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BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Ibrahim Adamu, 25 and a Navy officer, has confessed that he took to car snatching during his course in Sapele town in Delta State. The navy officer and his alleged partner in crime, one Abdullahi Abdulwahab,26, a personnel of the Nigeria Correctional Service, serving in Kaduna State were paraded by Edo State Police …

New York (AP) — A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. The verdict was split: Jurors rejected Carroll’s claim that she was raped, finding Trump responsible for a lesser …

By Eben Enasco  A High Court of Justice in Okada Judicial Division has set June 13, 2023, for a definite hearing over who becomes the authentic Odionwere (Village head) of the Iyowa Community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. The melee is between two factions of Pa Samson Obazee, a 93-year-old man, and one Pa Enotiemwomwan …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, on Tuesday, met with the Chairman of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Tony Aziegbemi, and other members of the PDP State Executive Committee, to strategize ahead of the forthcoming local government elections in the state. Obaseki, who spoke to journalists after a closed-door …

*Highlights FG’s strides in sector   *US firm, G.E says how VP intervened to save project *Infusion of new money by indigenous investors. Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria could become one of the best electricity power markets in the world.Osinbajo’s statement was predicated on what he called the sustenance of “the significant strides made by the Buhari …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed the election of Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun State. Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke The Supreme Court said Gboyega Oyetola and All Progressives Congress (APC) failed to prove its case of improper accreditation of voters and over-voting against Adeleke. A five-member panel of the apex court held that the court of appeal …

The counsel for the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the ongoing presidential election petition proceedings, Chris Uche SAN, has said that many agreements were broken in the 2023 general elections. Uche made the remark on Tuesday in response to Justice Tsammani’s response to his request to allow him present five junior lawyers as team members …

The Presidential Election Petition Court has adjourned to Thursday, May 11, 2023, the continuation of the pre-hearing of the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress. In the petition marked CA/PEPC/05/2023, the PDP and Atiku are challenging the declaration of Tinubu as the President-elect by …

The All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State have expressed hope for victory as the Supreme Court today determines the authentic winner of the July 16, 2022 governorship election in the state. The PDP candidate, Ademola Adeleke, was returned elected by the Independent National Electoral Commission, but the APC candidate at the poll, Adegboyega Oyetola, rejected …

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja to dismiss a petition the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, filed to nullify his election victory. Tinubu, through his team of lawyers led by Chief Akin Olujinmi, SAN, maintained that the petition was bereft of merit and substance. The APM had in its petition marked: …