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The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday declared as illegal and unlawful, the abduction of the Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria and quashed the entire terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government. The Court held that the Federal Government breached all local and international laws in the forceful rendition of Kanu to Nigeria, thereby making the terrorism charges against him incompetent and unlawful. In a judgment in an appeal by Kanu, by Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie, the criminal charges by the Federal Government against Kanu were voided and set aside. The Appellate Court said…
A 51-year-old man, Oluranti Badejo, has reportedly beaten his wife, Folashade Badejo, to death in Mowe, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The State’s PPRO,Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed this in a statement released on Thursday saying that,the suspect was arrested on 12th October after the matter was reported at Mowe Divisional Police Headquarters by a younger sister of the deceased wife. According to Oyeyemi,the complainant had reported that she got information from her elder sister’s daughter that the woman, who lived with her husband at 7, Madam Felicia Street, Orimerunmu in Mowe, “has been beaten to death by her husband.”…
A Federal High Court sitting in Dutse, Jigawa State, on Thursday, discharged and acquitted Senator Saminu Turaki of the N8.3bn corruption charges preferred against him by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission. Turaki and three other companies had been standing trial since May 4, 2007, in a suit filed by the EFCC on 33 counts. The former governor was arraigned by the EFCC before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal Capital Territory High Court on July 13, 2007. In 2011, the case was, however, transferred to the Federal High Court, Dutse, after the former governor challenged the jurisdiction of the FCT…
Big Brother Naija host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, has taken to social media to mourn one of the former reality show stars, Patrick Fakoya, popularly called Rico Swavey. NPO earlier reported that,the season 3 housemate succumbed to the cold hands of death following his involvement in a ghastly car accident that left him on life support since on Tuesday, October 11. Announcing his passing on Twitter, his close friend and former housemate, Tobi Bakre, who had earlier solicited financial support for the deceased wrote, “We lost him. But thanks a lot guys. God knows best.” Ebuka, Phyna, BamBam,Kiddwaya, Toke Makinwa, and Peter…
Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly Timothy Owoeye narrowly escaped death on Thursday as his convoy was involved in a road crash. The crash happened along the Osogbo-Ilesa Road. Owoeye, NPO Reports was told, was in his vehicle, an SUV at the time of the accident. An oncoming vehicle was said to have run into his convoy with many injured. Those wounded were said have been taken to the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Osogbo. Details later…
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers has announced it will be collaborating with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), political parties, civil society organizations (CSOs), security agencies, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure the 2023 general elections conform with the Electoral act. A communiqué issued at the end of the guild’s annual conference in Lagos which was signed by the Secretary, Ken Ugbechie, revealed that GOCOP would ensure coverage of the electoral process professionally by sticking to journalism ethics in fairness, objectivity and balance. It added that the group would endeavor to eradicate the scourge of fake news and uphold…
Abdulmumini Yusuf, an assistant superintendent of police (ASP), has been kidnapped by gunmen in Kwara state. According to NAN, the ASP is serving at the police area command in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. Paul Odama, the Kwara commissioner of police, confirmed the development to NAN on Thursday. “Yes, it’s true, but we are still on it,” Odama was quoted as saying. Okasanmi Ajayi, spokesperson of the command, also said the command was working to rescue the officer. Ayayi said the motive of the abduction was still sketchy. “The incident, as serious as it is, has not diminished the resolve of…
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that the best decision that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) could make is to halt their campaign process until their rift with the pro Wike group is settled. According to him, their defeat would be so crushing and devastating that they may fall into a coma and never recover from it. He also likened the PDP to be a featherweight going into the ring with a super heavy weight. “Though they keep denying it, the best decision that the PDP has made is to suspend its campaign until they settle with the Wike…
His friend and co-housemate Tobi Bakare and Alex Asomugha aka Alex Unusual announced the incident in their separate posts. His management had announced on Wednesday Rico, a music artist, was placed on life support as result of the accident. They had called for prayers. NPO Reports learnt that a GoFundme account was opened to raise money for his treatment. He, however, failed to make it beyond Thursday morning. Here Are Are Things To Know About Late Rico: Rico’s real name is Patrick Fakoya He was born in Nigeria in 1993 and was a Christian He studied Law at Babcock University.…
The spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has dismissed claims that the party was planning to truncate the 2023 elections by mounting pressure on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Keyamo described the claims of APC planning to truncate the 2023 election as unfounded and false. Keyamo was reacting to the claim by the opposition political parties in Nigeria, under the aegis of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), alleged a plot to truncate the 2023 elections process. The spokesman for CUPP, Ikenga Ugochinyere, accused APC governors of planning a leadership change that…