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Libya Police Bust Nigerian Human Trafficking Gang

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

The Libyan Criminal Investigations Agency has revealed that it busted a human trafficking gang from Nigeria and rescued five Nigerian girls forced into prostitution in Tripoli. This was made known by the Libyan Observer on its Twitter page on Sunday Sharing a photo, the Libyan Observer said, “The Libyan Criminal...

Poll: Action Alliance withdraws petition against APC, Tinubu, INEC

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

By Nicole Augustine The Action Alliance, AA, has withdrawn the petition it filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and All Progressives Congress, APC. The party, on Monday, through its team of lawyers led by Mr. Oba Maduabuchi, SAN, applied to discontinue further proceedings...

Kenneth Okonkwo, Others Represent Obi At Presidential Election Tribunal

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

Veteran Nigerian actor and spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, has revealed the lawyers representing the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the court of appeal. He made this known in a post on his Twitter page on Monday. Okonkwo said, “We have a formidable team...

129 Nigerian Evacuees Arrive In Abuja

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

One hundred and twenty-nine Nigerians fleeing war-torn Sudan arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Monday. According to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission in a statement shared via its Twitter handle, the 129 evacuees are the eighth batch bringing to a total of 1,600 evacuees so far....

Obi Arrives Presidential Election Tribunal In Abuja

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has arrived at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja. The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal began pre-hearing the petitions challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election. The Independent National Electoral Commission declared that...

DJ Maphorisa Arrested For Assaulting Girlfriend

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

South African Disc Jockey, Themba Sonnyboy Sekowe, also known as DJ Maphorisa, has been arrested for allegedly attacking his actress girlfriend, Thuli Phongolo. According to City Press, the Amapiano music producer was reported to the police by Phongolo after the domestic incident which happened at her Sandton apartment in Johannesburg....

ILO, unions, seeks effective use of Nigerian govt’s SOP for recruitment of migrant workers

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

By Michael Paul In a bid to promote ethical and fair recruitment of Nigerian migrant workers, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Nigeria Labour Congress have called for more awareness on the contents of the Federal Government Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for International Recruitment of Nigerian Migrant Workers. The...

Poll: PEPC to conduct pre-hearing today in petitions by Obi, AA, APP

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has announced that it would commence its pre-hearing session today with three petitions. They are the petitions by Action Alliance (AA) marked: CA/PEPC/01/2023; Action Peoples Party (APP) marked: CA/PEPC/02/2023 and Peter Obi & Labour Party (LP) marked:...

Drake Shows His DNA Ancestry, Says He Is 30% Nigerian

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

Canadian rapper, Aubrey Drake Graham popularly known as Drake, has shared the result of his DNA test. The rapper shared a screenshot of the result via his Instagram story on Monday saying it is his father’s result. In the result, Nigeria has the highest percentage of ethnicity with 30% followed...

10th NASS: APC’s micro-zoning faces setback

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

*Parliamentary Network insists on independence of 10th Assembly, equity, fairness. *Independence of 10th NASS non-negotiable. *Executive interference must be rejected. Following recent developments in the build-up to the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly and the election of its Presiding Officers, members of the Parliamentary Advocacy Network (PAN, Nigeria), a...