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“Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, July 1, 2016 granted bail to the former acting governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri. He was charged on June 30, 2016 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), alongside his company, Mayim Construction and Properties Limited on a five-count charge of money laundering to the …

A civil society organisation, No Sidon Look, has vowed to mobilise Edo people to put an end to godfatherism during the September 19, 2020 poll. The group said it was drumming up support for the reelection of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate and Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki,  It said it was shocking to see how the sacked national …

SPARTA, NC — A 5.1 magnitude earthquake, among the strongest ever to hit the southeastern states, was reported in North Carolina Sunday morning. The United States Geological Survey said it had a 3.7 kilometer depth when it occurred at 8:07 a.m. The earthquake’s epicenter was near Sparta, 4 kilometers away in Alleghany County and just a few miles from North Carolina’s border …

A political ally of late Senator Buruji Kashamu, Comrade Abayomi Olufemi Arabambi, has carpeted former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the condolence letter he sent to the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on the death of Senator Kashamu. Arabambi, who titled his response, “The Unending Misdirection of ill-will from a Thoroughly Demystified Letter Writer, the very same OBJ”, noted that Obasanjo has …

…Uzodinma makes case for merit Amid controversy over the propriety of rotational presidency between North and South, Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has said no northerner should contest for the presidency in 2023. El-Rufai expressed his personal opinion on what has become a divisive subject, dismissing insinuations that he was interested in the race. The governor, who made the statement …

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has condemned ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s official statement on the death of ex-Senator Buruji Kashamu. The PUNCH had earlier reported that Kashamu, a governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election in Ogun State, died of COVID-19 complications on Saturday at the age of 62. Kashamu, who also represented Ogun East Senatorial District …

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, is expected to submit its report latest 19th of August, 2020, going by the terms of reference given to the panel by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The document inaugurating the panel which was personally signed …

Actions of the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the political crisis rocking Edo State, again came under serious condemnation on Sunday, with a message to the former Lagos State Governor, that Edo people will resist him. Tinubu’s latest condemnation is coming from the candidate of the Labour Party in the September 19, 2020 gubernatorial …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lacks the moral right to query President Muhmmadu Buhari’s endorsement of the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) candidate in the Edo State governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the Presidency said on Saturday. The Presidency’s reaction trailed the PDP’s comments on and condemnation of President Buhari’s endorsement of Ize-Iyamu on Friday, casting aspersions on the person of …

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that it will not shift the date of the Edo State governorship election slated for September 19 over threats of violence by political parties and their candidates. National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, said that even though the Commission is disturbed by the situation in Edo State, it is …