Category: Legal
Ebonyi state governor Umahi sacks aides
21 Mar 2023
Ebonyi state governor, David Umahi has sacked board members of the state owned agencies, commissions and 64 Development Centre Coordinators in the state. The reason for the sack has not been disclosed. Those affected have been directed to hand over all government property including official vehicles in their possession on or before the close of […]
Continue ReadingElectoral officer and returning officer kidnapped on their way to deliver result
21 Mar 2023
The Electoral Officer and the Returning Officer for Zamfara state governorship election in Maradun local government area of the state have been kidnapped. The local government area is the hometown of Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle, who is seeking reelection. The officials were heading for the headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission in Gusau, the state […]
Continue ReadingThugs kills INEC ad hoc staff in Rivers
20 Mar 2023
Arumodum Julius Akoi, an ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was shot and killed by political thugs in Ward 7 Abua Central, Abua-Odual local government area of Rivers State. The incident happened during the governorship and House of Assembly election on Saturday, March 18, 2023. It was gathered that the ad […]
Continue ReadingNDLEA arrest party agents with money credit cards arrested in Ogun State
19 Mar 2023
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Saturday morning, arrested some party agents in Ogun State. Operatives on election duty intercepted four men during a stop and search. One was seen with a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, tag. The quartet had hundreds of money credit cards to be used to “buy votes” at the Ibara […]
Continue ReadingFour thugs with weapons arrested in Abeokuta
19 Mar 2023
Four hoodlums have been arrested with a pistol and a knife while on their way to polling units in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The hoodlums were arrested at Sapon in Abeokuta-South Local Government Area as the governorship and state house of assembly elections were commencing on Saturday morning. A soldier at the roadblock in […]
Continue Reading140 political thugs arrested in Enugu
19 Mar 2023
No fewer than 140 political thugs have reportedly been arrested by Nigerian soldiers in the Nsukka local government area of Enugu State, Southeast Nigeria. The soldiers providing security in Enugu for the Governorship and House of Assembly elections arrested the hoodlums allegedly deployed for today’s (Saturday’s) election by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which lost […]
Continue ReadingCouncilor and two others killed before election
18 Mar 2023
A councilor and two others in Oyo State have been killed, few days before the governorship and state house of assembly elections in the state. The councilor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Sulimon Ariyibi, from ward 10, Ibadan South East Local Government, of the state, was attacked and […]
Continue ReadingPolice arrest woman found with laminated electoral materials
18 Mar 2023
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 53-year-old woman, who was allegedly found with laminated electoral materials The spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to newsmen on Friday, March 17, 2023. The PPRO said that the suspect was arrested on Thursday at about 4.00 p.m. at Candos Road, Baruwa in Iyana-Ipaja […]
Continue ReadingMan who was wrongfully imprisoned released after 34 years
17 Mar 2023
Sidney Holmes of Florida was sentenced to 400 years in prison for an armed robbery, but after serving more than 34 years in prison, the state of Florida conducted a new investigation and found that Holmes was not responsible for the crime. Sidney Holmes, 57, was released from prison on March 13 after spending more […]
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