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The Port Harcourt division of the Rivers State High Court has ruled that Celestine Omehia is not a former governor of Rivers State and as such not entitled to the pensions meant for former governors and their deputies. Ruling on the matter brought before the court by Omehia, Justice Daketima Kio in a 97-page judgment that took almost three hours to read, however, said that the counterclaim by the state government demanding that Omehia repay N695m was lacking in merit as he hadn’t compelled anyone to pay him the money. Though the counsel to Omehia refused to comment, the Senior…

An All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for the Ondo governorship election Paul Akintelure is dead. The spokesperson of the APC in Ondo State Alex Kalejaye confirmed the incident in a telephone conversation with Channels Television early Tuesday. While the cause of his death is still unknown, Akintelure’s demise came days after the medical doctor turned politician raised an alarm about threats to his life. “Initially, I hope these incidents would dissipate over time, yet regrettably, they have escalated to pose a serious threat to my life,” his spokesman Oladapo Akintelure said in a March 21 statement. “The threats against me…

A member of the House of Representatives from Rivers State, Boniface Emerengwa, has declared support for Governor Siminalayi Fubara, denouncing his long-standing political alliance with former Governor Nyesom Wike. Emerengwa who represents Ikwerre/Emohua Federal Constituency made the declaration during a visit to Governor Fubara in Port Harcourt on Monday evening. According to a statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, the federal lawmaker condemned the struggle by some politicians to be recognised as leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the political leaders of the state instead of the governor even when the party and the nation’s…

A Kano High Court sitting in Miller Road has sentenced a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong to dead by hanging for killing his girlfriend in Kano in 2022. Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma’aji in a ruling on Tuesday said the accused was found guilty of the offence, and then convicted and sentenced to him to death by hanging till he breaths his last, Leadership reports. Recall that Geng-Quangrong was arrested and remanded by the police for culpable homicide in September 2022 over the murder of his 22 year old girlfriend Ummukulsum Buhari, at her residence in Janbulo quarters, Kumbotso LGA of Kano. Prosecution…

Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 General Elections, broke fast with Muslim faithful in Kano State, on Monday. Obi was at Sheikh Jibril Umar Jibril Mosque popularly known as Triumph Mosque located at Fagge Local Government Area. The Presidential candidate arrived at the mosque minutes before the time to break fast, Daily Trust reports. He said: “I am here to break fast together and I am happy to be here. I believe in being together as one regardless of religious or ethnic background. “I hope our prayers during this blessed month of Ramadan are answered.…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has crashed the depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, from N640 per litre to N630 per litre. The NNPCL has also disclosed plans to sell directly to independent marketers instead of first taking it to private depots so final consumers would also be able to buy at cheaper rates. The National President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Abubakar Maigandi, confirmed the new price nothing that NNPC has also promised more supply. According to The Nation, independent marketers paid for the product at the new…

Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero, the Emir of Kano on Monday welcomed the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi to the commercial city of Northern Nigeria. The Whisperer reports that the visit was in continuation of his nationwide tour to felicitate with Muslims during the holy of Ramadan. Pictures of Obi’s visit to the traditional ruler was posted on social media by Daily Trust with the caption ‘Kano Emir Welcomes Peter Obi to his Palace’ on Monday afternoon. Last week, Obi was in Kebbi State, where he called on the state government and other stakeholders in the…

A man, Chike Ibezim, has been arraigned by the Federal Government for allegedly defaming a former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. Ibezim was arraigned on Monday before a Federal High Court in Abuja on a six-count charge. Ibezim, along with two others, claimed that Fashola authored the judgment of the presidential election petition court in favour of the All Progressives Congress over the petitions by the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party. According to The Punch, count one of the charges reads, “That you Ibezim Chike Victor, male with Jackson Udeh, Nnamdi Emmanuel Ibezim and Reportera.ng (body…

The Federal Government says it has invited Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday while addressing journalists at the State House, Abuja, The Punch reports. Idris said Gumi is not above the law, noting that the government has deemed it necessary to invite him for questioning. Details later