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The House of Representatives on Tuesday changed the order of elections ahead of the 2019 general elections. Early this month, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had released a timetable that the National Assembly and presidential elections are scheduled to hold first. In the revised order by the representatives, presidential election will now come last, as against the current trend of holding the presidential poll first. The amendment was endorsed by members when the House considered and approved further amendments to the Electoral Act, 2010. A total of 156 clauses were amended in the Act. The recommendations were made by the…

Pastor Benny Hinn, a renowned US evangelist, has prophesied that there would be a major change in Nigeria’s political space in the next few weeks. Hinn made the declaration while speaking as a guest preacher during a church programme hosted by Rev. Tom Amenkhienan of Christ Embassy, Abuja recently. “God is sending an anointing for authority. God is exalting His name in the nation, Nigeria. God will do it in the next few weeks. God is going to bring change into the political system of Nigeria. “Fast for three weeks and when you fast, target the individuals you want to…

Airtel is said to have pulled out of the race to acquire the properties of defunct Etisalat now known as 9Mobile, StraightNews has gathered. Initially, industry experts saw airtel’s effort to acquire a new telecom service provider as a boon that would have launched it from the third to the first telecom service provider in the country. It was believed that if aritel had successfully purchased the infrastructure owned by 9Mobile, it would have become the number one biggest telecom provider, an effort that would have skyrocketed airtel’s customer base to 85.5 million subscribers both on voice and internet packages.…

A total of 31 pieces of 18-seater branded Toyota buses worth millions of naira have been inauguarated and handed over to the 31 chapters of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. StraightNews gathered that the state government bought and distributed the buses to the various PDP chapters for mobilisation preparatory to the party’s primaries in August this year and subsequent general elections in February next year. Governor Udom Emmanuel inaugurated the buses and urged people aspiring for elective positions in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to allow personal interest to cause division in the party.…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has directed all national flags in the premises of the Supreme Court and his official residence in the Three Arms Zone of Abuja, be flown at half-mast in honour of former CJN, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, who died Tuesday. Musdapher died on Monday night in a London hospital at the age of 75. A statement by the media aide to the CJN, Mr. Awassam Bassey, said was given by Justice Onnoghen in the early hours of Tuesday, after he was informed of the demise of the ex-CJN who passed away in a Hospital…

A 28-year-old man, who allegedly bit a man’s lips for wooing his girlfriend, Tuesday, appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The accused and an entertainer, Abayomi Odejobi, who resides at 7, Oremeji St., Iju-Ishaga, a suburb of Lagos, is being tried for assault. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge. But Police Prosecutor, Innocent Odugbo insisted that the offence was committed on January 15 at Station Bus Stop, Iju Ishaga. Odugbo said that the accused and the complainant, Segun Fasoyiro, had an issue over a girl sometime in December 2017. “The accused claimed that the complainant wooed his girlfriend…

The police in Lagos Tuesday arraigned a 32-year-old carpenter, who allegedly entered his Chinese employers’ rooms and stole different currencies. Efuntade Ajibola, the suspect appeared before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court on a three-count charge of stealing $5,000, N1 million, $470 and 300 Renminbi (Chinese currency). The prosecutor, Insp. Moses Uamdemevbo had submitted that Ajibola stole the money from Messrs Guan Shuai and Will Zhao on November 3, 2017, and November 13, 2017 at CCECC premises at 46, Nnamdi Azikiwe Road, Nigerian Railway compound, Ebute Meta, Lagos. Uamdemevbo said the accused broke into the foreigners’ apartment to steal the money.…

A 28-year-old technician, who absconded with a customer’s Toyota car meant for repairs at Ladipo market in Mushin area of Lagos, has been arrested by operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS. The suspect, Michael Okechukwu Eze, was asked to repair air conditioner of the car, December 20, 2017. When the owner contacted him on phone to know when the car was ready, he was by Eze informed that the car had been stolen. But his disappearance from his workshop aroused the suspicion of the car owner, who alerted policemen at Ilupeju division. Speaking with journalists Tuesday at the headquarters of…

Two persons including a hunter were killed by unsuspected herdsmen Sunday night in Obin-Ayama community, Ika North-East and Onitsha-Olona, Aniocha North Local Government Areas, Delta State. This came as three persons were arrested by the police at Ogbelo-Ogume community, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of the state for cattle rustling. Undisclosed source said the hunters were in the bush close to Ndemili, Ndokwa West, at midnight in search of animals when the herdsmen killed them and inflicted matchete cuts on another. One of the sources , who pleaded anonymity, said; “They went into the bush for hunting and in the…

An outbreak of a cattle disease known as Contagious Bovine Pleuro Pneumonia, CBPP, has killed 13 cows in Hayin Sheka, Sabuwar Kasa in Kafur and Musawa local government areas of Katsina State over the weekend. The Director, Veterinary Services in the State’s Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Isa Abba, who confirmed the development Tuesday, said the outbreak was caused by activities of some cattle rearers who graze outside the state and return to the state with the disease. Dr. Abba said though the government has since swung into action with the vaccination of 3,000 contact animals and those…