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Fresh arguments brewing as opposition party makes huge accusation against ruling party and its candidate over unending assaults on INEC facilities in parts of the country Report by Mudasir Opeyemi The Opposition People’s Democratic Party has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress and it’s presidential candidate,Bola Tinubu of sponsoring series of attacks on the facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission. PDP made the allegation in a press conference chaired by the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Wednesday in Abuja. The party according to Ologunagba said the APC, having realised that it had been rejected, has commenced its violent…
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Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has said he is heading to court to challenge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged infractions. Agbakoba said he would be praying the court for a declaration on the exact scope of powers of the commission, especially in relation to states of the Federation, while maintaining that the EFCC must not in the fight against corruption undermine the rule of law. He quoted a very recent decision, Dr. Joseph Nwobike SAN v The Federal Republic of Nigeria FRN SC/CR/161/2020, in which the Supreme Court drastically limited the…
The Director General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council Dr. Doyin Okupe has reigned. Okupe made this known Tuesday evening in a short statement addressed to Obi. In the statement Okupe said he had tried to seek Justice to clear his name in a money laundering case. He said he had invested so much in the campaign to allow himself to become a source of distractions. See the letter below: Recall that the EFCC had dragged Okupe to court over allegations that he collected a sum of N242m from the office of National Security Adviser in cash. The…
•Report by Mudasir Opeyemi A fake officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), David Oluchukwu has been sentenced to a four-month jail term for impersonating and extorting money from motorists particularly commercial bus drivers in Lagos. NPO had last week reported that operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority(LASTMA) on nabbed a fake traffic official identified as David Oluchukwu around the Lekki area of the state. The 27 years-old Oluchukwu was nabbed while he was extorting money from commercial bus drivers under the Lekki bridge. “Priliminary investigations conducted by the agency revealed that the arrested suspect…
•Report by Mudasir Opeyemi The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency,NDLEA says its operatives have seized more than N450 billion worth of drugs and cash between January 2021 and October 2022. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the agency,Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa(rtd) at the NDLEA’s end-of-year awards, commendation and decorations of promoted officers on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the agency also arrested 23,907 drug traffickers including 29 barons within the period under review. “Our seizure was more than 5,500 tons or 5.5 million kilograms of assorted illicit drugs, which together with cash seized are worth over N450 billion. In one…
The Taliban Government has imposed a ban on women attending universities in the country. The government made the announcement on Tuesday ending the dreams of many Afghan women who desire Western education. since the withdrawal of forces by the United States last year, life has not been the same in the country. Amnesty International in its assessment believes that lot of human rights abuses occur under the Taliban. Government forces under the leadership of President Ghani, as well as non-state actors, carried out indiscriminate attacks with improvised explosive devices and air strikes, killing and injuring thousands of civilians. According to…
Once a beacon of learning and innovation that produced prominent engineers and public figures, the school has fallen into disrepair and neglect. Aliyu Dahiru, HumAngle The pathetic condition of GTC Kano that was attended by a former governor and former deputy governor. Credit: Aliyu/HumAngle. At around 5:00 p.m., when all of the students had gone home, Muhammad* emerged from a classroom carrying a physics textbook and wearing a blue overall that indicated he was a technical school student. His zeal to learn and need for knowledge that might advance his hope of becoming an electrical engineer could be clearly seen…
Argentina Sunday evening won the 2022 World. Up in Qatar. The match which was decided by penalty shootouts saw Argentina scoring four of its kicks while France scored only two. The two teams had earlier finished the 120 minutes full and extra time on 3-3 goal line. The first 45 minutes of the encounter had ended with Argentina leading with two goals. France, after a long time of domination by Argentina came back to control after Mbape scored two goals within two minutes. Arguably the greatest player in the world, Lionel Messi inspired his team to a hard earned victory…
France on Wednesday defeated the only surviving African team in the ongoing World Cup competition defeating Morocco 2-0. France had shot into the lead in the 7th minute of the encounter as T. Hernandez put a goal past goalkeeper of Morocco. After the goal, the French took almost complete control of the match until about 28th minute of the game when Morocco challenged the domination. But France took charge of the match again leading to a goal in the 79th minute by Kolo Muani. Muani had scored the second goal less than one minute after replacing Dembele. The last three…