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Nigerian elections and Nigerian marriages have a lot in common. Both should be sacrosanct. They are conducted with pomp and fanfare, and promises are made but kept in breach. Professions of loyalty and honesty are like a singsong. Like a marriage cements the relationship between two consenting adults supposedly in love, elections cement and clarify the relationship between the candidates and the electorate in defining power structures, agencies, and processes in a democracy…. Read the full article here
Though it is not yet a win-or-bust situation, the stakes are high as the Super Eagles of Nigeria prepare to face off against Guinea-Bissau in a crucial AFCON qualifier match this evening. Kenneth Omeruo has been named captain for the tricky clash, as Jose Peseiro has predictably tweaked his team for this all-important assignment. After Friday’s surprising 1-0 loss in the first leg in Abuja, Peseiro and his boys are determined to turn the tide in this matchday 4 contest. With… Read the full article here
The Federal High Court has sacked Member representing Mubi South Constituency in the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Hon Musa Umar Bororo. The Federal High Court II which sat in Yola Monday, ordered the member to vacate his seat with immediate effect for leaving the party under which he won election to the House. Bororo had in April last year left the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state into the governing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The high court, presided over by… Read the full article here
A Benue State High Court sitting in Makurdi, state capital, Monday restrained the embattled Senator Iyorchia Ayu from parading himself as the National chairman of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. DAILY POST gathered the court order was premised on the ex-parte application brought against Ayu by Engr. Conrad Terhide Utaan as plaintiff. Particulars of the ex-parte application brought before the presiding Justice W.I. Kpochi read, suit no. MHC/85/2023 with motion no…. Read the full article here
A staff of The Choice Fast food at Okpara square, Umuahia has been shot dead by a security staff of the same company. The killing took place in front of the fast food, beside a new-generation bank on Sunday. The victim, who was simply identified as Izuchukwu from Umuosu Nkwoegwu Ohuhu, Umuahia North LGA and aged 27, was shot dead on Sunday by a staff of Abia State Vigilante Service popularly known as Bakassi. However, the Abia State Vigilante Service has clarified that the incident was not… Read the full article here
Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has made five changes to his starting line-up for tonight’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying reverse fixture against Guinea-Bissau. Peseiro kept faith with Francis Uzoho in goal but has opted for a new centre-back pairing of Kenneth Omeruo and Semi Ajayi. Bright Osayi-Samuel and Zaidu Sanusi kept their position at right-back and left-back respectively. In midfield, Wilfred Ndidi make way for Brentford’s Frank Onyeka Onyeka will pair Alex Iwobi… Read the full article here
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed 14 people, including two traditional chiefs, since Friday by alleged militiamen from a rival tribe, an administrative official said on Monday. The chief of the village of Kimpasi, in the Kisia-Ngasi grouping, was killed in his residence by assailants from Kwamouth,” Amedeo Bangambuma, administrator of the Bagata territory in Kwilu province, told AFP on Monday. In this grouping (group of… Read the full article here
Sudan is set to form a new government on 11 April after the country’s main pro-democracy group, the Forces of Freedom and Change, agreed on a timeline with General Abdelfattah Al-Burhan and General Mohammed Hamdan ‘Hemeti’ Dagalo. This move marks the beginning of the country’s transition towards a civilian government, but those on the ground are weary of yet another change. The Sudan… Read the full article here
The Global Terrorism Index has retracted its earlier announcement of ranking the Indigenous People of Biafra as the 10th deadliest terror group in the world. GTI report published annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace, had ranked the Nnamdi Kanu-led IPOB as the 10th deadliest terror group in the world in 2022. However in a statement on its website on Monday, GTI referred to IPOB as a pro-Biafra secessionist movement and not a terrorist group. The statement… Read the full article here
An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate’s Court on Monday ordered the remand of a set of twins, Taiwo and Kehinde Sunday, at the correctional centre for allegedly stealing electronics and other goods valued at N825,000 from a house. The twin brothers, who are 19 years old each, are facing two counts of housebreaking and stealing. The police prosecutor, Inspector Olubu Apata, told the court that the defendants committed the offence around 1am on January 28 at Ilupeju,… Read the full article here
