United States senator, Cory Booker, has joined Senator Bob Menendez, a ranking member of the US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, in condemning the rearrest of Omoyele Sowore in court.

On Friday, Menendez had said the brutal manner in which Sowore arrested was a blatant miscarriage of justice and promised to have his country intervene on the matter.

Booker, who also reacted on Friday, described the situation as dangerous and promised to assent to any move that will uphold the rule of law in the country.

He said, "It’s appalling that NJ journalist, Omoyele Sowore, was rearrested in Nigeria hours after his release. READ FULL STORY HERE

Ahead of the Ogun local government elections expected to be conducted in the state next year and subsequent general elections in 2023, over three thousand members of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) in Ogun State have defected to the People’s Democratic Party(PDP).

The defectors led by the House of Representatives candidate of the ANN for Abeokuta South Federal Constituency, Akeem Amosun, in the last general elections, said that they elected to move to PDP to form a vibrant and formidable opposition in the Gateway State.

The former ANN members were received into PDP family on Thursday evening by former House of Representatives member; Hon. Ladi Adebutu and PDP chieftain, Sikurullai Ogundele. READ FULL STORY HERE

Operatives of the Department of State Services,DSS. on Friday morning disrupted the ongoing trial of activists Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare, attempting to rearrest the two men, who were only released from its detention on Thursday evening.

The DSS operatives also chased away the presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu while also brutalising a journalist with a popular television station.

There is currently an ongoing standoff inside the court premises as the DSS operatives are refusing to allow Sowore and his lawyers come out of the place. READ FULL STORY HERE

The Lagos State police command on Thursday, December 5, has arrested Smart Adeyemi over the breach at Baruwa swamp along the System 2B of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in Alimosho area which resulted to the death of two persons.

The police also identified the dead as those who came to the river in the area for spiritual bath.

The prophet who coordinated the spiritual bath is said to have escaped after the candle he lit for the cleansing process resulted in an explosion.

Petrol from the breached pipeline was said to have flown into the water before the prophet and those he led to the river for the spiritual cleansing arrived. READ FULL STORY HERE

The Ekiti State Civil Service Commission has released the cut of mark of the examination results of the recruitment exercise which was held on Saturday, November, 30.‬

According to the Press Officer of the Office of the Head Of Service, Rotimi Feyisina who made the statement on Thursday, December 5.

Newsflash247 had earlier reported that the Ekiti State Civil Service Commission announced the commencement of the 2019/20 Recruitment Exercise into the Public Service of Ekiti State

A statement made available on Friday, November 15, to the Newsflash247 by the Permanent Secretary Service Commission, Bayo Opeyemi said the planned mass recruitment was a sequel to the approval of the state governor Kayode Fayemi. READ THE CATEGORY CUT-OFF MARK HERE

Ekiti State government on Thursday, December 5, has sacked no fewer than 900 workers of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Newsflash247 reports

According to report, the workers were dismissed by the institution’s management for various offences that allegedly contravene its condition of service.

The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Eddy Olanipekun who made this known while addressing newsmen in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, said the decision was taken by the institution’s Governing Council in its meeting on December 5, 2019.

Olanipekun noted that the decision was in compliance with the reports of an external private audit firm contracted to undertake a holistic audit of the institutions’ staff and finances. READ FULL STORY HERE

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Investment, Mrs. Maryam Uwais, has said the National Social Investment Office has an exit plan for N-Power beneficiaries.

Uwais told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday in Abuja that the plans were worked out ”long before the programme was moved to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster and Social Development,” NAN reports.

“We have had meetings with the Central Bank of Nigeria on different loan options for the N-Power beneficiaries after exiting the scheme. READ FULL STORY HERE

N-Power scheme under the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programme (SIP) on Monday, December 2, has revealed to the N-Power beneficiaries of the two months outstanding stipends will be paid, Newsflash247 reports.

According to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq has said payment for the October, November N-Power stipends will be paid on 20th December 2019.

Newsflash247 understands that the N-Power scheme has not paid October and November stipends to the beneficiaries with several rumours flying around READ FULL STORY HERE

Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who once represented Kogi west senatorial district in the National Assembly has been defeated in the just concluded supplementary poll in his senatorial zone.

Melaye was defeated by Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to become the senator-elect of the Kogi west senatorial district.

The supplementary poll was held after the November 16 election in the district was declared inconclusive by INEC.

Smart Adeyemi was leading by 80,118, while Dino Melaye was trailing with 59,548 votes. The final result after the Saturday, November 30, supplementary election showed that Adeyemi defeated Melaye by a total of 88,373 votes to 62,133. READ FULL STORY HERE

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, suffered a huge defeat on Friday, November 29, as an appeal court sitting in Jos, Plateau, ruled in favour of Simon Lalong, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 governorship election.

According to Channels Television reports that Justice Adumein Otisi, who led the judgement, threw out the appeal filed by PDP’s Jeremiah Useni for lacking merit.

The appeal court also fined Useni the sum of N200,000 in favour of Lalong and the APC. READ FULL STORY HERE

Tension rocks the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday, November 27 as security operatives prevented Senator Dino Melaye and journalists from gaining access to submit whether described “additional petition.”

The camera of a Journalist was seized but later released when Melaye intervened.

Recall that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Candidate for the Kogi West Senatorial rerun election in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye stormed INEC headquarters last week Wednesday, November 20 to express his dissatisfaction on the conduct of the Saturday election in which had reported incidences of violence and malpractice against him, his party-PDP and supporters. READ FULL STORY HERE

The Presiding Bishop, Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Ibadan, Bishop Wale Oke on Sunday, November 24, has called for caution and prayers over the ongoing legal tussle on the last governorship election in Oyo State.

Recall that the Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, had set aside the tribunal judgement that nullified the petition by Adebayo Adelabu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the election of Governor Seyi Makinde of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

Oke, at a service to mark the annual press week of the National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) in Oyo, said that God revealed to him that there were sinister moves and plans to cause chaos in the state over the Appeal Court judgment. READ FULL STORY HERE

A member of the All Progressives Congress ,APC, Hon. Charles Oko Enya, on Wednesday, November 20, has approached a Federal High Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, to direct the National Assembly and the Attorney-General of the Federation and minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to remove constitutional clauses hindering elected President and state governors from seeking a third term in office.

In his suit with No: FHC/AI/CS/90/19, which was filed at the court last Wednesday and made available to newsmen by his counsel, Barr. Iheanacho Agboti, the APC member is seeking for possible expungement of section 137(1) (b) and 182 (1) (b) in the 1999 constitution (as amended).

He insisted that the sections were infringement on the fundamental human rights of the likes of President Muhammadu Buhari and all state governors excluding the legislators. READ FULL STORY HERE

Newsflash247 can relate the Nigerian political space to the footballer scores for which it is not yet time for full celebration, as it used to be, until the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), verifies, confirms or dismisses it.

Nigeria’s 2019 elections have been concluded and winners have been announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) but appeal courts are still hearing the petitions filed by candidates who were not satisfied with the outcome of some of the poll’s results.

Significantly, the ‘election VAR’, that’s the appeal court, has been handing out some landmark rulings.[url]READ FULL STORY HERE

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay (SAN) has said that the former Lagos State governor and the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu was already wealthy before holding public office.

Sagay said this in a reaction to calls for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe Tinubu over a bullion van seen conveying cash to his home on the eve of the 2019 election.

Sagay noted, however, that Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, had in the past, used his personal money to help some politicians in the past. READ FULL STORY HERE

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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole on Friday, November 22, waked out the former Akwa-Ibom state governor and current Minister of Niger Delta, Senator God’swill Akpabio.

Akpabio suffered a public humiliation on Friday, November 22 when he was sent out of the APC National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the National Secretariat, Abuja.

Just like the Russian Emperor Czar Nicholas 11 and the French expansionist Napoleon Bonaparte who at various times of their revolutionary and glutomaniac lust for power met their waterloo, Senator God’swill Akpabio got his fair share baptism of his overzealous quest for undue subjugative tendencies when he was thoroughly disgraced and walked out of the APC NEC meeting in Abuja. READ FULL STORY HERE

The National Executive Council, NEC of the All Progressives Congress, APC may have decided to take the destiny of their party in there own hands, judging from the body language of President Mohammadu Buhari that each organ of the party must fight to ensure the sanctity of the party’s Constitution.

Arising from the outcomes of yesterday’s NEC meeting, some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Council (NEC) have insisted that the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, must resign from his position.

Flowing from their determination, Newsflash247 is in possession of NEC document, showing names and signatures of over 42 NEC members demanding the removal of Mr. Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole as the APC national chairman.READ FULL STORY HERE

President Muhammadu Buhari reportedly walked out of the National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting of the All Progressives Congress, APC, held at the party’s secretariat in Abuja on Friday.

National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole also got a vote of confidence and survived the impeachment threat hanging over his head, according to Sun.

President Buhari was reported to have walked out of the meeting when it became rowdy. READ FULL STORY HERE

The wife of Nasarawa State Governor, Hajiya Salifat Sule, may be having a bit of difficulty reading her prepared speech to an audience.

She is the first wife of the governor.

An undated video showing the first lady struggling to read a prepared speech during the inauguration of a programme in the state has surfaced.

Source said First Lady Hajiya Silifa having difficulty in reading her prepared speech to an audience at the flagoff of an MMC project in the state her husband governs has gone viral on social media READ FULL STORY HERE

The former governor of Edo State and currently the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, proved he is not a happy man on Tuesday, November 19, as he accused the deputy governor of Edo, Philip Shaibu, of betraying him after he helped the latter to power.

Oshiomhole, who called Shaibu his ‘son’, lamented that the deputy governor tried to humiliate him by bringing thugs to the home of the national chairman of the APC in Iyamho, Edo state, recently.

According to Oshiomhole, Shaibu is not the only one that had betrayed him READ FULL STORY HERE

Senator Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party senatorial candidate on Tuesday, November 19, has promised to report Kogi Governor elect, Yahaya Bello and other politicians in Kogi state to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the alleged violence that occurred during the senatorial and governorship election in the state.

Melaye, who is currently battling to get re-elected in the National Assembly, is trailing his opponent, Smart Adeyemi in the Kogi west senatorial district rerun poll.

But the lawmaker, in a post on Twitter on Tuesday, November 19, said what occurred in Kogi state was more of a civil war than an election READ FULL STORY HERE

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu on Tuesday, November 19 has said the helicopter sighted dropping teargas during last Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi state was deployed for crimes prevention purpose.

Adamu, who said this while briefing journalists after a meeting of Service Chiefs with President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday added that the helicopter which was on patrol had to intervene to stop those fighting and snatching ballot boxes. [url]READ FULL STORY HERE

Election results of the Five out of the Seven local government areas in the senatorial district has been announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in the Kogi West senatorial rerun election show that PDP’s Dino Melaye is poised to lose his seat in the Senate to his closest rival, Smart Adeyemi of the APC.

Of the seven local government areas in the senatorial district, five have been announced.

Of the five local government results announced, Mr Adeyemi has polled a total of 52,389 while Mr Melaye trails with 37,856.

The former won in all of Kaba Bunnu, Kogi Koton Karfe, Mopa Muro and Ijumu. Mr Melaye, however, scooped the highest votes in one LGA, Yagba East LGA. READ FULL STORY HERE

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The Official results of the governorship election have started coming in from local government areas in Kogi State.

After the announcement of the governorship election results at polling units, collations were done in wards before those of local governments.

Kogi has 21 local government areas.

The final announcement of results of each local government READ FULL STORY HERE

The Ekiti State Civil Service Commission has announces the commencement of the 2019/20 Recruitment Exercise into the Public Service of Ekiti State, Newsflash247 reports

A statement made available on Friday to the Newsflash247 by the Permanent Secretary Service Commission, Bayo Opeyemi said the planned mass recruitment was a sequel to the approval of the state governor Kayode Fayemi.

According to him, the governor has directed the board to fill vacancies in public Service in the state without delay.

He said the application forms will be available online from Friday, 15th November, 2019 READ FULL STORY HERE

Barley less than 24 hours to the governorship of Kogi State, some armed and masked security men who appeared in police uniforms have attacked Oyo State governor, Engr Seyi Makinde in a Lokoja Hotel, Kogi State.

This was contained in a statement signed and released by the Chief Press Secretary to the Oyo State Governor, Taiwo Adisa.

The statement reads:

“Information reaching us from Lokoja, the Kogi State capital confirmed that some armed and masked security men who appeared in police uniforms have attacked the Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde in Lokoja, Kogi state capital.READ FULL STORY HERE

Less than 24 hours to the governorship election of Bayelsa State, there was rumoured going on viral social media, particularly on Facebook that the Bayelsa governorship candidate, Senator Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has been disqualified by the Abuja High Court.

Newsflash247 gathered that the Federal High Court, Abuja did not even sit any Bayelsa PDP primary suit on Friday let alone deliver judgement between PDP and Chief Timi Alaibe over the governorship party primary

Newsflash247 gathered that the matter arising from the concluded PDP primary, Chief Timi Alaibe instituted a case in the Federal High Court in Yenagoa with SUIT No: FHC/YNG/CS/99/2019 against the PDP and 4 others. READ FULL STORY HERE

A woman who suspected to be a ritualist has reportedly turned into a goat after being forced to pick up the money she dropped in Oganganmodu Grammar School, Ido Ekiti, in Ido Osi local government area of Ekiti State.

According to reports, she was said to have dropped the money, expecting that some unsuspecting school children passing by would pick it up.

She was then spotted by onlookers who quickly pounced on her and forced her to pick up the money.

She was allegedly said to have turned into a goat as soon as she picked up the money. READ FULL STORY HERE

There was a mild drama in Lokoja, Kogi State capital on Thursday when Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai knelt before the people of Kogi State, asking them to forgive Governor Yahaya Bello for any wrong he had done.

El-Rufai who is also the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress governorship Campaign in Kogi State made the gesture at a mega rally held for the governor in the state capital Lokoja.

The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, also knelt down next to el-Rufai. However, Bello did not join them in kneeling down. READ FULL STORY HERE

Barely two two days to the governorship election in Bayelsa State, the Federal High Court, Yenagoa, on Thursday, November 14, has disqualified the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate from participating in the Bayelsa State governorship on Saturday

The Court declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) does not have a governorship candidate in the forthcoming election in Bayelsa State.

The court was presided over by Justice Jane Inyang.

The court declaration, on Thursday, was part of its judgement in a case filed by Heineken Lokpobiri, one of the APC governorship aspirants.READ FULL STORY HERE