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Supreme Court affirmed Ahmad Lawal as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe North Senatorial District on Monday. In a majority judgement, Justice Centus Nweze held that the 1st respondent (Bashir Machina) who was an applicant at the trial court was wrong to have commenced his suit by way of originating summons. In a majority judgment, the apex court allowed the appeal filed by the APC against Bashir Machina’s candidature. The APC challenged the nomination of Machina as the party’s candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District. The party insisted that Lawan, Nigeria’s Senate President, was the…

A 10-man Remo Stars failed to shine against as they were defeated 3-1 by Akwa United, the Promise Keepers during the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) matchday six played at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Sunday. Remo Stars’ Andy Okpe was sent off for an infringement on defender Bolu Sholumade in the game against Akwa United. Cyril Olisema’s spot-kick and a goal each from Uche Collins and Segun Olalere gave the Promise Keepers another convincing home victory. Qudus Akanni scored Remo Stars’ consolation goal in the 24th minute. Four minutes into the game, Remo Stars’ Vincent Edafe gave away…

Akwa Ibom State High Court, Uyo has ordered a two-time member of the State House of Assembly, Uduak Odudoh to pay N1.5 million compensation for the arrest and  illegal detention of his constituent who consistently used Facebook to criticise the lawmaker for poor representation. The police had arrested Promise Peter Etete in 2020, detained and later charged him with threat to life and defamation of character after he posted an article on Facebook against the lawmaker who is gunning for House of Representatives. Justice Edem Akpan, in his judgment delivered on Thursday, February 2, 2023, ordered the lawmaker representing Ikot…

An All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant, Senator Ita Enang has headed to the Supreme Court to challenge the decision of the Court of Appeal Abuja Division, which had on January 19, 2023, dashed his governorship ambition in Akwa Ibom State. Enang wants the Supreme Court to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to recognise him as standard bearer of the APC for the forthcoming governorship election in the state. The appellate court had allowed as “competent and meritorious,” the appeal by Akanimo Udofia, which challenged the judgment of a Federal High Court Uyo, that nullified his emergence as the…

The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of three Assistant Inspectors General of Police to the rank of Deputy Inspectors of Police, but suspended elevation of eight Commissioners of Police. In a statement on Sunday by the commission’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, the promotion of eight Commissioners of Police to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General (AIGs) was suspended. This is because the CPs failed to appear before it for the mandatory promotion interview. “As part of an effort to fill up the leadership vacuum in the Nigerian Police Force, The Police Service Commission has…

The Big Brother Titans, which comprised of Nigerian and South African housemates, held its second live eviction show on Sunday evening and two housemates were evicted. Jaypee and Lukay, codenamed ‘Jaykay’, were evicted, making them the third and fourth evictees for the show’s debut season. While Jaypee is Nigerian, Lukay is a South African. After the first week of the show, the housemates were paired male and female. According to Big Brother, the paired housemates were to work together in the house, become Heads of House, and face nominations and evictions together. Sandra and Theo Traw, codenamed ‘Santheo’, were the…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila over their failure to cut National Assembly budget of N228.1 billion. A statement on Sunday by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, said the suit followed the move by the National Assembly to increase its 2023 budget from N169 billion proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari to N228.1 billion. The approved budget indicated an increase of about N59.1billion. The country’s budget of N21.83 trillion is based on a N10.49 trillion revenue, and N11.34 trillion deficit.…

Yul Edochie’s polygynous marriage is facing crisis following threat by the his first wife, May, to sue actress Sarah Martin for posting photoshopped image. Sarah’s offence was sharing a photoshopped picture of Yul’s second wife, Judy Austin and Yul into a family photo of May and her four children. Star, the son Judy bore for Yul, is also featured in the photoshopped image. The original picture was taken during Christmas. On Friday, May revealed via Instagram that she had directed her lawyers to file a suit against one Sarah Chukwukere, with the username @officialsarahmartins, for sharing an edited image of…

Arsenal suffered a setback in their bid to win the Premier League title after slipping to a shock 1-0 defeat at Everton on Saturday. James Tarkowski’s second-half header was enough for Everton to seal a crucial win in Sean Dyche’s first game as the club’s new manager.  Mikel Arteta’s side missed out on the chance to go eight points clear of second-placed Manchester City after losing only their second league game of the campaign. Also read:  Arsenal sink Chelsea, reclaim EPL top spot The result also sees Everton climb out of the bottom three as they look to avoid being relegated from the Premier League…

Edwin Kibet of Kenya on Saturday emerged winner of the 2023 Gold-Label Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, after returning a time of 2:14:06 for the US$50,000 prize money. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kibet joined the league of winners of Kenya-dominated 42km Gold-Label Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, as they won in 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2021. The Ethiopians, who have been sharing the stage as winners, are two-time winners as they won in 2019 and 2022 while French runner, Abraham Kiprotich, won in 2018. Also read: Lagos City Marathon: Kenyan Naibei, Ethiopian Dinke Win $60,000 The…