Year: 2023

FUOYE speaks on body of student Modupe Atanda ‘found with eyes missing’

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The management of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has confirmed the missing student Modupe Atanda has been found dead. Ms Atanda, a student in the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Basic Medical Science, went missing after she went out to study at night on Monday, September 4, 2023. Her roommates declared her missing when she did not return. A statement by the university’s registrar Mufutau Ibrahim said, “It will be recalled that earlier today, the Management had made public the disturbing development of the missing of the deceased and assured…

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REJUVENATING ABIA AFTER 32 YEARS, THE ALEX OTTI’S GIANT STRIDES IN 100 DAYS

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By Kazie Uko One of the campaign promises of the Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, was the establishment of a ministry or an agency that would serve as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to drive the process of revamping Aba, the commercial capital of the state. Aba featured so strategically in Dr. Otti’s campaign for the governorship of Abia State to the extent that he was willing to introduce a full-fledged ministry to oversee the realisation of his dream of a renewed Enyimba City, where trading and manufacturing…

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BREAKING: Tribunal sacks LP’s Ogar, affirms APC’s Onyejeocha winner of Reps election

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Emeka Njoku The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, today, Wednesday, sacked the member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi federal constituency, Hon Amobi Ogah (Labour Party). It subsequently ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to withdraw the certificate of return given to Ogah and issue same to the Petitioner, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Onyejeocha is the Minister of State for Labour.

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Breaking: Labour Party Rejects Presidential Election Petition Court Judgement

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Mandy Park The Labour Party has rejected the judgement delivered today, Wednesday by the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). The court dismissed petitions by the party and its presidential candidate in the 2023 poll, Peter Obi, stating that they did not prove their cases against the election of President Bola Tinubu. National Publicity Secretary of the LP, Obiora Ifoh, stated the party’s position in a press release. He said, “The Labour Party watched with dismay and trepidation the dismissal of petitions by the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition…

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APC has no business with Peter Obi’s LP membership – Tribunal

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The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal ruled on Wednesday that the All Progressives Congress (APC) lacks the locus standi to challenge Peter Obi’s membership of the Labour Party (LP). The APC and President Bola Tinubu had in their petitions argued that Obi’s name was not contained in the list of LP members forwarded to INEC on April 25, 2022, and breached Section 77 of the Electoral Act, 2022. However, in the lead judgment on the objections by the APC against the petitions of Obi and the LP, Justice Abba Mohammed said…

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Tribunal shuts down APC lawyer Charles Uwensuyi-Edosomwan for interruption

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Justices delivering judgments at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday shut down a counsel for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Charles Uwensuyi-Edosomwan for interruption. The tribunal consisting of five justices and led by Justice Haruna Tsammani resumed at 9 am. Eight hours later, around 5 pm, Uwensuyi-Edosomwan asked the court to be brief and either “dismiss or allow” the petitions of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi; against the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the APC. “I have listened to your Lordship’s eloquent judgement,” Uwensuyi-Edosomwan…

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BBNaija: I will win Grammy – Whitemoney

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Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) All Stars housemate Hazel Onou aka Whitemoney has said that he would win a Grammy award. The 31-year-old stated this on Tuesday during his diary session with Biggie, saying that he is one of the greatest highlife and Afro musicians to come from West Africa. “I know I am the greatest, I am one of the greatest highlife musicians, Afro musicians to come out of West Africa because I know I am talented and by the grace of God, I Whitemoney, I will win the Grammy…

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Edo deputy gov Shaibu withdraws suit against Obaseki

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Deputy Governor of Edo State Philip Shuaibu has withdrawn the suit he filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja to stop alleged plots by his boss Governor Godwin Obaseki to have him impeached.In a circular dated September 5, 2023, he said that the decision to withdraw the suit came after a series of meetings involving himself, Obaseki, and well-meaning citizens of Edo and Nigerians, including party leaders, traditional rulers, and the archbishop, Benin Archdiocese of the Catholic Church. The deputy governor listed defendants in the suit as the Inspector…

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We breathed fresh air when you became governor, Olympic-bound Abia Para-weight lifters laud Otti

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By Mandy Park Olympic -bound Abia female Para-weight lifters have lauded the administration of governor Alex Otti, stressing that it usered a breath of new air in the state. This is coming barely two weeks after Otti warmly received a contingent of Abia players in the nation’s female football team, Super Falcons, to the World Cup in Australia. The group of female Para-Power lifters who are headed to the Olympics next year for the Dubai championship made the observation when they played host to Otti on Tuesday Governor Otti, who…

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Gov Otti orders full treatment of victim, suspension of driver involved in accident with Okada rider pending investigation

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Mandy Park Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has ordered the immediate suspension of a Government House driver, who got involved in an accident with an Okada rider in Ohafia, on Sunday, pending investigation. A Government House statement signed by Kazie Uko, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor says the investigation will be conducted with a view to establishing the culpability or lack thereof of the driver. Otti also directed the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ngozi Okoronkwo, to follow up and ensure that the injured Okada rider, Orji Felix,…

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