Two Nigerians who allegedly escaped from a Nepalese prison during recent anti-government protests have been arrested by operatives of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), India’s paramilitary force. According to a report by Press Trust of India on Monday, the suspects were apprehended on Saturday at Jainagar in Bihar State while attempting to cross into India. The duo were said to be among several foreign nationals and locals who fled detention facilities in Nepal following violent demonstrations that rocked the Himalayan nation in recent weeks. Quoting a security source, the agency reported, “These people have been caught from the border over…
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The Nigerian Civil Situation Room has urged the National Assembly to expedite action on pending electoral reforms and ensure their passage into law ahead of the 2027 general elections. Head of Programmes, ActionAid Nigeria, Celestine Odo, made the call in Abuja on Monday while addressing journalists on behalf of the coalition. “Situation Room calls on the National Assembly to finalise and pass into law pending reforms that will restore confidence in our elections and ultimately, our democracy,” Odo said. The coalition also tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to guarantee free, fair and credible elections, particularly with off-cycle governorship…
The Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, on Monday, granted former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, permission to engage forensic experts to examine WhatsApp conversations and a mobile device marked “iPhone 2” tendered as evidence in his ongoing fraud trial. Justice Rahman Oshodi gave the ruling after Emefiele’s lead counsel, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), applied for leave to allow an independent forensic expert to verify the authenticity of the handset and the extracted WhatsApp chats already admitted as exhibits. “The defence seeks the court’s leave to call a forensic expert to examine both the mobile device and…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has accused the state House of Assembly of plotting to victimise and suspend one of its members, Ibrahim Shittu, representing Saki West Constituency, for opposing Governor Seyi Makinde’s ₦300bn loan request. In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, the APC alleged that Assembly leaders had perfected plans to accuse Shittu of breaching House rules and subject him to what it called a “kangaroo panel” that would hand him indefinite suspension. The opposition also claimed there were moves to “attack, victimise and harass” the lawmaker. “These satanic plans and many…
The Speaker of the Jigawa State House of Assembly, Haruna Aliyu Dangyatin, narrowly escaped death on Sunday when his convoy was involved in an accident along the Maigatari road. Dangyatin was on his way to a state-organised political rally tagged “Gwamnati da Jama’a” (Government and the People) when the incident occurred. According to The Nation, eyewitnesses said one of the escort vehicles, a black Toyota Hilux conveying police officers, suddenly lost control and somersaulted, throwing the occupants out. The Speaker’s car and other vehicles in the convoy were able to stop just a few meters away from the crash site,…
Gambia police, on Monday, forcibly removed the country’s Auditor-General, Momodou Ceesay, from office after he rejected his redeployment as Trade Minister by President Adama Barrow. Ceesay, who has served as auditor-general for nearly three years, was named in a recent cabinet reshuffle but declined the appointment. President Barrow, however, insisted that Ceesay had initially accepted the posting before changing his mind. The standoff escalated when plainclothes officers stormed the National Audit Office in Banjul to arrest Ceesay and install his successor, Cherno Amadou Sowe, the former Director of Internal Audit. Staff of the audit office initially resisted the takeover in…
A Zambian court has sentenced Leonard Phiri and Mozambican Jasten Mabulesse Candunde to two years in prison for attempting to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema. The two men were arrested in December after being found with charms, including a live chameleon, which prosecutors said were intended for a deadly ritual. Delivering judgment, Magistrate Fine Mayambu described the convicts as a danger to society. “It is my considered view that the convicts were not only the enemy of the head of state but were also enemies of all Zambians,” he said. The court heard that a fugitive former MP…
President Bola Tinubu and suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, are both expected back in the country today (Tuesday) as Rivers prepares for the restoration of democratic governance on Thursday. Tinubu, who departed Nigeria on September 4 for his annual holiday in France and the United Kingdom, was initially scheduled to be away for 10 working days. However, his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced on Monday that the President had concluded his vacation early and would resume duties in Abuja immediately upon arrival. During his stay in Paris, Naija News reported that Tinubu held a private luncheon with French President Emmanuel…
As Rivers State prepares for the end of its six-month emergency rule on September 18, the government has announced a public lecture scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Port Harcourt. The lecture, themed “Democracy and Good Governance,” is part of the official transition programme back to democratic rule in the state. According to a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Ibibia Worika, the State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), will attend as the Special Guest of Honour. The announcement read, “The Rivers State Government is pleased to announce that…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded full implementation of the Electoral Act provisions on electronic transmission of results in the 2027 general elections, warning that it would resist any attempt to manipulate the process or undermine the will of Nigerians. Section 64 (4), (5), and (6) of the Electoral Act 2022 mandates the recording and transmission of election results directly from polling units using the Smart Card Reader (SCR) or any other electronic device approved by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC had admitted that “glitches” marred the real-time transmission of the 2023 presidential results, sparking outrage across…
