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The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said he “must be” the president of Nigeria. Mr Obi stated this in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Friday at the presentation of a book entitled: “Peter Obi: Many voices, one perspective,” according to a report by the Daily Trust …

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted the founder and General Overseer of Seraphic and Sabbath Assembly, Lagos, High Priest Azuka Kenrick Nnodu and two others for drug dealing. Justice Akintayo Aluko convicted Nnodu (58) and his two co-defendants Udezuka Udoka (26) and Oyoyo Mary Obasi (40), following …

Former US President Donald Trump is appealing after a New York jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming a writer who now says she might sue him for the third time. Trump’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal in the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday …

In order to shift to the Glass House, President Muhammadu Buhari left his official residence at the Presidential Villa. According to news reports, this was accomplished before to President-elect Bola Tinubu’s inauguration. During the changeover period, the outgoing president and their spouse have lived in The Glass House. The Glass …

The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Saheed Wasiu, popularly known as K-Federal. According to a statement signed by Yemisi Opalola, the Command’s spokesperson, Wasiu was earlier wanted by the police for murder and cult related activities. The statement also revealed that the suspect is a member …

Oba Adewale Sunday Boboye, the Ajagun Ode of Ode community in Akure North local government area of Ondo state, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Osi Magistrates’ Court for unlawfully demolishing of palm trees and food crops . The Magistrate, Mrs. Bukola Ojo sentenced the convict to …

The management of Babcock University has said that the school’s website has been hacked by some unknown persons. The school management confirmed this development in a statement signed by the Director, Communication & Marketing of the institution, Dr Joshua Suleiman. The statement read in part, “The public is hereby notified …

61-year-old cleric bags 18 yrs sentence for impregnating 16-yr-old girlAn Ondo State High Court has sentenced 61-year-old Pastor Famakinwa Ajayi, to 18 years imprisonment for defiling and impregnating a 16-year-old girl. The clergyman was dragged before the court by the state government after it was discovered that the suspect who …

Residents and passers-by around Isheri, Olowora Road, Ojodu Berger in Lagos woke up on Thursday to behold a strange scene in the neighbourhood. The corpse of a yet-to-be-identified man was said to have been found in a car in the neighbourhood. An eyewitness, who spoke with Punch Metro on the …

Atiku Abubakar attends Presidential Electional Tribunal proceedingsThe Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is present at the hearing of petitions and applications at the Presidential Election Petitions Court, (PEPC) sitting in Abuja. The tribunal will be hearing Atiku and the PDP’s motions seeking live transmission of …