The Supreme Court has invalidated the local government elections conducted by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) on October 5, 2024, citing significant breaches of the Electoral Act. Delivering the judgment on Friday, 28 February, 2025, Justice Jamilu Tukur ruled that the election was null and void due to a lack of substantial compliance with electoral laws and guidelines. According to the court, RSIEC failed to adhere to proper procedures, particularly by continuing voter registration after officially announcing the election date. Justice Tukur emphasized that the electoral commission’s actions violated Section 150 of the Electoral Act, which outlines the…
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The Minister of Regional Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh has inaugurated the 7.3-kilometre Oyigbo Road network, which traverses Obunku, Umuosi, Obeakpu, Mgboji, and Ndoki communities in the Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State. He also launched the reconstruction of the Mgboji-Umuagbu Akwete Road, linking Rivers, Abia, and Akwa Ibom states. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Engr. Momoh said that the road projects were testimonies to the fact that NDDC was living up to its mandate to facilitate the rapid development of the Niger Delta region. He noted that the NDDC last Saturday commissioned the reconstructed Abraka-Oben Road in Ethiope East…
The first African to appear on television, Chief Mrs Anike Agbaje-Williams, is dead, reports thegazellenews.com News of death was revealed via a press statement by a member of the family, Mrs Banji Sokoya. Thegazellenews.com reports further that Mrs Agbaje-Williams died on Wednesday, 26 February, 2025, in Ibadan where she had lived most of her life at the age of 88. Chief Mrs Anike Agbaje-Williams (née Kuforiji) was born on 23rd October 1936. She was a well-known name in the media world. She made history by being the first face to appear on the first Television station in the whole of…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Moshood Jimoh, has stated that police officers were deployed to the former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Honourable Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa because he complained that his life and those of his family members are under threat, reports thegazellenews.com The Police Commissioner also spoke on why police officers were earlier withdrawn from the Speaker of the House, Rt Honourable Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, thegazellenews.com reports further. Jimoh, while speaking during the press conference at the State Command, stated that the policemen attached to Obasa has nothing to do with his position at the…
Twenty-nine lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly in favour of Mudashiru Obasa’s removal as Speaker have arrived the Lagos State High Court for the hearing of a matter brought by the latter. Obasa had gone to court to challenge his removal by at least 36 of his colleagues on January 13, 2025. In the application dated February 12, 2025, and filed by his lawyer, Chief Afolabi Fashanu (SAN), the plaintiff claimed that he was removed from his position on January 13, 2025, by 36 lawmakers while he was out of the country. Lawyers to Speaker Mojisola Meranda and…
Muslim philanthropists, Islamic scholars, corporate bodies, groups, individuals both within the state and outside on Saturday, 1 March, 2025 stormed the conference hall of the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos to support the N5 billion social infrastructure projects funds of the Island Muslim Community(IMC). The funds are meant to put in place compliant Muslim cemeteries, orphanages and hospitals, which are currently non-existent in the Victoria Island/Ikoyi and Ibeju-Lekki axis. Presents at the august gathering include Chairman of IMC, Ahaji Rafiu Adisa Ebiti; Vice Chairman of IMC, Alhaji Tijani Borodo; National Missioner, Ansar-ud-deeen society of Nigeria, Shaykh Abdur-Rahman Ahmad; Dr Abdullah…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has received accolades as the state government organised training programmes for 22,370 farmers on weather predictions, soil management and other factors that affect agricultural practice. Chairman of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Oyo State chapter, Mr Adewumi Abass, gave the accolades on Wednesday, shortly after a programme organised by the state government to present the seasonal climate predictions as released by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet). At the programme held at the House of Chiefs, Secretariat, Ibadan, Abass said the training was important and quite useful, as it would help farmers to understand…
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, February 27, 2025 arrested 19 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Benin City, Edo State.Their arrest followed credible intelligence linking them to fraudulent internet activities. Items recovered from them include seven exotic cars, laptop computers and phones.They have made useful statements and will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Thursday, February 27, 2025, convicted and sentenced an Indian, Chandra Singh to 10 years imprisonment for procurement fraud. The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC had on Thursday, November 24, 2022, arraigned him before Justice Ijelu on a 19-count charge bordering on alleged retention of stolen property and bribery to the tune of N816.361 million. One of the counts reads: “That Chandra Prankash Singh, on or before 1st of January, 2021, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, whilst in the employment…
In line with the commitment of Governor ‘Seyi Makinde to expand the economy of Oyo State through tourism and hospitality, the state government has expressed its readiness to clamp down on illegal and unregistered hotels and hospitality businesses in the state. The state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun, made this known at a press conference held at the Conference Room of the Ministry, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, on Wednesday, 26 February, 2025. According to him, the Ministry will work with registered hospitality business owners such as hoteliers and security agencies to rid the state of illegal and unregistered…