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Abdullahi, the son of Sani Abacha, late former head of state, has died.

The announcement was made by Gumsu Sani Abacha, his sister, via a tweet on Saturday.

According to the post, Abdullahi died in the early hours of the day.

"Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. I lost my younger brother Abdullahi Sani Abacha,” she wrote.

Gumi disclosed that her younger brother died in his sleep.
“May Allah forgive his shortcomings and grant him jannatul firdous, Ameen. Please include him in your prayers,” she added.

Femi Fani-Kayode, a member of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, has taken a swipe at the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi for saying he was the winner of Saturday’s election.

On Thursday, Obi declared that he actually won the 2023
presidential election. The Labour Party flagbearer said he was robbed of his mandate, adding that he would reclaim it in a court of law.

Obi said this during his first media briefing after the Saturday presidential and National Assembly elections.

The Labour Party candidate who came third had 6, 101,533
votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party had 6,984,520 and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress was declared the winner.

Reacting, Fani-Kayode stated that Obi should stop shedding tears on National TV and accept his loss.

He Tweeted: “ Peter the Pooh says he won the election?

Wonders never cease! Now I know where the Obidients get their mass delusion & hypnotic psychosis from.

“Can someone tell this poor, lost soul to stop shedding tears on national television? He can leave that to Dati the Daft: he is good at it.”

The Kano Police Command has detained a member-elect representing Dala Federal Constituency of Kano State on the platform of New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Aliyu Madaki.


Madaki honoured a police invitation on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, after his viral picture brandishing a pump action gun during a homecoming rally of the presidential candidate of the NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, surfaced online.

Spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who confirmed the development in a statement said Madaki is currently at the State CID undergoing an investigation.

“Today, 1st March 2023, the Kano State Police Command under the leadership of CP Muhammad Yakubu has invited Honourable Aliyu Sani Madaki, member-elect, Dala Federal Constituency for suspected unlawful possession of a firearm. He is currently at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Kano State Police Command undergoing an investigation,” the PPRO stated.

Recall that thugs had attacked the motorcade of the NNPP presidential candidate along Zaria Road, Kano on February 23, during the grand finale of his presidential campaign, and Mr Madaki allegedly led a crackdown against the thugs.

The incident led to the arrest of the ruling APC chairmen of Ungogo and Rimingado Local Government Areas of Kano State, Abdullahi Ramat and Munir Dahiru respectively with pistols by a joint security operatives.

Police later paraded 85 thugs arrested alongside thebchairmen during the clash but set free the local government chairmen without filing charges against them.

Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the meeting which was held at the command headquarters was convened to address security concerns within the state.


The statement read;

“The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Idowu Owohunwa, today convened a meeting of political parties, traditional rulers, religious/youth/market leaders, media influencers and other opinion moulders at the POWA Hall of the Command Headquarters, Ikeja Lagos.

“The meeting which was convened to address security concerns within the state following the Presidential Election and in view of the coming Gubernatorial Election provided the opportunity for Lagosians to ventilate their concerns, point out areas of security needs and recommend strategies that would help curb any form of violence within the state.

“The Commissioner of Police reminded influential people that they have an important role in setting an example and can help ensure that peace is maintained by speaking out against any form of violence or aggression.”

Owohunwa who charged the stakeholders to eschew violence and preach peace, tolerance and rule of law to their teaming followers, added that the Command will not hesitate to protect law-abiding citizens and deal with troublemakers in accordance with the law.

Ikenga Ugochinyere, spokesperson of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should halt the collation of presidential election results.

There have been concerns over the non-functionality of the
bimodal voter verification system (BVAS) and missing results on the INEC result viewing portal, among others.

In a statement on Tuesday, Ugochinyere, a member-elect of the house of representatives, said the exercise violates section 64(4) of the electoral act.

He said this has made the “presidential collation exercise so far unconstitutional and an invitation to anarchy”.

“The ongoing collation of presidential election results are
unconstitutional and a possible invitation to the anarchy
that must be averted now by immediate halt,” Ugochinyere
said.

“As a constitutional lawyer, foremost advocate for credible
election and spokesman of CUPP, I have come to the
conclusion to advise that in the national interest that
collation of presidential election results be halted in view
of compromise and violation of provision of section 64(4)
of the electoral act.

“Clearly, the results being collated were not transmitted
directly from the polling units but cooked by rouge governors who were the same elements behind the Omuma magic compromise of the voters register and should be stopped before this illegal throws Nigeria into national confusion.”

On Wednesday, former president Olusegun Obasanjo said
elections that have been marred with irregularities should
be rescheduled.

A Nigerian lady, Onyenankeya Queen Enewa, is celebrating after she married a man she worked for as a sales girl.

The newlywed disclosed this on a Christian Facebook group on Monday, February 27, 2023.

“Congratulations to me. Two weeks ago was my traditional wedding. God has shown me mercy and grace. This man that got married to me today is my boss. I was working for him as a sales girl in one of his shops before he proposed to me. I started working for Last year August when he proposed to me in September. Then our traditional wedding took place in February this year. I married at the age of 28. He is also a virgin. I prayed for Igbo man and God gave me heart desires. You next celebrate in Jesus name.” she wrote.

They made bonfires of disused tyres on both sides of the highway causing serious traffic gridlock.

Following the ongoing Naira scarcity, aggrieved Nigerians on Tuesday shut the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway at the Sango-Ota axis to protest their inability to withdraw money from Automated Teller Machines (ATMs).

They made bonfires of disused tyres on both sides of the highway causing serious traffic gridlock.

Some of the protesters told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the current cash crunch had created serious pains and agonising moments.

The leader of the protesters, Mr Kazeem Sanni described the situation where bank customers could not access their money as unfortunate.

He said it had been double jeopardy for bank customers as the banks would neither load their ATMs with money nor allow depositors into the banking halls to make withdrawals.

CBN already instructed banks to load their ATMs with cash and to also allow depositors to withdraw a maximum of N20,000 across the counter.

“The situation is really pathetic as this has grounded and paralysed business activities,’’ Sanni lamented.

“We decided to demonstrate to show our grievances as we can no longer bear this. hardship, ’’ he stressed.

He called on the CBN to urgently print more new notes and. ensure that banks comply with its directives.

A protester, Mr Rotimi Odubanjo, noted that the inability to. withdraw money from banks had inflicted untold discomfort. on the people.

“We need the Federal Government to come to our assistance and ease this cash and fuel scarcity,’’ he said.

He said the twin scarcity of fuel and money had crippled. economic activities and was leading to hunger.

The Intelligence Response Team, Force Intelligence Bureau, Garki, Abuja has detained the presiding pastor of House on the Rock in Abuja, Pastor Uche Aigbe, for carrying an AK-47 while preaching in the church on Sunday, February 12.

Aigbe caused a stir in the church on Sunday when he came in bearing the weapon in his hand. The FCT police command commenced an investigation this morning and discovered that the weapon was handed over to him by one Inspector Musa Audu who was on an assignment in the church,

When interrogated, Audu told the police that he only offered the weapon to Pastor Aigbe because he wanted to use it for illustration. The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory Command, Sadiq Abubakar, has made a recommendation to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to dismiss Inspector Audu.

The Oguta High Court located in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State was on Sunday night, February 12, bombed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.

According to reports, the gunmen arrived the court premises at about 11.30pm and attacked it.

The Magistrates court registry, appeal court record office, file room, secretary to the high court judge?s office, office of the high court bailiff, the
chamber of the high court judge were all razed during the attack.

Confirming the incident, the Sole Administrator of the Oguta LGA, Ofili Ijioma, said that the arson had been reported to
security agents. This attack comes days after unknown gunmen murdered the judge in charge of Ejemekwuru customary court, Nnaemeka Ugboma, while presiding over a court session.

The state police command is yet to comment on this development.