By Our Correspondent Former President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed happiness over the ruling of the Presidential Elections Petition Court (PEPC), confirming the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Vice President Kashim Shettima. This is contained in a statement issued by spokesman of former president, Garba Shehu and emailed to TheNewsZenith late […]
From Our Correspondent in Abuja The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), has declared that a candidate does not need to score 25 per cent of votes in the FCT to win presidential elections. Chairman of PEPC, Justice Haruna made the declaration, on Wednesday, in Abuja. Tsammani delivered the lead judgment in the petition filed by […]
From Our Correspondent in Abuja Mr Peter Obi and his Labour Party suffered a major defeat on Wednesday as the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) dismissed their allegation of irregularities in the Feb. 25 election, TheNewsZenith reports. Justice Abba Mohammed, one of the five justices court, which read the ruling on the petition said the […]
By Our Correspondent A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on Monday, sentenced 25-year-old security guard, Edu Nkanu, to seven years in prison for stealing. Nkanu, who resides at No 14, Babatunde St., Off Ogunlana Drive, Surulere. Lagos faces charges of stealing compressors of air conditioners valued at N380,000 belonging to his employer. The Magistrate, […]
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, sentenced 63-year-old Abiodun Ogundimu to 18 months imprisonment for obtaining N1.5 million through false pretence in a visa deal. The Magistrate, Mr A.J Odueke, sentenced Ogundimu to the Kirikiri Correctional Facility for defrauding Mr Akeem Olaleye, on the pretext of securing a Canadian visa for him. Odueke did not […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday intercepted 20 million counterfeit dollars during a “Stop-and-Search’’ operation on the Lokoja-Abaji (FCT). Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, announced the interception in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. TheNewsZenith reports that the agency also arrested ten suspects in various operations across the […]
An Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday sentenced a teenage boy, Ishola Yusuf, to two years and three months in Borstal Correctional Centre in Abeokuta, Ogun for attempted theft. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Bola Osunsanmi, sentenced Yusuf to the Boys Correctional Facility also known as Borstal Correctional Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The magistrate sentenced the […]
Members of ECOWAS Parliament were divided over taking military action as an option to tackle the political situation in Niger Republic. About 22 parliamentarians participated in the virtual extraordinary meeting, on Saturday, to discuss the political crisis in Niger. Some of them called for actions that would nip in the bud of military incursion into […]
From Our Correspondent Former Deputy-Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, has eulogised the emergence of Senators Abdullahi Ganduje and Ajibola Basiru as new National Chairman and Secretary of the ruling APC. Omo-Agege, in a congratulatory message to the new party leadership, Omo-Agege describe their emergency as a path to stable polity. Mr Sunny Areh, his Media […]
By Our Correspondent The Lagos State Government has called for more mandated reporting in cases of the defilement of minors in the state. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, Executive Secretary, Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), made the call in a statement in Lagos on Friday. Vivour-Adeniyi made the appeal in the case alleged defilement of a 12-year-old […]