Court of Appeal sacks Ned Nwoko as PDP senator-elect

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has nullified the emergence of Ned Nwoko as the senator representing Delta North Senatorial District. The court in a decision on Thursday said the case instituted at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court which resulted in the recognition of Mr Nwoko as the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission was wrongly filed.

Court grants Naira Marley N2m bail

Nigerian Musician Azeez Fashola -Naira Marley has been granted bail at the federal high court Lagos. Justice Nicholas Onweibo imposed on the artiste a N2 million bail, with two sureties in like sum. The first surety must be a civil servant from the level of grade 10, while the second surety must have landed property. Trial has been adjourned to October 22-24. His counsel, Olalekan Ojo, SAN expressed satisfaction with the ruling, saying the terms are liberal.

Oyo state can’t afford N30,000 minimum wage, Seyi Makinde tells workers

Seyi Makinde, the new Governor of Oyo State, has told civil servants in the state not to expect immediate payment of the new minimum wage. Makinde said this while giving his inauguration speech after being sworn-in to take the reins as Governor of the state. He also said he would reduce the government overheads while increasing the efficiency in tax collection.

Kaduna govt extends maternity leave to 6 months

Governor Nasir El-Rufai has revealed that female civil servants in Kaduna State would now enjoy six months of maternity leave. El-Rufai wrote on twitter, “I am pleased to announce that just yesterday, our State Executive Council approved six months maternity leave for our female public servants.” He added that the prolonged maternity leave would encourage the healthy development of babies.

Ihedioha begins demolition of monuments built by Okorocha

Barely 24 hours after assumption of office, Imo State governor, Emeka Ihedioha has commenced the demolition of monuments built by the immediate past governor, Rochas Okorocha as his first action as governor. Ihedioha was sworn-in as the sixth Executive governor of the state on Wednesday. The Akachi tower, one of the many tourist attractions built by the former governor is being demolished. It was built on a reclaimed dumpsite that was abandoned by previous administrations.

Obasanjo, 393 Others Escape Crash On Ethiopian Airlines

Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian president and other Nigerians escaped death on Wednesday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport when an Ethiopian Airlines plane almost crashed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other prominent Nigerians in the Ethiopian airline passenger aircraft, Boeing 777-300, included the Director General of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) Ambassador Ayoola Olukanni.

Buhari, Osinbajo sworn in for second term

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday was sworn in for second term in office. The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo was also sworn in at the Eagles Square venue of the 2019 Presidential inauguration ceremony.

Naira Marley speaks from prison, ‘I have two wives and four kids’, I’m not a fruadster

Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley who is currently in detention after he was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and remanded by the court of law, has granted an interview where he said he is not a criminal and implied he is a responsible husband and father. According to the 28-year old singer, he has two wives and is a father of four children. He however said, the laptop EFCC officials saw in his possession belonged to a friend of his in England and he never owned a computer. Naira said he borrowed the laptop on his way to Nigeria knowing he will need it to upload his songs on youtube. Here’s the exclusive report obtained by The Punch newspaper.

Nigerian man rejects marriage proposal from his girlfriend

Nigerian man rejects marriage proposal: A video showing the moment a man rejected his girlfriend’s marriage proposal has surfaced on the internet and already going viral. What was supposed to come as a big surprise for the man and eventual joy for the lady, turned out to be a very sad moment.

Cossy Ojiakor loses mum a year after her dad

Nollywood actress,Cossy Ojiakor has lost her mum. The heartbroken actress took to Instagram to reveal her mum had passed . She wrote “Mum….what God has joined together,not even death could put asunder .Dad and mum finally together .It is well..RIP” Cossy who is now an orphan lost her dad to a heart attack in January 2018.

Those calling me ‘baba go slow’ will be shocked in my second term- Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari said he will move to make the police and the judiciary to be more efficient in his second term which begins on Wednesday. President Buhari was speaking in an interview broadcast nationwide Monday night. The President rated the leadership of the national assembly on patrotism. While speaking about the federal executive council, the president said he has not identified those members to remove.

President Buhari Signs 2019 Budget Into Law

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja signed the 2019 Appropriation bill of N8.92 trillion into law. The president had submitted the 2019 budget of N8.83trillion to the Senate but was increased by about N10billion by the Upper House, bringing the amount to N8.92trillion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the dignitaries who witnessed the signing of the budget, which took place at the mini-conference hall of the president, included the Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives,Yakubu Dogara.

Beautiful Lady Who Was Declared Missing In Lagos, Found Dead Inside Canal

Adewura Bello, a lady who was declared missing on May 15, has been found dead in a canal in Lagos. Adewura, the 26-year-old accounting graduate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), was said to have gone missing on Wednesday after she boarded a bus from Ikeja to Egbeda, where she lives. According to Fadesola, Adewura’s sister, the last time she heard from the deceased was when she told her she was on her way home.

Mark my words, I will become president of Nigeria, Okorocha vows

Rochas Okorocha, the governor of Imo State, has vowed that he will become the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria come what may. Okorocha made his conviction public on Sunday during his valedictory thanksgiving service held at the Government House Chapel in Owerri. He said that his current political travails, particularly the seizure of his Certificate of Return as the Imo West senator-elect, were only strengthening him for the exalted presidential seat in Aso Rock. The outgoing governor said the wishes of his political adversaries concerning him would not come to pass, saying “those who want me to go to prison will go to prison before me.”

Donald Trump slams Jussie Smollet

Donald Trump took to Twitter to blast Jussie Smollet and his case in Chicago, calling the incident a ‘hate crime’ against him and his base of supporters. The President appeared to suggest that those who wanted to ‘Make America Great Again’ were the real victims of the actor’s allegations that he was beat by assailants who screamed homophobic and racist slurs at him.

$16M spent on mosquito nets enough to fumigate all mosquitoes in Nigeria-Aisha Buhari

The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari has criticised the $16 million spent by Nigeria as counterpart funding for the purchase of mosquito nets. She said that money is enough to fumigate the entire mosquitoes in Nigeria . The Nation reports that,she expressed reservations on the $16m counterpart fund expended on mosquito nets during an interactive session with women at the State House, Abuja on Saturday.

Over 300 LGBT couples tie the knot as Taiwan legalizes same-sex weddings

Taiwan celebrates over 300 same-sex marriages, the first in Asia following the legalization of same sex marriage. Hundreds of same-sex couples in Taiwan rushed to get married Friday, the first day a landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage took effect. This is the first in the record of Asia as Taiwan allow same-sex marriage last week in a legislative vote on a cause that the island’s LGBT rights activists have championed for two decades. There was a rush to the household registration office in central Taipei after the law took effect as LGBT couples seized the earliest opportunity to tie the knot.

Theresa May weeps as she resigns as UK Prime Minister

UK prime minister ,Theresa May has said she will be stepping down as leader of her Conservative Party and then as Britain’s prime minister, after repeatedly failing to win Parliament’s approval for a deal to withdraw the country from the European Union. In an emotional statement, she said she had done her best to deliver Brexit and it was a matter of “deep regret” that she had been unable to do so.

$22m Abacha loot spent on SIP - Presidency

The Federal Government got N470.8 billion released between 2016 and last year for the implementation of its Social Investment Programmes (SIPs), the Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment Programmes (SIPs), Mrs. Maryam Uwais, said yesterday. She listed four-broad programmes as the N-Power, Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT), National Home-Grown School Feeding and Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programmes (GEEP)

Oyo workers begin indefinite strike

Oyo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday directed all public workers in the state to begin strike “with immediate effect”. The industrial came barely six days to the end of Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s administration in the state.