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Election Tribunal in Kano Rejects PDP’s Plea to Amend Names of Witnesses

17Jul

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Election Tribunal in Kano Rejects PDP’s Plea to Amend Names of Witnesses

Election Tribunal in Kano Rejects PDP’s Plea to Amend Names of Witnesses The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano on Tuesday dismissed a prayer by Abba Kabir-Yusuf, PDP governorship candidate seeking to amend the names of witnesses earlier presented alongside the petition. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Kabir-Yusuf, are challenging the declaration of Ganduje of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the March 23, governorship election in Kano state. In his submission, the lead counsel of Kabir-Yusuf, Asiwaju Adeboyega Awomolo said he brought the petition to correct some errors made on the names of their witnesses earlier filed on April 11, 2019. He maintained that his application would not amend or alter the statement o...

Police Arrest Two Suspected Ritualist in Possession of Human Skulls

13Jul

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Police Arrest Two Suspected Ritualist in Possession of Human Skulls

Police Arrest Two Suspected Ritualist in Possession of Human Skulls Two men have been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command over unlawful possession of human skull. While parading the suspects alongside 51 other suspects at the Police Headquarters in Ibadan on Friday, CP Shina Olukolu said that they were arrested for offenses such as armed robbery, murder, kidnapping, rituals and cultism, The Nation reports. Olukolu said that Basiru Abdullahi(m) and Martin Adekola(m) from Oja Funi area of Ede in Osun were arrested on July 11 at about 1600hours by the command’s patrol team attached to Ikoyi-Ile/Ogbomoso road for unlawful possession of human skull. He said that the suspects, who were paraded with two human skulls, were unable to give satisfactory account of the human skulls upon int...

Tragic Incident: Daughter of Afenifere Chairman Allegedly Killed by Herdsmen

12Jul

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Tragic Incident: Daughter of Afenifere Chairman Allegedly Killed by Herdsmen

Reports claim that the daughter of the chairman of Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has been tragically killed by suspected herdsmen. Mr. Yinka Odumakin, the spokesman for Afenifere, conveyed in a text message to Punch on Friday, July 12, that Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of Afenifere chairman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, was fatally shot by herdsmen. She was attacked while traveling from Akure to Ore Junction in Ondo State. According to Odumakin, "We have confirmed the death of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin (58), daughter of our leader, Chief Fasoranti. Eyewitness accounts say she died of gunshots from Fulani herdsmen who shot her at Ore junction in Ondo State earlier today. She was coming from Akure when the armed Fulani herdsmen came from the bush to attack her and other vehicles...

EFCC Arrests 17 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Delta State

11Jul

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EFCC Arrests 17 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Delta State

EFCC Arrests 17 Suspected Internet Fraudsters [Yahoo Yahoo] In Delta State [Photos] 17 suspected internet fraudsters aka ‘yahoo boys’, have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in Delta State. The suspects identified as Jolomi Jemide; Suo Ajorbuku; Wilson Chukwuma; Faith Umukoro; Felix Fimber; Isaac Boro; Emmanuel Etanoma; Aghogho Ovuakporaye; Tokoma Mbabov; Tom Wisdom; Elvis Imannivwie; Chinedu Chukwu; Okojikoko Presley; Nyore Arkoro; Godwin Etanoma; Morris Victor and Elvis Okorare, were arrested during a raid at their hotel hideout in Warri, Delta State on July 10, 2019. Prior to the sting operation, the arrested suspects were linked to fraudulent activities ranging from love scam on numerous dating sites, obtaining money by false preten...

Clash Between Police and Shi’ite Protesters Leads to Two Injured and One Fatality at National Assembly

9Jul

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Clash Between Police and Shi’ite Protesters Leads to Two Injured and One Fatality at National Assembly

During a clash at the National Assembly gate, the Nigerian Police Force confronted Shi’ite protesters, resulting in one fatality. The Shi’ite group had planned to protest the continued detention of Sheik Elzakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, at the National Assembly. Despite being granted bail by a court, Elzakzaky remains in custody due to security concerns cited by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The clash occurred at 1:15 pm on Tuesday, as the police were already stationed at the National Assembly gate, anticipating the arrival of the protesters. Two individuals were shot during the protest, and the Shi’ites were seen carrying away the body of a 15-year-old boy.

Returning Officer Tells Tribunal, How They Transmitted Election Results to INEC Server

8Jul

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Returning Officer Tells Tribunal, How They Transmitted Election Results to INEC Server

Returning Officer Tells Tribunal, How They Transmitted Election Results to INEC Server Adejuyitan Olalekan, a Presiding Officer during the February 23 presidential election, on Monday told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja that he personally transmitted the results collated at his polling unit during the poll. Olalekan was called to the witness stand as the petitioners’ third witness at the instance of the Peoples Democratic Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who are by their petition challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress. He was led by the petitioners’ lead counsel, Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), to adopt his witness statement on oath as his evidence-in-chief, but was not asked to mention the sta...

Congolese Rebel Bosco Ntaganda Found Guilty Of War Crimes

8Jul

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Congolese Rebel Bosco Ntaganda Found Guilty Of War Crimes

Congolese Rebel Bosco Ntaganda Found Guilty Of War Crimes Congolese Rebel Bosco ‘Terminator’ Ntaganda, has been found guilty of war crimes after being arraigned at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Ntaganda who was convicted on 18 counts, including murder, rape, sexual slavery and using child soldiers, became the first person to be convicted of sexual slavery by the ICC. According to the Judge, the 45-year-old rebel leader gave the orders to “target and kill civilians” in Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile, mineral-rich Ituri region in 2002 and 2003 and also committed several atrocities which includes mass killing at a village where grown men and women, children and babies, were “disemboweled or had their heads smashed in”. He was also responsible for the rape and sexual ...

Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo Reveals He Was the Chief Priest of the Black Axe Confraternity

7Jul

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Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo Reveals He Was the Chief Priest of the Black Axe Confraternity

COZA: Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo Reveals He Was the Chief Priest of the Black Axe Confraternity A video making rounds online, captured moment Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo revealed that he was the Chief Priest of the Black Axe Confraternity while still in school. This is coming after we reported that the management of University of Ilorin, revealed that they have no record of the academic history of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly Founder. Pastor Fatoyinbo who revealed that he was the Chief Priest of Black Axe Confraternity while preaching, said he led other cult members in confession and everyone to be initiated into the group ended up with him. He said in the video; Moment Pastor Fatoyinbo revealed he was the chief priest of black axe confraternity while in the University The video su...

20-Year-Old Dead Man Wakes Up At His Own Funeral

6Jul

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20-Year-Old Dead Man Wakes Up At His Own Funeral

20-Year-Old Dead Man Wakes Up At His Own Funeral A 20-year-old dead man who was reported dead by medical doctors, has reportedly woken up at his own funeral, report say. Mohammad Furqan, of Lucknow, a city in northern India’s state of Uttar Pradesh, was admitted to a private hospital on June 21, 2019, after he was knocked unconscious in a serious accident. According to reports The patient was declared dead after his family allegedly informed hospital staff they could not afford to pay more than N3.6 million ($10,000) of his multiplying medical bills. Furqan’s body was returned home to his family members, who were in the process of burying their loved one when the unthinkable happened. “Devastated, we were preparing for the burial when some of us saw movement in his limbs,” Furqan’s o...

Endless Celebration As Supreme Court Affirms Gboyega Oyetola as Governor

5Jul

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Endless Celebration As Supreme Court Affirms Gboyega Oyetola as Governor

Osun Election: Endless Celebration As Supreme Court Affirms Gboyega Oyetola as Governor The Supreme court affirms the election of Gboyega Oyetola as the governor of Osun State. The apex court in a majority decision of five-to-two, read by Justice Olabode Rodes-Vivour, Friday 5 July, held that the failure of a member of the election tribunal, Justice Peter Obiora to sit on February 6, 2019 rendered the entire proceedings and the judgment given by the tribunal a nullity. The Supreme court affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal which nullified the March 22 judgement of the Osun State election petition tribunal which had declared Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the September 2018 election. The court said the judge who had read the majority ju...