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My disqualification unjust – Obaseki

Jun 12, 2020 topnews

Godwin Obaseki, the Governor of Edo State, has faulted his disqualification from the All Progressives Congress’ primary election in Edo State. He made this known via his Twitter handle after the APC Screening Committee announced that he is ineligible to contest. The governor tweeted, “We call on all party members and our teeming supporters to remain calm and await further directives, in the light of the announcement of my unjust disqualification to participate in @OfficialAPCNg primary election in Edo State by the screening committee.” The All Progressives Congress had declared Obaseki,…

Journalist remanded for criticising Lai Mohammed

Jun 12, 2020 topnews

Rotimi Jolayemi, also known as Oba Akewi, who was arrested for his Yoruba poetic song critical of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has been remanded by the order of a Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice Anwuli Chikere ordered Jolayemi’s remand after he was arraigned on six counts including alleged spreading of an audio file said to have caused annoyance, ill will, hatred, and insults towards the minister. The judge ordered the defendant to be remanded in the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department headquarters,…

COVID-19: 44.2m workers sacked in the US

Jun 12, 2020 topnews

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, about 44.2 million workers have been sacked even as businesses try to reopen. Analysts warn of continuing damage to the world’s largest economy as COVID-19 shows few signs of abating. Wall Street stocks plunged Thursday, reversing recent momentum as traders became spooked by resurgent cases of the virus in parts of the country and new Labor Department data showed another 1.54 million workers filed for unemployment benefits last week. The massive layoffs have become routine since shutdowns to stop the coronavirus from spreading began in…

Kaduna Assembly impeaches deputy speaker, Lawmakers exchange blows

Jun 12, 2020 topnews

The deputy speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Mukhtar Isa Hazo, representing Milgoma constituency was on Thursday impeached and in his place, Isaac Auta, from Kauru was elected. Hazo was until his election, the House Committee Chairman on Local Government and Chieftain Affairs before his election as Deputy Speaker in February, 2020. The 24-member Assembly passed a vote of no confidence in Hazo. There was, however, a mild drama during the inauguration of the new deputy speaker when a member attempted to snatch the maze, the symbol of…

‘We’ve returned N2.7bn recovered from Okorocha to Imo’ – EFCC

Jun 12, 2020 topnews

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it had returned about N2.7 bn out of the N7.9 bn recovered from different bank accounts linked to Okorocha, to the state for payment of workers’ salaries and pensions. The EFCC Port Harcourt Zonal Head, Mr Imam Usman, said this on Thursday during a mid-year briefing on the activities of the commission. He added, “Also, properties worth billions of naira recovered in the course of the investigation have been forfeited to the Federal Government. “Out of the N2.7bn already returned to Imo State,…

COVID-19: FG Won’t Reintroduce Total Lockdown Again – SGF

Jun 12, 2020 topnews

The Federal Government has explained why it may not re-introduce a total lockdown of the country over the COVID-19 rising cases. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the 42nd joint national briefing of the taskforce. “As we had indicated in my first address on this subject that we will study the situation, look at it and see how we are going and if there is need for a review, that…

June 12: Governor Akeredolu Grants Amnesty To 28 Inmates

Jun 12, 2020 topnews

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has granted amnesty to 28 inmates of the Nigeria Correctional Custodial Centres in the state. Olusegun Ajiboye, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, in a statement in Akure on Thursday, said the gesture was in commemoration of the 2020 Democracy Day celebrated on June 12. Mr Ajiboye said this was in exercise of the powers conferred on the governor by Paragraph (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 212 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended. “Governor Akeredolu ordered that…

Ambrose Nwaogwugwu Sues DSS, demands N50m Compensation.

Jun 11, 2020Jun 11, 2020 topnews

Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, who was arrested by the Department of State Services following posts shared on his Facebook page on Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State , has sued the security agency and demanded a N50m compensation. Nwaogwugwu in a suit filed at the Federal High Court, Owerri Division, by his team of lawyers led by Chief Mike Ahamba (SAN), is also seeking among other prayers a declaration that his continued detention from May 28, 2020 till date is unlawful, wrongful, unconstitutional and a flagrant breach of his fundamental rights as…

Serial rapist arrested in Kano

Jun 11, 2020 topnews

‌ 32-year-old Muhammad Alfa has been arrested by the Kano State Police Command for allegedly raping over 40 women in Kano. This is contained in a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna on Wednesday. “Police on Tuesday arrested Mohammed in Kwanar Dangora, an outskirt of Kano. “During interrogation, the man confessed to have raped more than 40 female in a year, including girls, married women, as well as an 80-year-old,” he said. According to him, the suspect was apprehended after he attempted to rape a married…

Boko Haram Insurgents pretended to be preachers, killed 81 people, survivor tells Zulum

Jun 11, 2020 topnews

‌ According to the survivor of Boko Haram’s Tuesday attack on Fanduma Koloram, in the Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State, the insurgents pretended to be Islamic religious crusaders, collected arms from herders and killed 81 persons. The survivor, who narrated his ordeal to the State Governor, Babagana Zulum, said he called for help from neighbouring village to bury 31 of the 81 victims of the attack in a mass grave. He said “apart from the 81 persons left dead, 13 were injured, while seven others were abducted” .…