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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N6.5bn worth of heroin intercepted at Lagos airport

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  A consignment of 26.150 kilogrammes of heroin with a street value of over N6.5 billion has been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the SAHCO shed of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The illicit drug arrived Lagos in 25 parcels from South Africa through an Air Peace flight on June 30, and was detained for screening following reasonable suspicion of the content of the consignment. The agency’ Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement that a follow-up…

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Coronaviirus: Dreaded Delta variant hits Oyo as Lagos slips into third wave

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Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has uncovered the virulent Delta variant of coronavirus in the state. The State Incident Manager and coordinator of the Emergency Operations Centre, Dr. Olabode Ladipo, who confirmed this development yesterday, said the public is notified of the need to take extra caution and consistently apply all advisories earlier released by the task force. The Delta variant is a highly transmissible variant of COVID-19 originating from India and it infects people more rapidly than the other known COVID-19 variants. This is coming after the Federal Government…

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Attahiru Jega opposes Onochie as INEC commissioner

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Prof Attahiru Jega, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, has warned the Senate against confirming the appointment of a presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission to avoid controversy. Jega also said the President, Muhammadu Buhari, could withdraw Onochie’s nomination and replace her with another female from her state, noting that there are many other eligible women for the job. The former INEC boss said this while featuring on a current affairs programme on Television. Onochie had on Thursday during her…

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Music star, Sound Sultan dies after battle with cancer

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Celebrated musician cum producer, Olarenwaju Fasasi a.k.a Sound Sultan passed away on Sunday, July 11, 2021after battling cancer. In a statement, the family said; “IT IS WITH HEAVY HEARTS THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MULTITALENTED VETERAN SINGER, RAPPER, SONGWRITER OLANREWAJU FASASI A.K.A SOUNDSULTAN,” the statement said in part. According to the statement, Sound Sultan died after “a hard fought battle with Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma,” a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which is a group of related malignancies (cancers) that affect the lymphatic system (lymphomas), according to NORD’s rarediseases.org. This…

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90-year-old arrested for selling drugs to youths in Katsina

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 90-year-old man, Yusuf Yarkadir for selling drugs to youths in Yarkadir Village, Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State. While regretting under interrogation, the nonagenarian confessed that he had been selling cannabis sativa to the youths in his community for eight years due to their demand for the illegal substance. A statement issued on Friday by the Spokesperson of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said though he failed to disclose his source of supply, Yarkadir, however, vowed that his arrest on…

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Yomi Fabiyi to TAMPAN -You can’t suspend me, I’m not your member

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Nigerian Actor, Yomi Fabiyi, who recently released a movie titled “Oko Iyabo” and was suspended by the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, has called the bluff of the association, stating that he was not a member of the association. Fabiyi was suspended for making the film about the recent alleged harassment of a minor by another actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha. Fabiyi said, “I am not an official member of TAMPPAN. We were originally members of the Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners. Perhaps, it…

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Coronavirus: NCDC confirms deadly Delta variant in Nigeria

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has detected a confirmed case of the SARS-CoV-2, known as the Delta variant in Nigeria. The NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu disclosed this in an interview in Abuja. The deadly Delta variant is recognised by the World Health Organisation as a variant of concern. The WHO said that the Delta variant was ‘dangerous’ and continued to evolve and mutate, and thus requiring constant evaluation and careful adjustment of the public health response. Ihekweazu said the variant was detected in a traveller to Nigeria, following…

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