The quest for the Peoples Democratic Party to regain political power in Kwara State has gained traction as the Saraki Grassroot Ladies Forum, Osi, in the Ekiti Local Government Area of the state, is set to kick start its ‘House-to-House Campaign.’...CONTINUE READING
In a statement signed by its coordinator, Mrs Aishat Alabi, in Ilorin, on Sunday, the group said the move was designed to create awareness and mobilise prospective voters for the ongoing continuous voter registration and also the membership registration and revalidation exercise of the PDP.
The statement read in part, “Voter card is the weapon to effect positive change in government and a strong tool to reclaim power from the ineptitude of the ruling APC government in the state.
Ex-minister Stella Oduah appears in court to avoid arrest
Former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah attended her trial on Monday in a petition by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to avoid an arrest warrant being issued for her.
Before today’s trial, Oduah had failed to appear before the court five times.
During the last sitting on July 12, Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo threatened to issue a warrant of arrest if the former minister failed to appear on her next trial date.
The sitting was later postponed till today after the court couldn’t sit on Oct. 19 due to a public holiday for Eid-el Maulud.
However, Mrs. Oduah now a Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District arrived at the court around 8 am.
She is being arraigned on a 25-count charge, alongside four others.
Why autopsy on slain OAU student is delayed-Police
The Osun State Police Command Sunday explained that the autopsy on the slain post-graduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, was delayed because his family’s insisted on being part of the process.
The command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the autopsy would be carried out today at the Osun State University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Osogbo.
She said the deceased’s body was deposited at UTH as against the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH) which she erroneously mentioned during a radio programme “based on misinformation.”
BREAKING: Omoyele Sowore faces fresh arraignment in court on treasonable felony
Leader and convener of #Revolution Now”, Omoyele Sowore is to be arraigned afresh on alleged treasonable felony today, November 22 at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Sowore is to be put on fresh trial by the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice on behalf of the Nigeria government in a charge marked ABJ/CR/CS/365/19.
A document just stumbled upon by DAILY POST indicated that the alleged revolutionist would take his fresh plea before Justice Obiora Egwuatu this morning.
Our correspondent gathered that Sowore is being arraigned afresh following the transfer of the former trial Judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu to Calabar in Cross Rivers State.
EndSARS report: Adegboruwa alleges threat to life, says Nigerians should hold govt responsible
Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), one of the members of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters, has raised the alarm over the alleged plan to take his life following the report by the panel that protesters were killed at the Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020.
Adegboruwa raised the alarm in a statement on Monday titled, ‘Nigerians Should Hold Government Responsible If Anything Happens To Me’.
The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel submitted its report to the Lagos State Government, noting that at least nine persons were confirmed dead at the Lekki toll plaza when soldiers stormed the tollgate to disperse EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020.
