Abba Kyari to court: My life unsafe in Kuje prison
The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, on Thursday, approached a Federal High Court for another bail plea, saying his life in the Kuje Correctional Centre, where he is being remanded, is unsafe. Kyari and three of his co-defendants, through their counsel, urged Justice Emeka Nwite to admit them to bail. At a resumed hearing, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, counsel to...
Ex-minister’s son emerges PDP factional candidate in Kano
Sadiq Aminu Wali, son of a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aminu Wali, has emerged as the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primary election conducted by the Bello Hayatu Gwarzo-led faction in Kano State. Sadiq is the immediate past Kano State commissioner for Water Resources who resigned to contest the 2023 governorship election. The chairman of the electoral...
Gov Abbott: Texas gunman sent online warning before school attack
The Texas gunman, who murdered 19 children and two teachers, posted an online message warning that he was going to shoot up an elementary school minutes before he attacked, Governor Greg Abbott has said. The gunman, whose rampage ended when police killed him, also sent a message on Tuesday saying he was going to shoot his grandmother, followed by another...
Court adjourns case against Kano cleric over judge’s health challenge
An upper Shari'a High Court sitting in Kofar kudu, Kano State, has adjourned its sitting to continue hearing a case of blasphemy against Abduljabbar Kabara over the absence of the presiding judge, Justice Ibrahim Sarki Yola, who was said to be attending to health challenges. The court’s spokesman, Muzammil Ado Fagge, disclosed to newsmen in his office on Thursday that...
Inmates reportedly attack Abba Kyari in Kuje prison
Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has reportedly escaped attempted murder by aggrieved inmates at the Kuje prison in Abuja after he was accused of insincerity in his bribe-for-release deals when he was in active service. The incident, which was said to have occurred on May 4, 2022, has raised attempts to move Kyari out of Kuje prison where...
Shehu Sani got 2 votes in governorship primaries
The governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State, Shehu Sani, has polled 02 votes in the gubernatorial primary election held in the state on Wednesday. This is just as the aspirant said he has received over 300 calls from PDP delegates claiming they were the two delegates who voted for him at the governorship primary election. Sani,...
Adebutu, Showunmi emerge Ogun PDP guber candidates
Amid renewed crisis, the Ogun State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday produced two factional governorship candidates for the 2023 general election. A former House of Representatives member, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu, was elected in the gubernatorial primary election conducted by one faction, while a former spokesman to the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign, Chief Segun Showunmi, emerged in the...
17-year-old becomes youngest chartered accountant
17-year-old Jonathan Adewale emerged as the youngest chartered accountant in the country, following his completion of his program at the Institute of the Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). Adewale was pronounced the youngest chartered accountant at the 69th induction ceremony for new members, numbering 1,277 in Lagos on Wednesday. The record-breaker, who hails from Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, will, however,...
Abacha clinches Kano PDP governorship ticket
Mohammed Abacha, son of late military dictator, General Sani Abacha, has won the Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial primary election conducted by Sagagi-led leadership of the PDP in Kano State. The returning officer of the election, Barr. Amina Garba, declared Abacha as the winner after polling 736 votes to defeat his challenger, Jafar Sani-Bello, who got 710 votes. The chairman the electoral...
Ex-bank MD, Vice Chancellor win Gombe, Abia PDP guber primaries
The former Chief Executive Officer of SunTrust Bank, Alhaji Jibrin Barde, has emerged governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general election in Gombe State. Also, former Vice Chancellor of the Abia State University, Uturu, Prof. Uche Ikonne, emerged the governorship candidate of the PDP in Abia State. Barde polled 160 votes to defeat five other aspirants...
