Former Ekiti governor Ayo Fayose on Thursday saw the suspension of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) by the party’s National Work Council (NWC) as “the last kick of a dead horse”. The party’s NWC suspended the former governor and three others earlier on Thursday over alleged anti-party activity. Other affected members are former Senate President Pius Anyim, Professor Dennis Ityavyar and Aslam Aliyu. The PDP national leadership also referred to the Governor of Benue State,…
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Police continue to search for victims of a fire that tore through a building in Old Montreal on Thursday, with one confirmed dead and six missing. At a news conference Sunday night, fire and police officials confirmed that the body had been recovered at 6:45 p.m. and had been sent to a forensic laboratory for identification. “We are sensitive to what the family of the missing (person) is going through,” said Martin Guilbault, chief of…
"One dead, six remain missing as police search for victims of fire in Old Montreal"
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked coastal Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, causing structural damage to homes, schools and health centers, killing at least 16 people and displacing thousands. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), earthquake Authorities said the quake, which had a magnitude of 6.8, struck at a depth of 66.4 kilometers (41.3 miles), about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from the city of Balao in Guayas province, but appeared unlikely to trigger a…
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Chisom Lennard, the campaign coordinator for the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers State’s Ahoada-West Local Government District, was reportedly shot dead by suspected hooligans while trying to stop them from hijacking election materials during the gubernatorial and state assembly elections. Saturday. Sogbeye Eli, spokesman for the state lAPC 2023 campaign committee, confirmed the incident in a statement Sunday morning, saying political mobs opened fire on Leonard, who died instantly. Also read:APC accuses NNPP of…
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Ebenezer Aduroquia Amid what appeared to be low turnout and voter apathy in the Delta state on Saturday, three people were reportedly shot dead and a building was set ablaze in the state’s western Ethiopian local government area, Mosogal. In Amukpe, Sapele, our reporter learned that a young man lost his hand in a clash at a polling station in the area. The burned building in Mosogal is owned by Dr. Wilson Omene, chief of…
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Olalekan Olablo There are fears of one death and many injuries as violence mars Lagos state’s gubernatorial and House elections. Hooligans also destroyed ballot papers and ballot boxes in the Fadeyi, Ijegun Ajegunle, Oojo, Oke Afa and Ajah districts of the state. The unidentified man, suspected of being a thug, was allegedly shot dead by a police officer after he stole votes from the Star time Estate on Jamtok Ago Palace Way. Many more were…
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A suspected political thug was reportedly shot and killed by a soldier at a polling station in the Ogoja local government area in northern Cross River state. The thug, identified only as Joe, was allegedly killed Saturday afternoon when he tried to snatch the ballot box at the unit. Cross River State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the incident, said the command had information but said details had yet to be…
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Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, the direct deputy governor of Ekiti state, died in the early hours of Saturday at the age of 79. Egbeyemi served as Deputy to Governor Kayode Fayemi from 2018 to 2022. Egbeyemi is understood to have died at a popular multi-system hospital in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti state. A close ally who worked with him as one of his key officials broke the news. From 1992 to 1993, he was Chairman…
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A police officer named Judas Chiloane has been shot dead while having sex with his lover in the bush in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The 60-year-old police officer who doubled as a traffic chief in Bushbuckridge was allegedly shot twice in the back seat of his Ford Ranger bakkie, while his lover was not injured, according to local sources. Two suspects, Charles Mbungeni Mabuza and Howard Mashego, were arrested on suspicion of murder on Monday,…
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At least three people were confirmed dead after clashes between supporters of the All Progressive Congress Party (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state on Thursday. An eyewitness told reporters that another 13 people were injured to varying degrees in the violent clashes in the Ile-Tuntun area of the southeast Ibadan local government area of the state. Several motorcycles and cars were also destroyed in the riots. Witnesses said the trouble started…
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