Voting in Unit 1 ward 10, Ikot Ebom primary school, Itu LGA in Akwa Ibom State has been halted following a fracas that erupted among party agents. Voters were seen scampering for safety amid the fight as the corp members parked the election materials and stood in a corner waiting for the next line of action. The police official attached to the unit overwhelmed by the pandemonium entered a motorcycle and left the voters to their fate. It was gathered that trouble started when agents of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the unit only made way for PDP supporters…
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Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, bail request has been denied by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja Division on Friday. The court refused to reverse an earlier ruling of the Abuja Federal High Court refusing his request for bail. In a unanimous judgment, the three-member panel led by Justice Stephen Adah dismissed the application because it lacked merit. The court held that given the nature of the charges pending against him and the other defendants before the High Court, such bail requests needed to be handled with caution. Justice Adah held that Justice Emeka Nwite, who earlier rejected…
The Deputy National Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, Timothy Osadolor, has warned leaders of the All Progressives Congress to be mindful of their utterances over the naira redesign policy being implemented by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd). This is even as Osadolor warned APC chieftains to ensure that nothing untoward befalls the commander-in-chief. He stated this in Benin City, the Edo State capital, late Sunday night at a townhall meeting organised for students and youth leaders to drum support for the presidential aspiration of Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the PDP. “The call…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the weekend met with the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The two met at the first Stakeholders’ meeting of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)-Nigeria Business Council held at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja at the weekend. At the meeting, Obasanjo, who is the Council Patron, “commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his foresight in creating the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nigeria Business Council.” The Special Assistant on Media to Obasanjo, Kehinde Akinyemi stated that the meeting was held at the Sheraton Hotel at the weekend. El-Rufai, who…
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba will not be retiring midway into the 2023 general elections that will commence on February 25, the Federal Government said on Wednesday. The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi stated this while addressing reporters after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC), meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the Police Act 2020 gives the IGP a four-year tenure which cannot be interrupted by retirement age. “By the provision of the Police Act 2020, the IG is now supposed to have a kind of four-year period and Mr. President has already given him letter…
Despite the magnitude of the layoffs, they will affect less than 5% of the software giant’s total employee base. Microsoft said Wednesday it would cut 10,000 jobs worldwide amid a slowing global economy. In a blog post, Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella said the company was seeking to align its cost structure with projected revenues and where customer demand remained the strongest. “As we saw customers accelerate their digital spend during the pandemic, we’re now seeing them optimize their digital spend to do more with less,” he wrote. “We’re also seeing organizations in every industry and geography exercise caution as some…
Trump’s presidential campaign formally petitioned Facebook’s parent company on Tuesday to unblock his account, according to a letter making the rounds. Mounting a comeback for the White House, Donald Trump is looking to regain control over his powerful social media accounts. With access to his Twitter account back, Trump’s campaign is formally petitioning Facebook’s parent company to unblock his account after it was locked in response to the U.S. Capitol riot two years ago. “We believe that the ban on President Trump’s account on Facebook has dramatically distorted and inhibited the public discourse,” Trump’s campaign wrote in its letter to…
Chris Ngige – Minister of Labour and Employment, has presented certificates of registration to the Congress of University Academics (CONUA), and National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA). He cited that both unions came into being to unbundle the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He made the presentation on Tuesday in his office, where he noted that both unions have been officially gazetted, hence entitled to all labour rights as enshrined in the International Trade Unions’ constitution. Ngige also noted that the alleged lack of democracy, transparency and failure to render a proper account of check-off dues by…
Saturday saw Highway tanker drivers reopened the Zaria-Kano Federal road. Worthy of note was when the tanker drivers had blocked the Zaria-Kano road protesting alleged killing of their member. However, on Saturday morning, the protesting drivers agreed to reopen the road following series of negotiations with security agents. The State Acting Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Lawal Garba, who confirmed the development said normalcy had since returned. “I’m happy to inform you this morning that the Zaria-Kano Highway was reopened around 9:30am today after days of blockage. “Traffic flow is smooth as the road is fully open. Personnel of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria and ECOWAS member states are implementing strategies to halt coups in the region. A statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina, said Buhari spoke on Thursday while receiving Letters of Credence from Ambassadors of Switzerland, Sweden, the Republic of Ireland, the Kingdom of Thailand, the Republic of Senegal and the Republic of South Sudan at the State House. He called for cooperation and collaboration from the countries to overcome challenges in West Africa. President Buhari invited friendly countries to “support efforts to address the problem of insecurity, fight…
Beijing says the outposts aren’t doing police work, but Chinese state media reports say they “collect intelligence” and solve crimes far outside their jurisdiction. The nondescript, six-story office building on a busy street in New York’s Chinatown lists several mundane businesses on its lobby directory, including an engineering company, an acupuncturist and an accounting firm. A more remarkable enterprise, on the third floor, is unlisted: a Chinese outpost suspected of conducting police operations without jurisdiction or diplomatic approval — one of more than 100 such outfits around the world that are unnerving diplomats and intelligence agents. F.B.I. counterintelligence agents searched…
Doyin Okupe, erstwhile Director-General of the Peter Obi, Datti Presidential Campaign Council, has been released after he was arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS. Recall that we earlier reported that Okupe was arrested on Thursday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. His lawyer, Tolu Babaleye, who confirmed the incident, said Okupe was on his way to London when he was arrested. Speaking after he was released, Okupe said the EFCC apologised for the error. ”I was arrested & detained @ the MM int airport, Lagos this morning 12th Jan on my way to UK for medical, yrs of my…