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Osun monarch and sex scandal

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On May 5, 2020, a 62-year old royal father popularly known as Aketewi of Iketewi, Oba OlusijiOgungbemi, his son, Gbenga (21) and one other person simply identified as Sarafa Olayiwola allegedlytook turn to defile a 14-year old girl in a town called Ilare Ijesha in Osun State.Oba Ogungbemi is a native of Ilare Ijesha and […]
Recall
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That NJC’s guidelines on virtual court proceedings

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With the recent outbreak of COVID-19 and the lockdown on public gatherings including courtsessions, there were clamours on the Nigerian judiciary to consider the option of virtual courtproceedings to deal with urgent matters in order to maintain law and order in the country.Specifically some lawyers who have been unable to practice their trade had pushed […]
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On police arrest of Oba Akewi, family members

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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), a couple of days ago, dragged a 43-year old freelance broadcaster, Mr Rotimi Jolayemi, before a Federal high court sitting in Abuja for allegedly inciting public annoyance against the incumbent Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Jolayemi, popularly known as “Oba Akewi”, is the Vice Chairman of Freelance […]
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On INEC’s power to deregister political parties

Ihesiulo Grace 0
On February 6, 2020, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) took the nation by surprise by deregistering 74 out of the 91 registered parties that participated in the 2019 general elections. The exercise left only 18 parties presently on the INEC’s register. The commission said its decision followed a comparative review and court-ordered re-run elections […]
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On INEC’s power to deregister political parties

Ihesiulo Grace 0
On February 6, 2020, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) took the nation by surprise by deregistering 74 out of the 91 registered parties that participated in the 2019 general elections.The exercise left only 18 parties presently on the INEC’s register.The commission said its decision followed a comparative review and court-ordered re-run elections arising
Wadume
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Kidnapping, Wadume’s trial and FG

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Almost one year after a 33-year old alleged kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Bala, popularly known as Wadume was arrested by the police alongside 19 others over terrorism, kidnapping and dealing in prohibited arms, the Federal Government is still having difficulty prosecuting the suspects. The 19 others included two policemen and seven civilians who are in […]
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That murder inside Benin RCCG church

Ihesiulo Grace 0
On Tuesday afternoon, June 2, 2020, news filtered into the newsroom that operatives of the Edo State Police Command had arrested one of the four men suspected to have raped a 22-year old 100-level Microbiology student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Miss Vera Omozuwa, in a church belonging to the Redeemed Christian Church of […]
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On the Executive Order 10

Ihesiulo Grace 0
On June 8, 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law a bill granting financial autonomy and independence to the 36 states’ Houses of Assembly and their judiciaries. That was afterthe 8th Assembly had passed the bill and forwarded same to the president for his assent. The legislation was a reaction to a long-time yearningby stakeholders […]
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The abduction of journalists in Abia State

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On May 4, 2020, at about 7:00pm, unknown gunmen who operated in a motorcycle and Toyota Sienna space bus abducted a female on-air presenter, Chinenye Iwuoha, working with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Pacesetter FM, in Umuahia, Abia State capital. The locus in quo is a stone throw to Amakanma Housing Estate in […]
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NYSC at 47

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A couple of days ago, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), a brainchild of former Head of State, General (rtd) Yakubu Gowon, turned 47. Although there was nationwide lockdown owing to COVID-19 pandemic, the 47th anniversary neverthelessheld, in various parts of the country, but it was low-key. For instance, the Ekiti Office of the NYSC […]
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On police arrest of Oba Akewi, family members

Ihesiulo Grace 0
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), a couple of days ago, dragged a 43-year old freelance broadcaster, Mr Rotimi Jolayemi, before a Federal high court sitting in Abuja for allegedly inciting public annoyance against the incumbent Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Jolayemi, popularly known as “Oba Akewi”, is the Vice Chairman of Freelance […]
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That dirty Twitter fight

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The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs Kafayat Oluwatoyin Dabiri-Erewa, in a video released on May 23, 2020 narrated how ‘gunmen’ chased staff of the commission from its office located at Mbora district in Abuja on the alleged order of Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami.The video was published […]
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ASUU, FG and the IPPIS storm

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Today makes it 78 days that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been locked in a protracted dispute with the Federal Government over the insistence by the latter to use the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) for the former and the non-implementation of the February 2019 FGN/ASUU Memorandum of Action (MoA). […]
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At last, justice for Ese Oruru

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A Federal high court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Thursday sentenced a tricycle operator, YunusaDahiru (aka Yellow) to a 26- year imprisonment for kidnapping a 13-year old girl, Ese Rita Oruru, about five years ago at her mother’s shop in Opolo area of Yenagoa Local Government, Bayelsa State. That was after the trial judge, […]
COVID-19
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The real casualty of COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 0
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, fear has pocketed the globe. Governments have been busy announcing heavy figures of deaths and huge economic losses.‎ Everyone is crying out for a solution and asking for suitable palliatives. But who and what is the real casualty of this pandemic in Nigeria? Yes, a few billionaires and […]