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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has fixed February 22, 2022, for hearing of the appeal seeking to void President Muhammadu Buhari’s election. The Incorporated Trustees of the Civil Society Observatory for Constitutional and Legal Compliance (CSOCLC) is contending that if the court agrees with its submissions, it should direct the inauguration of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, who came second in the 2019 General Elections, to the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. A three-member panel of justices presided by Justice Peter Ige, during the hearing, directed proper service of court papers on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Buhari. Counsel to the appellants in the matter, Nnamdi Ahaiwe had informed the court that the respondents, who appeared during the initial hearing on January 14, were duly served with the processes and endorsed at the back. But Justice Ige said, “file afresh and serve the re

Durring the attack, they killed the man and his children while another resident reportedly sustained serious injuries from gunshots. Residents of Nkiendonwro village in the Miango District of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State have yet witnessed another sorrowful day as suspected Fulani herdsmen on Thursday, invaded the village and unleashed terror on it. A source told SaharaReporters that the herdsmen waylaid a father and his two children who boarded a motorcycle on their way to the farm. During the attack, they killed the man and his children while another resident reportedly sustained serious injuries from gunshots. The spokesperson of Miango Youth Development Association, Nuhu Bitrus Nga, also told SaharaReporters that the attack happened at about 8am when the family members were planning to go to their farm. He identified the dead victims as Amos David, 42years, Reuben Sunday, 28, and Abednego Amos aged 8 years while 12-year-old Emma Amos was injured by gunshot. Emma Amo

The founder of Citadel Global Community Church (formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly), Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that it does not matter where the next President comes from as long as the President can deliver good governance. This is as he voiced his support for the electronic transmission of votes in the 2023 elections and subsequent ones, saying it will protect eligible voters from disenfranchisement. Bakare said this on Friday after a private meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Bakare, who in 2011 was the running mate of Buhari on the platform of the Congress for Progressive Change, was scheduled for a 12-noon meeting with the President in his office. Despite his previous close political affiliation with Buhari, the clergyman had in recent times castigated his regime. Speaking with State House Correspondents after the meeting, he said the visit was to “dispense what was in my heart” to the President. On power r

Witnesses said the policeman also pulled out a service pistol and shot randomly into the air to make his way out of the site after knocking down the workers.  Another witness identified as Isa Abdullahi, said  “He acted like a power-drunk fellow. He intentionally drove the car, hit three people and at the same time fired gunshots. The affected workers sustained injuries from the incident which occurred Thursday”  It was reported that the policeman drove into the barricaded area of the construction site near the state Police headquarters in Jimeta despite being warned against it.  The policeman whose car was identified as a Peugeot 206 with registration number RBC 179 TT, reportedly refused to take a diversion created to protect the workers constructing the flyover and interchange at the famous Police Roundabout, named after the police state headquarters located in the vicinity. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident, affirming that the o

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has received the Serving Overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina who shared photos from the meeting on social media. “President Buhari receives Pastor Tunde Bakare in State House on 15th Oct 2021,” Adesina captioned the photos.  The presidential aide, however, failed to disclose details of the meeting. The PUNCH had earlier reported that Bakare, a few days ago, called for a change of guard in the country, saying those around President Buhari look tired. He said, “Change of guards simply means that we need fresh hands and insights into how to fix the problems of Nigeria.   “Everyone looks tired around the President and we need a change of guards to bring competent people to handle critical issues. I’m not advocating coup d’etat, God forbid; that will set us back b

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, said he will expose Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike. Fani-Kayode stated this in a recent interview while reacting to the comments made by Wike some days ago. Wike had questioned the former minister’s integrity after he defected to the All Progressives Congress. Wike added that Fani-Kayode’s status was based on the contributions of his father. However, Fani-Kayode, in his response today, asked Wike, “who the hell is your father?” The former minister said, “Most of all those speaking about my father, most of them are not even fit to tie his shoelaces. “This is a man that moved the motion for Nigeria’s Independence successfully, in 1958. This is a man of integrity, a man of strength, a man of courage, that build bridges in this country. And I am very proud of my father. “For anybody to talk about my father, well, I don’t know who their fathers are, so I tend not to respond to such rubbish. “Wike was talking about my father, who the hel

Police operatives from Ipaja Division in Lagos have rescued two children reportedly locked inside an empty water drum by their father for eating a neighbour’s food having been starved and locked inside the house for the whole day. Report had it hat the incident happened at Lawani Ode Palace, Oke Odo area of New London Estate, Baruwa, Ipaja, where the father, Martins Omotoyosi, resides with the two victims, Dorca, 8 and Oreofe 6. The suspect, Martins Omotoyosi, who is now in Police net, was said to have been married to the victims’ mother, who left seven years ago over constant beating and he started living with them. However, he reportedly transferred the beating habit to the victims and was said to have constantly tortured them before they were eventually rescued. This was confirmed by the residents, who narrated what happened when P.M.EXPRESS reporter visited the area and explained that it was not the first time Martins was torturing the victims. One of the residents and Baale’s repr

President Muhammadu Buhari pulls more crowd than notable politicians such as Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo and Aminu Kano, according to Mr Femi Adesina. Although Awolowo, Azikiwe and Kano are dead, they command huge respect across board till date. Each of them played huge roles in making Nigeria attain independence and the country’s history is incomplete without them. But in his weekly article, Adesina, who is Buhari’s spokesman, aligned with the thoughts of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo that Buhari is probably Nigeria’s most popular politician. Osinbajo made this claim while addressing diplomats at the Nigerian High Commission in London last week. In his article, Adesina wrote, “Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is an honest man. Whatever he tells you, please take it serious. You can even take it to the bank, as it’s a cheque that will never bounce.” “There may be a tendency to say; what else do you expect a number 2 man to say of his principal? He won’t excoriate or flagellate him in pub

In the South-East, the Indigenous People of Biafra, has suspended every Monday sit-at-home it ordered in the zone, operators of buses, which ply Lagos-South-East lament effects of the order on their operations, VICTOR AYENI and ADEPEJU ADENUGA write  Iyke (not his real name) would never forget what took place on Monday, September 20, 2021 in a hurry. He was travelling to attend a symposium for youth corps members in Abia State when the bus he boarded was stopped by militants along the highway.Although Iyke had often complied with the sit-at-home order laid down by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra members, he made an exception due to the urgency of the event. “I arrived at my location at almost 10pm. It was a miracle because I could have been mobbed. Those people were not joking. They stopped me and asked me questions. Imagine if I could not speak Igbo, my name would have been ‘sorry,” he said.The members of the IPOB separatist group or the Eastern Security Network has been cl

Fakeye Olufemi, a member of the house of representatives, says owners of small and medium-sized enterprises, including carpenters and taxi drivers, should be made to pay tax. Olufemi, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), representing Boluwaduro/Ifedayo/Ila federal constituency of Osun state, spoke on the floor of the house on Wednesday. The finance act 2020 exempt small companies with an annual turnover of not more than N25 million from paying company income tax (CIT). Olufemi, who was contributing to the 2022 budget debate during the plenary session, said this will enable the federal government to boost its revenue generation. “Why I salute the honourable speaker and my colleagues herein seated and even the senate for complying with the request by the executive that we reset the button to a January to December cycle for budget making; I think it is fair to expect that if we do that — which we have done, there should be a properly timed implementation of the budget. I know

For Anambra November 6 gubernatorial election, we will deploy atleast 34,587 operatives, including special forces to the state for free and fair election, says Usman Baba, the Inspector-General of Police. The IG, who stated this during a meeting with senior officers from the rank of Commissioners of Police and above in Abuja on Thursday, clarified that the deployment would consist of conventional police officers, Police Mobile Force, the Counter-Terrorism Unit, Special Forces, Explosive Ordinance Unit, Force Intelligence Bureau, INTERPOL, Special Protection Unit and the medical team. He further stated that the deployments, followed the outcome of the election security threat analysis conducted by the Force Intelligence Bureau. For Anambra November 6 gubernatorial election, we will deploy atleast 34,587 operatives, including special forces to the state for free and fair election, says Usman Baba, the Inspector-General of Police. The IG, who stated this during a meeting with senior offic

The former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, put up on why his name featured on the Pandora Papers —another round of private financial dealings expose that confirms how the rich and powerful people worldwide take care of themselves—  Is that the transitional process that brought him to office was a hurried one. Everything else he said afterward to vindicate himself in the interview he granted AriseTV was almost needless. He had no justification for not declaring his assets wholly while he was the governor. He should have said he was sorry and stopped talking. But he went on and on, even defending himself against a crime for which he was not accused. According to Obi, he was chairing a bank executive meeting when he was told he had defeated his mandate usurper, Dr. Chris Ngige, in court and had been declared the governor. He said he left everything he was doing at the time to begin his journey towards the governorship. Somewhere amidst the frenzy of the power void in the Anambra State

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State for the umpteenth time vowed not to go back to the All Progressives Congress, APC   Governor Obaseki said though it was not his will to leave the political platform that sponsored his election in his first tenure, he was pushed out of the party when he wanted to run for the second tenure. The governor stated this while fielding questions from State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Asked whether he had any plan to return to the APC, he said, “Well, I think I have shown that I’m a politician with integrity and I have made it very clear that I didn’t leave the other party on my own. “I was pushed out of the party, and someone else gave me cover, gave me an opportunity, it will not be the right thing to do to now, to leave who helped you, who gave you the umbrella in your storm, and then go back to the person who pushed you out.” Recall that the governor joined the PDP when he was denie

The Lagos State Government has stated that fully-vaxxed persons might have to undergo another round of vaccination in order to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.   This was contained in a press statement issued on Tuesday by the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi. He made the remark on Tuesday during a briefing in Ikeja, the state capital. “So we know that the vaccine is certainly protecting the population from severe disease and death. So the question is, as the virus is changing, it may require that we need to give you more than two doses,” the commissioner said. “You may require a booster which is the first, second, and subsequent doses because we have also discovered that even though the vaccine stops you from getting seriously sick, it may not necessarily stop you from catching Covid.  “We do know that some people even who are fully vaccinated with two doses will still catch Covid and some people will get quite sick and occasionally, some people

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested the father of a 16-year-old girl found dead in Adamawa. The deceased, (name withheld) from Mayo-Belwa town in Adamawa, was found dead on Wednesday. DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, spokesperson for the Command, confirmed the incident on Thursday. He said the deceased was found dead on Wednesday evening after she left the house with her father on Monday. According to Nguroje, the neighbors found that the father returned home without his daughter on Monday night and alerted the police.  He said: “The command received report from members of the public that this very girl left the house along with his father and he returned home later at night without the daughter. And unfortunately, the mother has separated with the father. “But neighbors became suspicious because he was asking about his daughter after he returned and he was told to provide her since he left with her. “The father after his arrest then told the Police that he gave his daughter the foodstu

THE Nigerian Army on Wednesday explained that it was not constructing RUGA settlement in any part of Nigeria, especially in South-East region.It described as baseless, untrue and false, an allegation that it was currently constructing a RUGA settlement in Igbo-Etiti community, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State.  In a statement, the acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division, Major Abubakar Abdullahi, disclosed that its engineers were currently constructing a military training facility in Igbo-Etiti community, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. He said the facility, when completed, would accommodate troops during training and help to improve their efficiency in protecting law abiding citizens across the South-East.The statement reads, “Though this inciting broadcast emanates from a source bereft of any credibility whatsoever, there is need, however, to present the facts clearly for the sake of posterity. headtopics.com We bring the news to you as it comes..

Governor Kayode Fayemi has come under attack for urging President Muhammadu Buhari to turn National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camps into security training grounds and recruit “willing and able” graduates to join the military and the police.   Fayemi pointed out that one of the cheapest and fastest ways to handle this was to amend the law setting up the scheme. According to him, if NYSC ‘corpers’ are converted into soldiers, they could be deployed to fight against Boko Haram terrorists, bandits, separatists and so on. He added that corps members, who cannot join the military services, can serve in their communities without pay. But reacting, some Nigerians on social media urged him to lead by example by bringing his children abroad to join the military.     Here are some comments DAILY POST gathered on Twitter and Instagram: @abeesoyeh, ”I just hope all your Children would also be among the troop to fight the bandits. Wicked souls after siphoning all the funds meant for the masses, you

Some gunmen on Wednesday abducted a Catholic priest in Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria’s South-east, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). NAN reported that an unidentified woman was also abducted the same day in Umuahia. The abducted priest has been identified as Godfrey Chimezie, serving at St. Theresa Parish, Umuahia. Mr Chimezie was said to have been abducted along the road, near the church, while the woman was abducted at a petrol station. He was returning to his parish after attending morning Mass at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, Okpururie Afaraukwu, when his abductors swooped on him, witnesses said. “The kidnappers forced him out of his Toyota Corolla car and bundled him into their SUV and escaped,” a resident said. A senior priest in the Umuahia Catholic Diocese, who confirmed the abduction of Mr Chimezie, described him as a young priest who was ordained early in the year. The police spokesperson in Abia State, Godfrey Ogbonna, said the command was yet to get a formal repo

The lawyer of the  indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have come out to say that the claim  of  Nnamdi Kanu, flown to India is being speculated, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Kanu's lawyer, also said.   The lawyer said he visited Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday, adding that he would visit him again on Thursday. Ejiofor described those peddling the rumor as "mischief makers" in a statement he made available to SaharaReporters on Wednesday.  The statement read, "Please Umuchineke, and teeming followers of our indefatigable client, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, this time should not be for any form of distraction. "You all should rather be intensifying your prayers and supplications to Almighty Chukwuokike Abiama as the D-Day gradually approaches. Do not give in to mischief makers who are currently parading fake news that our client, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has been transferred to India for whatever mischievous purpose they are insinuating.   "

September was a month of call out and drags on social media and it looks like October is also shaping up to be a drama-filled one. Popular Nigerian singer, Brymo has taken to social meda to call out legendary singer and colleague, 2baba.   The singer penned a lengthy note on social media where he revealed that 2baba falsely accused him of sleeping with his wife, Annie and also orchestrated a physical attack against him. Brymo disclosed that he has waited with his soul devoid of everlasting peace since the accusation was thrown at him and never taken back. He continued by talking about how he was reluctant to meet with 2baba after he was reached out to for a feature but was persuaded. He said the week before then he had been in Annie's company as well as other people. According to him, Annie attacked him with a question which he shot back nicely with a reply and then he eventually met 2baba who was generous enough to let him know the fate of people who had eyes on his 'throne

Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Worldwide, David Oyedepo has placed a curse on any future leader of his church who attempts to borrow money on behalf of the church. Oyedepo, in a sermon on Sunday said “imagine if we were a borrowing church, we would have borrowed ourselves out. ”The banks will be at all our entrances fighting over who will collect this side and who will collect the other one. ”God delivered me and this mission from any temptation of borrowing before we had the need to borrow..by light. You cannot serve 2 masters he said, you have to choose one and despise the other I said I despise the devil, I choose my Saviour. He is also my provider. We have never borrowed, 40 years have come and God, we have never borrowed,” he said. According to Oyedepo, “When I am going to heaven I will write it down as a covenant for the future leaders of this Commission that whosever borrows will come under a curse.   If He brought us to where we are without borrowing, then he must have been pos

Dispite widespread support for former Senate President, David Mark, for the position of National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, are still opposed to his emergence. It was gathered in Abuja, on Sunday, that although most stakeholders including the PDP-Governors Forum and the Board of Trustees, have endorsed Mark for the position, the two-party chieftains are said to prefer a candidate from the North West. A new twist was also added to the chairmanship race with news that the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, is soliciting support for another Benue son, former Senate President, Iyorchia Ayu. A usually reliable party source who spoke to our correspondent, on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, said “Politics is about interests either personal or collective. “It is public knowledge that both Atiku and Saraki, have Presidential ambitions. A David Mark emerging as National Chairman is l