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A Federal High Court on Wednesday ruled that Labour Party (LP) and its supporters cannot converge on the Lekki Toll-Gate for its “#Obidatti23 Forward Ever” planned rally. The rally is part of the measures to shore up support for the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The supporters of Obi tagged “Obidients” had scheduled ObiDatti23 Forward Ever Rally to be held on October 1, 2022, in Lagos. Against the earlier plan to converge at the Toll-Gate, the court ruled that the LP supporters could pass through the facility for its rally but must not converge there. Giving the order on Wednesday,…
One of the co-founders of Bukka Hut, a Lagos-based fast growing restaurant, Laolu Martins, is dead Martins, who was a banker with over 21 years experience in investment banking, corporate banking, stockbroking, asset and pension fund management, died on Tuesday night according to report. The family of the deceased confirmed his death on Wednesday though the cause of his death was not disclosed but report has it that the chartered accountant took his own life. “We hereby solicit the support and understanding of everyone as the family grieves the loss of our beloved Laolu in our privacy. “Our kind request…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has on Wednesday reacted to the recurring collapse of the national grid over the past months. According to earlier reports by NPO Reports, Ikeja Electric, one of the service providers in the country announced the collapse of the national grid which happened at about 10:50am on Monday, making it the seventh time in 2022, therefore, plunging the country into darkness. The company, along other distribution companies, announced that blackout was due to the collapse of the national grid. The development has been recurring one. Obi, through his verified Twitter handle,…
A Nigerian singer, Chop Boii, has been killed alongside his producer and others in a house in Gwarimpa Abuja. Chop Boii, aka Sempe, was reportedly in the house with his producer, a friend, and his producer’s girlfriend when they were attacked and butchered. After the killing, their fingers were chopped off and their blood was used to write on the wall,”I TOLD YOU NOT TO MESS WITH HER” A friend who narrated the incident said it wasn’t Chop Boii they came for but he and his friend were in the producer’s house at the wrong time so they were also…
There is a feeling of excitement on the part of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate as the presidential campaign council is launched on Wednesday. The event holding in Abuja has drawn the entire PDP leadership including governors, members of the National Assembly, party executive members, and others. Details later…
Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Emeka Anyaoku, has distanced himself from the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar’s book presentation scheduled for today in Abuja. Anyaoku said that nobody consulted him, nor did he give his consent that he would attend the book presentation by the former vice-president. He disclosed this in a statement released on Tuesday, reiterating that he was not a politician and that he was never asked to attend, let alone give his consent. “My attention has been drawn to the announcement in ThisDay Newspaper of 26/9/22 that I would be a Special Guest of Honour at Atiku Abubakar’s book…
Things are not looking up for the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, in his bid to return to the Senate in 2023 as the Federal High Court again on Wednesday ruled that Bashir Machina is the authentic senatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress. In her judgment, Justice Fadimatu Murtala, in a judgment delivered today in Damaturu, also nullified the parallel primary election of 9th June 2022 that produced President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan. The court ordered APC to forward the name of Bashir Machina to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC as the authentic candidate for Yobe…
Weeks after Anap Foundation released the result of its poll ahead of the 2023 presidential election, which it described as a three-horse race between Obi, Atiku and Tinubu, a new poll has placed the Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi ahead of other presidential candidates. The new poll conducted by a public advocacy group We2Geda Foundation revealed that the former governor of Anambra State,Peter Obi, is ahead of other candidates by 51 per cent. The poll results which was signed by Ibrahim Abdulkareem Chairman, Board of Trustees of We2Geda, and Muna Obioha, a member of the BoT. The…
Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have rescued seven kidnapped victims in Birnin Gwari and Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this on Tuesday, said the troops engaged the terrorists in battle to rescue the the kidnapped victims in the two LGAs. According to the commissioner, the troops came under fierce battle from the the bandits while on patrol along the Birnin-Gwari Gayam-Kuriga- Manini general area but returned fire and subdued the hoodlums. According to the commissioner,those rescued are identified as, Joseph Ishaku, John Bulus, Gloria Shedrack…
The leadership of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pan- African and Payment Settlement System (PAPSS) in a bid to resolve payments-related barriers in the actualization of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The MoU was signed between both organizations at the CIBN’s just-concluded 15th annual Banking and Finance Conference which held from Wednesday 13th to Thursday 14th September, 2022 in Abuja. Themed: ‘Repositioning the Financial Services Industry for an Evolving Glocal Context,’ the Conference featured five business and four plenary sessions with A-list faculty. The business session…