Day: July 13, 2021

Senate rejects Onochie’s nomination as INEC Commissioner

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Nigerian Senate bowed to pressure from Civil Society Organisations, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and other Nigerians and refused to confirm the Special Assistant on new media to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lauretta Onochie from Delta as a Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The refusal was based on Federal Character Principle and to adhere strictly to the Act, just as the Senate said that she is from Delta and the state has May Agbamuche who is the Chairman, Legal Services, INEC. Chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC,…

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Governor’s convoy arrest traffic robbers in Lagos

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The Lagos State Governor Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s convoy on Monday arrested a gang of suspected criminals, who specialised in harassing motorists and road users in traffic. This was made known in a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gbenga Akosile. The statement reads, ”The gang of suspected criminals met their waterloo Monday while attempting to unleash terror on a motorist around Ojota in-bound Alausa. “Help, however, came for the motorist as Governor Sanwo-Olu’s convoy approached the scene to rescue him from the three machete-wielding criminals who were at the…

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Ataga’s murder: Chidinma makes U-turn, denies killing Ataga

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Chidinma Ojukwu, the suspected killer of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, has made a U-turn on her previous confessions. In a video that went viral on Monday, the undergraduate denied killing the Super TV CEO – a claim that is contrary to her initial confession. When she was paraded at the police command headquarters on June 24, the suspect admitted to stabbing the 50-year-old in the neck with a knife after a disagreement. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has described the new claims…

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