Senator Albert Bassey Akpan has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Akpan, in a letter to his ward chairman, seen by POLITICS NIGERIA, explained that he intends to contest for the Governorship of Akwa-Ibom state on the platform of another party. It can be recalled that Pastor Umo Eno is the current…
Following an alleged incessant robbery at Aguda, Surulere area of Lagos State, the state’s Police Command has called on residents to ensure incidents are adequately reported at designated police stations in their area. A resident, Kelechi Bernard, on Thursday took to his Twitter handle to lament the repeated armed robbery along Adetola street, in Aguda. “Robbers…
A mayor in the Philippines has ordered civil servants to smile or risk being fined as he tries to improve the level of service provided by the local government. Aristotle Aguirre said the policy in Mulanay town, in Quezon province, on the main island of Luzon, must be adopted “while serving the people to give…
The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has in a strong judgment, ruled that Nigeria’s ban on Twitter, a microblogging platform, was unlawful and inconsistent with the African Charter and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.The judgment, which was handed down on Thursday, stated that the act…
A Cross-Dressing Sex Worker Identified As ‘Amarachi’ who was arrested in Asaba, Delta State, has been released on Bail. In a Viral Video, Amarachi during his interrogation said he is an indigene of Imo state but resides in Lagos. Amarachi also admitted to being a sex worker since 2016 but didn’t mention if the two…
Ivana Trump, the first wife to former U.S. President Donald Trump and the mother of his three eldest children, unexpectedly died Thursday at her New York City apartment, officials say. She was 73 years old. The incident was first reported at about 12:30 p.m. on Thursday when emergency services were called for a cardiac arrest…
Nigerian comedienne, Damilola Adekoya popularly known as Princess has reacted after the court sentenced Nollywood actor, Olanrenwaju James, known as Baba Ijesha to 16 years imprisonment over sexual assault of her child. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced Baba Ijesha on Thursday. Baba Ijesha was convicted for…
Niger Delta elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has endorsed the 2023 governorship aspiration of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie-Omo-Agege, in Delta State A statement issued by Ima Niboro, the Director, Communications and Media Strategy of the Delta State Gubernatorial Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress, explained that Chief Clark gave the formal…
The attack on the Kuje facility is the latest in a series of attacks on prisons in Nigeria. Between April 5, 2021, and June 5, 2022, there were at least nine reports of attacks on prisons in different parts of Nigeria. Before the Kuje incident, there were attacks on the Owerri prison, Bauchi prison, Ubiaja…
The Ikeja High Court on Wednesday ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Zone 2 to appear before it over alleged compromise in an investigation. Justice Taiwo Oladokun gave the order following an affidavit of urgency filed by the family of late Alaba Bakare, owner of Bama Hotel…