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Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish Governor Hope Uzodimma as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Imo West Senatorial District in the 2027 election.Uzodimma and the APC were also joined as defendants in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1854/2026.The originating summons was filed on August 13, 2026, by Okorocha’s counsel, O.J. Aboje.Okorocha, who governed Imo State between 2011 and 2019, subsequently represented the Imo West Senatorial District in the Senate from 2019 to 2023.The former governor contested the APC senatorial ticket against Uzodimma during the party’s primary election held in May.Williams Kayod...

A former Zambian minister, Mutotwe Kafwaya, has been killed in a security operation at a property reportedly connected to opposition leader Brian Mundubile in Lusaka.Kafwaya was fatally wounded last Friday, according to the police, during a confrontation between security personnel and unidentified people at the property. The incident occurred a day after Zambia held its presidential election.According to the BBC, police said a joint security team conducted the operation, which led to the arrest of 11 people.Authorities alleged that a political alliance associated with Mundubile was involved in insurgency and militia-related activities, claiming that weapons were also seized during the operation.The security forces said the confrontation began after they encountered ar...

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has opined that former President Olusegun Obasanjo does not have any political or electoral value.Recall that the duo have not been on good terms since they left office in 2007 after completing their second term of eight years as President and Vice President, respectively.Atiku had revealed that he opposed Obasanjo’s third-term bid to defend Nigeria’s Constitution and democracy rather than out of personal loyalty.Speaking to newsmen on Wednesday, August 19, Atiku said he was not bothered by Obasanjo’s refusal to endorse him.“In 1999, he could not even win his own state or the Southwest; it was Arewa that made him President. He possesses no electoral value,” Atiku said.Speaking on the 2027 ge...

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned two men before the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, over allegations bordering on the unlawful disclosure and supply of bank access credentials.The defendants, Gideon Bakpa Aghogho and Oscar Ebere Chukwuebuka, were brought before Justice F.N. Ogazi on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. They were arraigned alongside a third suspect, identified as Scott, who is currently at large.The trio are facing an eight-count charge relating to the alleged unauthorised supply of credentials capable of granting access to a bank database.The charges were filed under Sections 27 and 28(1)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015, as amended in 2024.One of the counts alleged ...

Suspected hoodlums on Wednesday, August 19, attacked the convoy of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, shortly after his visit to the palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji.The attack triggered an exchange of gunfire with the governor’s security personnel.The incident occurred shortly after Governor Adeleke left the palace hall, where he had met with the monarch.Adeleke arrived at the Ataoja’s palace at about 3:15 pm in a motorcade of about 20 vehicles after leaving the Osun State headquarters of the electoral commission.The Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, confirmed the attack, stating that the governor’s security personnel successfully repelled the assailants and that no casualties were recorded.“They are h...

Veteran actor Jide Kosoko has explained why efforts to take ailing actor Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, to different locations for spiritual treatment have not been possible.In a statement, Kosoko appreciated fans, colleagues and well-wishers for their prayers, financial support and offers of medical and spiritual assistance.He said the family had received hundreds of offers from people who believe they could help Ogogo, but moving him from the hospital at this stage of his treatment would be extremely difficult.According to him, more than 300 and even over 500 people have offered to assist, making it difficult to determine where Ogogo could be taken while ensuring he continues receiving proper care at the hospital.Kosoko urged people not to feel offended if the fa...