The Deputy Director General, Media and Publicity, Asue/Ogie Campaign Management Council, Rev. Olu Martins, has urged Edo people to remain vigilant, saying the All Progressives has no other strategy of campaigning outside lies and chicanery. Martins, who stated this in a press statement on Thursday, also urged Edo people who took part in the Continuous Voters Registration organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission to collect their PVCs. He said, “As we gradually approach Edo State 2024 governorship election day, it is important that we stay vigilant and focused seeing that the All Progressives Congress has no other strategy of…
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Nigeria has appointed Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as its 23rd Chief Justice of the Federation, marking a significant milestone as the country welcomes its second female Chief Justice in history. This historic appointment, announced by President Bola Tinubu on Friday, is seen as a progressive step forward in promoting gender equality within the nation’s highest judicial office. Justice Kekere-Ekun brings a wealth of experience and a distinguished career in the judiciary to the role. Her elevation to the highest judicial position is expected to influence key legal reforms and further strengthen the independence and integrity of Nigeria’s judicial system. In this…
The Edo State chapter of the Labour Party, on Thursday, denied a trending online publication that it is in alliance with the All Progressives Congress for the September 21 governorship election and has collected N1.6bn from the Presidency. In a statement on Thursday, the LP Publicity Secretary in Edo, Sam Uruopa, described the report as baseless and a desperate attempt to distract the party’s governorship candidate, Olu Akpata. Uruopa said, “The attention of the Edo State Labour Party has been drawn to a malicious publication trending in some online media platforms by one Vincent Osaghae on August 20, 2024, alleging…
Ilkay Gundogan said he had returned to the “best club in the world” after re-signing for Manchester City from Barcelona on Friday. The former German international won five Premier League titles and the Champions League among 12 major trophies during his first spell at City between 2016 and 2023. Gundogan departed the English champions just over a year ago to join Barca. However, the 33-year-old and the Catalan giants reportedly agreed to rescind his contract after just one season to pave the way for a return to the Etihad. In his sole season in Spain, Gundogan scored five goals and…
A Coroner’s Court in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State has ordered substituted service on key witnesses in the ongoing inquest into the death of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad These include Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley; Samson Eletu aka Sam Larry; Mohbad’s sister-in-law, Karimot Ogunbayo; Boluwatife Adeyemo aka Darosha and Mohbad’s lawyer, Oluwasanmi Falade. The nurse who was said to have treated the deceased during the period, Feyisayo Ogedengbe, and the driver who drove him to the hospital, Fidelis Esanbor, were also on the list. Magistrate T. A. Sotobi granted the application by Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, to serve…
Donald Trump held his first outdoor campaign event on Wednesday since an assassination attempt, lobbing insults at his surging Democratic opponent Kamala Harris from behind bulletproof glass at a rally in the battleground state of North Carolina. Trump, 78, speaking against a backdrop of vintage warplanes at an aviation museum, called Harris the “most radical left person” ever to run for the White House and claimed that millions of jobs will “vanish overnight” if she wins in November. “Your life savings will be totally wiped out,” the Republican candidate told the crowd, one of a number of apocalyptic scenarios he…
The crisis rocking the Benue chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday took a twist when the aggrieved executive members of the party who were dissolved by the APC National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, dragged him to court for ignoring the exparte order restraining the National Working Committee from carrying out the action. The development comes barely 24 hours after a Benue High Court sitting ordered the APC not to remove Agada and the current executives of the party. A copy of the exparte order granted by Justice Theresa Igoche in motion No MH /1585m/2024 stopped the Ganduje-led…
“For me, the favourites are Bayern, that’s clear,” Alonso said at a press conference ahead of Friday’s Bundesliga season opener away at Borussia Moenchengladbach. “Our goal is to stay in the top four. That’s realistic — we have a good squad.” Leverkusen won the Bundesliga for the first time in club history, condemning Bayern to a first trophyless season since 2011-12 and ending their 11-year reign in Germany. In addition to new coach Vincent Kompany, Bayern have had a busy summer, bringing in Michael Olise and Joao Palhinha from the Premier League and Hiroki Ito from Stuttgart. Leverkusen have not…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, has explained why he would not honour the police invitation on Tuesday, 20th of August, 2024. This was disclosed in a letter from by lawyers representing the NLC and its President, Ajaero dated August 20, 2024. The letter from Falana & Falana’s Chambers was addressed to the Inspector General of Police and signed by Samuel Ogala Esq. for the Principal Partner. It stated that Comrade Ajaero would not be able to attend the scheduled interview on Tuesday due to prior commitments. Instead, he proposed an alternative date of Wednesday, August…
The Kano State Chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, on Tuesday, gave the end of August as the deadline to resign appointments by all contestants for the chairmen and councillors positions in the 44 local governments in the forthcoming local government elections in the state. This is just as the party has said the charges pegged for chairmanship and councillorship seats were appropriate, saying persons contesting for those local government positions ought to be financially bouyant. The chairman of the party, Alhaji Hashimu Dungurawa, who mentioned this while addressing newsmen in Kano on Tuesday, disclosed that the Kano State Independent…