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Election Petition Tribunal Set 10, 12, 13th May With 257 Judges To Hear Petition Matters. 

Election Petition Tribunal Set 10, 12, 13th May With 257 Judges To Hear Petition Matters. 

ELECTION PETITION TRIBUNAL SET THE 10TH, 12TH, AND 13TH OF MAY 2023 WITH 257 JUDGES TO HEAR THE PETITION ARISING FROM THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS The National Judicial Council has released a list of 257 judges who will hear petitions arising from the 2023 Nigerian general elections.  The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal and the State Election Petition Tribunals are expected to resume full operations in May, after the Workers' Day holiday.  Below is the full list of the judges:  Abia: Justices C.O. Onyeabo, O. Zik-Ikeorha, C.H. Ahuchaogu, A.O. Chijioke, K.C.J. Okereke, L.T.C. Eruba, B. Anya, N. Philomena, A.O. Phoeba, C.K.…
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NDLEA intercepts drugs consignment hidden in imported car

NDLEA intercepts drugs consignment hidden in imported car

By: Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized 126 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 63 kilograms concealed in a used Toyota Corolla car imported from Toronto, Canada at the Tincan port in Lagos. This is even as an attempt by a freight agent, Mordi Chukwuemeka Samuel, to export 900 grams of the same substance, Loud, hidden inside walls of a travelling bag containing food items, to Kenya, was thwarted by NDLEA officers at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday…
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Tiwa Savage to perform at coronation of King Charles III

Tiwa Savage to perform at coronation of King Charles III

Award-winning Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage is billed to perform at the historical coronation of the British monarch, King Charles III. King Charles III, who is ascending the throne following the passing of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, last year, will officially be coronated alongside Queen Consort, Camilla, on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at Westminster Abbey. The coronation concert and Big Lunch will take place on Sunday, May 7, 2023. Tiwa Savage will join celebrities such as Steve Winwood, DJ Pete Tong, Lang Lang and Lucy, Paloma Faith and Olly Murs, to thrill guests at the coronation concert. She becomes the…
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Timi Frank condemns $15bn illegal Railway MoU by NDDC’s MD, Urges EFCC, ICPC to wade in

Timi Frank condemns $15bn illegal Railway MoU by NDDC’s MD, Urges EFCC, ICPC to wade in

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Sunday, strongly condemned a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a $15billion Trans-Niger Delta Railway Project entered into by the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Samuel Ogbuku, with Atlantic Global Resources Inc. Frank in a statement in Abuja described the action of the NDDC’s MD as illegal and a Yahoo Yahoo abracadabra, that is fraudulently laced with decitful intentions aimed at siphoning the resources of the commission. He called on any of the anti-graft agencies, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and…
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Gunmen reportedly kill Army personnel, kidnap colleague in Nasarawa

Gunmen reportedly kill Army personnel, kidnap colleague in Nasarawa

Gunmen have killed a soldier and kidnapped his colleague, leaving behind a motorcycle the two soldiers used to convey themselves to Idadu Army camp, along Ibbabu-Idadu in Doma local government area of Nasarawa State. The soldier killed was said to be in mufti, according to a source, his colleague was also abducted when they were ambushed by the gunmen and taken to an unknown destination. The source explained that bandits have formed a habit of terrorizing farmers, market women and men on market days at Ibbabu-Idadu, robbing them of their belongings and in some cases raping women. The source said…
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