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Nine governorship candidates in Lagos State have stepped down for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. The political parties include the Young Progressive Party, (YPP), APP, Action Democratic Party (ADP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), NRM and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), at an event held in Lagos. The candidates under the auspices of Alliance of Registered Political Parties, formally endorsed and declared their support for the re-election bid of Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat in the March 18 governorship election in the state in…
A South African Police officer has been arrested in connection with the murder of his estranged wife and his 30-year-old lover. It was gathered that the warrant officer found his wife and the alleged lover having sex at an apartment belonging to her friend and gunned them down. Independent Police Investigative Directorate spokesperson, Lizzy Suping, said the incident took place on Tuesday evening, 14 March, 2023 at iKageleng in Zeerust, North West province. Suping said the warrant officer, who is stationed at the Nietverdiend SAPS in Zeerust, handed himself over to police on Wednesday. Police spokesperson, Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone, said…
A Russian fighter jet struck the propeller of a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, causing the drone to crash, the United States military said. State Department spokesman Ned Price called it a “brazen violation of international law.” He said the U.S. summoned the Russian ambassador to lodge a protest and the U.S. ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracy, has made similar representations in Moscow. US European Command said two Russian Su-27 fighters intercepted the unmanned MQ-9 Reaper over international waters and one clipped its propeller. “Several times before the collision, the Su-27s dumped fuel on and flew…
57-year-old man, Sidney Holmes, has been released after serving more than 34 years of a 400-year prison sentence for a crime he didn’t commit. Holmes was arrested in October 1988 for allegedly being the driver for two unidentified men who robbed a man and woman at gunpoint outside a store, according to Pryor. The two unidentified men stole the male victim’s car. Holmes was convicted in a jury trial in April 1989, and sentenced to 400 years in prison. The state of Florida reinvestigated the case and determined he did not commit armed robbery. “I can’t put it into words,”…
The “Mean Girls” star announced her pregnancy in an Instagram post on Tuesday, sharing an image of a baby onesie with “Coming soon…” written on it. The post was captioned “We are blessed and excited!” Lindsay tells TMZ: “We are very excited for our new family member to arrive and we are looking forward to this next chapter of our lives!” Lohan married financier Bader Shammas in 2022, People magazine reports. The expecting parents started dating just before the pandemic shut down the world, and in November 2021 she announced their engagement. Lindsay was last photographed a little over a…
The Tropical Cyclone Freddy that ripped through southern Malawi has reportedly claimed no fewer than 190 people and have left 584 injured. At least 37 people have also been reported missing in the country, according to the country’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs on Tuesday. The Malawi Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change said the cyclone is “weakening but will continue to cause torrential rains associated with windy conditions in most parts of Southern Malawi districts.” “The threat of heavy flooding and damaging winds remains very high,” the report added. Charles Kalemba, a commissioner for the Department of Disaster…
ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Nigerians have complied fully with the new directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that old N200, N500 and N1000 notes remain legal tenders. The CBN directive is in obedience to the Supreme Court ruling which flawed the naira redesign policy and asked that the old notes remain a legal tender till December, 2023. The Supreme Court had on Friday, 3 March 2023, in a suit filed by Kaduna, Kogi, Zamfara and seven other States against the naira redesigned policy of the CBN, nullified the policy while directing that the old naira notes…
A South African woman arrested for hiring hitmen to kill her husband over insurance money, has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Phumaphi Gloria Gwebu and her husband Sipho Shadrack Dimba, 52, lived together at Msogwaba Trust with their children. The 47-year-old woman who reportedly paid hitmen R20,000 to kill her husband so she could cash in on the insurance policies, pleaded guilty before the court. She was arrested, charged to court and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Mpumalanga High Court on Monday, 13 March, 2023. In her plea explanation, Gwebu stated she took out five insurance policies for Dimba,…
Mozambique and Malawi on Monday are counting the cost of Tropical Storm Freddy, which killed more than 60 people. The storm injured scores and left a trail of destruction as it ripped through southern Africa for the second time in a month over the weekend. At least 11 people have been confirmed dead and 16 are missing around Blantyre, Malawi’s second-largest city after tropical storm Freddy brought torrential rains that triggered floods and landslides, police have said. Freddy, one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, is believed to also be the longest-lasting tropical cyclone, with the…
ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Godwin Emefiele, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, has reacted to reports that he is scheming against Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Unconfirmed reports had been rife on the social media that the CBN Governor recently launched a fresh plot against Asiwaju Tinubu. But in a swift response on Monday, 13 March, 2023, Emefiele has come out to totally debunk the report and state categorically that he never planned such. The report claimed that the CBN Governor already gave out a specific amount of money to a governorship candidate ahead of the 2023 gubernatorial…