The former governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has demanded that a southerner must succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
Fayose also tweeted in Yoruba language saying “awa south lo kan” which means “it is the turn of the south”, a reference to the ‘catchphrase’ attributed to Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress.
In Borno state, 314 Terrorists were said to have surrendered to troops in Bama Local Government Area of the state as a result of the ongoing onslaught against terrorism in the North East.
The Nigerian Army, which disclosed this on its official social media handle, said the troops also rescued 12 farmers from the terrorists’ den.
A high court judge in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has sentenced James Imhalu a dismissed policeman, to death by ‘hanging’ for the murder of a commercial driver in 2015, over his refusal to pay him a N100 Naira bribe.
Justice ‘Elsie Thompson’ while delivering the judgment; described the former officer as a “serial trigger-happy” policeman that should not be allowed to remain in society.
Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday for using his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who were just children, in a systematic scheme that went on for decades.
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