The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, has affirmed Duoye Diri as the duly elected governor of Bayelsa State. Timi Alaibe, an aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, had filed a suit challenging the emergence of Diri as the legitimate winner of the party’s primaries held on September 3, 2019 and described the election as ‘a flawed process’. But the court on Tuesday threw away the suit filed by former PDP Bayelsa governorship aspirant for lacking in merit and upheld the earlier judgment of a Federal High Court in Owerri. More details soon.
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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the probe of the Chairman, Five Star Group, Emeka Okonkwo popularly known as E-Money, over his flamboyant lifestyle and flagrant abuse of police escorts, The Punch reports. An order was issued to the Lagos State Police Command to also withdraw the six policemen attached to Okonkwo over his alleged abuse of the personnel as domestic servants. “We received a signal from the Force headquarters on Monday that the police detail of music executive, E-Money, be immediately withdrawn and an investigation into the man be launched, a police officer told The Punch. “The…
The Presidency announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has lost a nephew, Muritala Dauda. Presidential media aide, Garba Shehu made the confirmation in a statement in Abuja on Friday but gave no details on the cause of the deceased. Shehu said: “President Muhammadu Buhari has consoled the members of his extended family and Daura community at large following the death of his nephew, Alhaji Mutari Dauda, Mallam Mamman Daura’s younger brother. “May Allah forgive his gentle soul and reward his goods deeds with aljanna.”
Some coronavirus patients in Gombe State have taken to the street to protest over poor welfare provision in the state. While health officials were able to restore calm to patients at the hospital, those at the isolation centre were so wild to tame. Possibly mixed with villagers, the patients blocked a major highway in the state to ensure their grievances were clearly sent out to authorities in the state. Some of the patients eventually fled the isolation centre reportedly, while others returned at the end of the protest. A resident, who craved anonymity, told The Cable on Friday that the…
A group known as Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC has called on governors of the five South-Eastern states in Nigeria to repatriate all almajiri children in their territory. Okechukwu Isigusoro, the President-General of the organisation, and Nnabuike Okwu, the Secretary-General also said, in a statement, that the interception of children from Kano by the Enugu COVID-19 Task Force should be investigated as well. The statement reads: “We, the Ohanaeze Youth Council, describes the interception of Kano almajiris at Enugu border by Enugu State COVID-19 Task Force as collaborative rogue operations and nefarious activities of Northern elders to export Coronavirus almajiris index…
One of the suspected killers of Mrs Funke Olakunri, the daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, Adamu Adamu on Tuesday attempted to escape from the Infectious Disease Hospital where he is currently being treated for coronavirus pandemic. A police source confirmed the incident to Sahara Reporters on Wednesday in Akure. He disclosed that the suspect had been adopting different tactics in a bid to escape from the hospital. According to the police source, Adamu had already been “chained to a bed” at the facility to avoid him escaping. “We noticed that each time the suspect took permission from nurses to ease himself, he…
Two coronavirus patients have died in Lagos State, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to 30. The state Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi made the disclosure on Monday via his verified Twitter handle but did not reveal details of the deceased patients. Abayomi tweeted: “#COVID19Lagos update as at 3rd of May, 2020. 39 new #COVID19 Infection confirmed in Lagos on the 3rd of May, 2020. The total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases in Lagos is now 1123. “2 additional #COVID19 related deaths were recorded, bringing the total of such deaths in Lagos to 30. “Let’s remember to…
On Monday, April 27, 2020, British oil and gas giant, BP, became the latest in a growing number of energy firms to declare a massive quarterly loss. Their loss was in the region of $4.4 billion dollars. Bear in mind that this was a conglomerate that posted a $2.6 billion profit in the corresponding quarter of 2019. The challenges that are already engulfing the oil and gas sector will continue to plague that industry for at least the rest of the year, and may reach apocalyptic levels sooner than we expect. As I write this, there are hundreds of crude…
A Benin based humanitarian and action group, Action Integrated Movement (AIM), has donated palliatives to some less privileged persons across the Benin metropolis, MERIDIAN SPY, can report. The donations were made on Wednesday in Benin by representatives of the group to some of the “poorest of the poor.” The palliatives were food items donated as relief materials to cushion the effects of hunger and partial lockdown activities currently in place in the state. Speaking shortly after the donation, the convener and founder of the group, Comr. Ogedegbe John Ehireme, said the gesture was to help mitigate sufferings among indigent persons…
The global economy is in a tailspin. IMF and the World Bank have both predicted a contraction of the global economy with developing economies likely to be worst affected. This situation is the direct result of the menace of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the energy crisis that the world faces. With many businesses and factories on lockdown, with the tourism and travel industry playing possum, the world is confronted with a demand and supply shock, and a financial and economic shock in addition to a catalytic global health crisis, the end of which no one knows. Commodity dependent countries like…
President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians at 8 pm today Monday. This was made known by the Personal Assistant on New Media to the President, Bashir Ahmad via a tweet on Monday. Ahmad stated: “Buhari will address the nation later today, at 8:00 pm. Television, radio, and other electronic media stations are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the NTA and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria respectively for the broadcast.”
The Government of Japan has added 14 more countries to its entry ban list. Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, said Monday that his country was adding 14 more countries as a precautionary measure to curtail the spread of coronavirus in the country. Japan had initially banned entry from more than 70 other countries across the world, banning foreigners with records of visiting those countries in the past two weeks, while invalidating visas for the rest of the world. Shinzo Abe, said the additional step on the 14 countries will take effect Wednesday. The entry ban and the visa restrictions, initially…