors, before he “swindled them out of thousands of rands for projects that did not exist”. He was arrested on 2 October after cases…

By Hallimah Olamide The Lagos State Government on Monday ordered the reopening of Mile 12 International Market after it was sealed on Friday. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, said the market was reopened after a thorough assessment, covering various aspects of environmental compliance, waste management practices, and general cleanliness within the market. NPOReports had on Friday last week reported how market was sealed along with Owode Onirin Market for sundry environmental infractions. However, announcing the development in a statement on Monday, the Commissioner noted that issues critical to the environment, public health and safety,…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Lagos State Government has sealed a private hospital at Ago-Okota in the Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area for taking unscreened and unlabeled blood and administering it to unsuspecting patients. Dr. Bodunrin Osikomaiya, the executive secretary of the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS), made this known in a statement released on Sunday by Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, the Director of Public Affairs for the State Ministry of Health. Osikomaiya stated that the health facility was sealed by LSBTS and the State Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) following a tip off by a concerned citizen. “A concerned citizen…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Lagos State Government on Monday issued a seven-day ‘Vacation Order’ to motorists and commercial bus drivers operating on top of bridges across the state. The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, in a statement said the ‘Vacation Order’ was based on the need to remove every infraction impeding free flow of traffic on bridges across the state. He said that despite several warnings, commercial bus drivers popularly known as ‘danfo drivers’ have continued to defy government order and causing serious obstructions around these bridges with great negative impacts on the integrity…

Operatives of the Security Nigerian Police Force and the Directorate of State Security on Monday sealed off the State Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party in Akure, Ondo State. There was a heavy presence of armed men at the entrance of the secretariat on Monday morning. Their vehicles were seen parked at the entrance of the secretariat. As a result of fear of possible harassment, members of staff of the party did not enter into the secretariat to resume work. It was gathered that the police alleged deployment in the place was not unconnected with the planned protest by the…