The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Tuesday, declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the Peoples Democratic Party as the duly elected candidate for the Kogi Central Senatorial Election held in February 2023. The court further dismissed the appeal filed by Abubakar Ohere of the All Progressives Congress for lacking in merit. The state’s Election Petitions […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed a criminal charge against the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Professor Cyril Ndifon. This followed the Commission’s conclusion of investigation into the professor’s alleged gross misconducts against some of his students. Some female law students at the […]
The confusion in Rivers State is heightening by the minutes as a faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly has announced Edison Ehie, the suspended majority Leader of the assembly, as the new speaker of the house. Ehie, a member representing Ahoada East constituency in the Rivers State House of Assembly, was earlier […]
Justice Blessing Egwu of a High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, yesterday, sentenced one Jide Afolayan Sunday, 33, to life imprisonment for bathing his girlfriend, Glory Sylvester Ita, with acid over her refusal to marry him. The judge found Sunday guilty of attempted murder, and ordered that he serve his sentence at […]
Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house of Representatives, says the country needs to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies. Abbas spoke on Monday at the 2022/2023 convocation ceremony of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies — University of Benin (NILDS-UNIBEN). Abbas said while artificial intelligence and robotics have […]
Nigerians in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have decried the delay in resolving the diplomatic row between Nigeria and the Middle East country. They urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to urgently interface with the UAE authorities to lift the ban on work permit and visa issuance to Nigerians, saying many of them were […]
The kidnapped octogenarian and pioneer Ukum Local Government Area chairman in 1981 Raymond Erukaa has died in captivity after he was kidnapped from his home at Tse-Erukaa, in Zaki Biam, on the 23rd of September 2023. Confirming the sad passing of the 81-year-old elder state man, the eldest surviving son of the deceased Charles […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission will get N18bn for the conduct of the Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi governorship elections. The polls are billed for November 11, 2023, and according to the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Atiku Bagudu, the electoral umpire will get the fund out of the N2.1 trillion 2023 supplementary budget. […]
A police Prosecution Witness Inspector, Glory Eyo, on Monday, narrated to the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos how a father, Abdullah Abiodun, allegedly defiled his 12-year-old daughter. Eyo who was led in evidence by the state prosecuting counsel, Olushola Sholeye, told the court that the minor was defiled by her […]
A man, Oyibe Michael, has lamented after some police officers allegedly demanded the sum of N100,000 to issue a report for him after an auto crash at the Car Park C area of Mowe, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. Speaking with PUNCH Metro on Monday, Oyibe said his car collided […]
