A man identified as Ogho-Oghene Stephen Akpata, who killed wife a month after wedding has been sentenced to death by a Federal High court in Yenogoa, Bayelsa State. 42 year old Ogho-Oghene Stephen Akpata had stabbed his wife Oyinye Faustina Eze, with a kicthen knife at their home in the Kpansia area of Yenagoa in August 2017. Faustina and Stephen, a returnee from Australia, met in February 2017 when he came for his Sim card registration at her office. Faustina who was previously working at the Bonny Island branch of Globacom, was…
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ADELEKE’S LAWYERS MOVE TO SECURE CERTIFICATE OF RETURN FROM INEC
Against the backdrop of Friday’s court judgement in Abuja by the election petition tribunal, which declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke as the winner of September 22 governorship poll in Osun, the legal team of Adeleke has begun moves to get the certificate of return issued to its client. Delivering its judgment, the tribunal had nullified the election that produced the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Gboyega Oyetola as the governor of Osun State and subsequently ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue…
Read MoreDECLARE ABBA YUSUF WINNER OF THE KANO GUBER ELECTION – PDP
SupplementaryElections: We call on the @inecnigeria to immediately declare our candidate, @EngrAbbaKYusuf as the winner of the Kano Governorship election, having scored the highest number of lawful votes and secured the statutory 25% in two-third of the state. Our call is predicated on the fact that, no valid voting held on the March 23 Kano Supplementary elections and therefore no figures can be fabricated from the exercise to displace @EngrAbbaKYusuf’s leading margin of over 26, 000 votes. @inecnigeria is already aware that its supplementary election in Kano was completely disrupted…
Read MoreCOUPLE DIE AFTER EATING WEDDING FOOD, MAID HOSPITALISED
Couple die after eating wedding food, housemaid hospitalized Couple die after eating wedding food, housemaid hospitalized Hours after attending a wedding ceremony in Umuozu, Uratta, Abia State, a man and his wife have reportedly died. The man is identified as Emeka Joseph Ozoekweh aka Emmyjoen. The only survivor is their housemaid and is currently receiving medical attention in a hospital in Abia. Emmyjoe was said to be the Secretary of the Timber Dealers Association in Abia State. It was gathered that the couple had chaired the wedding and when they…
Read MoreBUSINESSMAN DROWNED BY WIFE AND HER AMERICAN LOVER
According to the testimony tendered by Investigating Officer Jacob Ngao, a security guard Emmanuel Wafula who was guarding the villa that night saw Amina and Jacob drown Jimmy as he tried to fight for his life at around 4 AM. Jimmy was aware of the clandestine relationship between his wife and Jacob, and had warned him to stay away from her or face consequences. Jimmy had left behind Sh50 million life insurance policy benefit, businesses in Dubai and Nairobi and a vast estate worth over Sh500 million. A tycoon who…
Read MoreTAMBUWAL IN EARLY LEAD AS RESULTS FROM THE RERUN ELECTIONS COME IN
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is leading in the early results from the governorship supplementary elections in Sokoto State. Here are the results: Illela LG Katta Hakimii polling zone PDP-198 APC- 149 presiding officer, Udo Dinma Labuda /Gidan Taraminiya polling zone 005 PDP-102 APC-57 presiding officer, Mumzill Ibrahim Gwadabawa LG Gidan Baiti polling zone PDP-97 APC -85 presiding officer, Gadafi Abdullahi Tajaye polling zone Results still being awaited Kware LG Gidan kolodo polling zone PDP – 185 APC -211 https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/sokoto-governorship-rerun-pdp-leads-in-early-results.html
Read MoreOBASANJO ATTACKS THOSE ASKING ATIKU NOT TO GO TO COURT OVER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS
By Nwafor Sunday Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Saturday slammed those discouraging the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, from going to seek redress in court. Obasanjo and Atiku Waziri of Adamawa who lost to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, President Muhammadu Buhari, in the February 23 presidential election, promised to get his victory back in the court. Atiku who is bent on grabbing his victory, has been approached many times by Political stakeholders and was told not to go to court. But…
Read MoreMAN CALLS OFF WEDDING AFTER ACCUSING REV FATHER OF SLEEPING WITH HIS FIANCEE, SEE PICS
A man has called off his wedding on the grounds of infidelity, after accusing his fiancee of having sex with a Catholic priest. McDonald Majaya, 32, from Bulawayo in Zimbabwe told The Chronicle that he found out about the alleged affair between his fiancee Rutendo Mudzingwa, 24, and her priest, Father Itai Mangenda, after he stumbled on WhatsApp chats between. Majaya accused the priest of carrying on an affair with his girlfriend since February last year. He said I discovered that the two were in a relationship since last year and we have been…
Read MoreDAYS BEFORE HER SCHEDULED TRIP ABROAD, THIS LADY FELL INSIDE SOAK-AWAY PIT AND DIED
This is terrible. A woman has passed away in a tragic circumstance which has left her family and friends in sorrow. The deceased identified as Janefrancis Madumere from Mbano in Imo state, died after falling into soakaway pit. It was gathered that she fell inside the pit and was there for some moments before her mom noticed what happened. She had already died by the time she was removed from the pit. The painful part is that the deceased had already gotten visa to travel abroad next month and was…
Read MoreSUPPLEMENTARY POLL HITCH-FREE IN BAUCHI
Reports across the 15 local government areas of Bauchi where supplementary elections are being conducted indicate hitch-free exercise, with impressive turnout of voters, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. Checks across some of the polling units in Bogoro, Alkaleri, Darazo, Toro, Dass and Ningi indicated that turnout of the women was more than that of men. At Mallargiji polling unit in Bogoro, a Presiding Officer, Mr Dapirep Panmunjom, told NAN that proceedings were smooth and that the conduct of voters was impressive. An election observer, Mr Umar Babaji,…
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