Author: TheScrutinyNG

Abuja-based Civil Society Organisation (CSO), the Society for Rule of Law in Nigeria (SRLN), has described as a welcome development, plan by some notable Nigerians to jointly pursue a suit against oil magnate and former Managing Director of Duport Midstream Company Limited, Atlantic Refineries and Chairman of Platform Capital, Mr Akintoye Akindele, over alleged scam, running to over N240 billion. SRLN, which offered free legal service of 10 lawyers who are its members, said it had received reports from some of the victims of the scams allegedly perpetrated by the said Akindele. Rising from its meeting in Abuja on Sunday,…

Aare Afe Babalola, the visitor and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado- Ekiti (ABUAD), has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to end its monopoly and allow Dangote Refinery to sell fuel at its intended lower rate to benefit Nigerians. He said this while receiving as the ‘Outstanding Achiever of All Time’, by the Ekiti-Kete Coalition in the United States of America, USA. On the issue of rising fuel prices, Babalola said: “If Dangote invested his resources to build a massive refinery, why should NNPC insist on him selling to them first before selling to the public? “Let…

Godswill Akpabio, the president of the Senate, has said the victory of Senator Monday Okpebholo of the APC in Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State has shown what to expect in the November gubernatorial poll in Ondo. Speaking in Benin City as he was reacting to the election of the APC candidate, the Senate President praised the outcome of the election and said while the exercise was tough at the beginning, the outcome reflected the trust the masses had in the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, noting that the election is a turning point in the political CSS of…

Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has emerged victorious in the Edo State governorship election held on Saturday. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Okpebholo, having satisfied all conditions and scored the highest number of votes, won the election. Okpebholo secured a total of 291,667 votes. His closest rival, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), garnered 247,655 votes. Olumide Akpata, representing the Labour Party (LP), finished third, receiving a total of 22,763 votes. Meanwhile, the PDP in Edo has appealed to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to review the results collated…

The PDP Governors’ Forum Has charged INEC to uphold its integrity by announcing the results that reflect the choice Edolites had made in Saturday’s gubernatorial election. This is as the Governors’ Forum yualso refuted accusations from the APC, which alleged interference by PDP governors in INEC’s duties. In a statement released by the Forum’s chairman, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, who also serves as the governor of Bauchi State, the Forum clarified that Governor Fintiri merely referenced results that were already publicly accessible on the INEC IREV portal, aiming to prevent any form of manipulation. “We are satisfied that our colleagues…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has backed Governor Ahmed Fintiri of Adamawa State that results at the various polling Units show their candidate, Asue Ighodalo, leading the Edo State governorship election conducted on Saturday. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, said this in Abuja, on Sunday. Ologunagba said, “The PDP asserts that the rush, venom and hauling of insults with which the All Progressives Congress (APC) attacked Governor Fintiri only confirms APC’s violent desperation to cover its manipulations and steal the mandate freely given to Dr. Asue Ighodalo by the people of Edo State as reflected in…

The Department of State Service (DSS) has confirm freeing about six persons they detained after they participated in the recent protest over hunger and hardship in the country. According to security sources, who spoke to Vanguard, the six persons were freed last Thursday in Kaduna on the orders of the Director General of the DSS, Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi. The source, who is familar with the release of the suspects, told Vanguard on Sunday that three other suspects are however being processed by the agency for prosecution having been found to have committed criminal offences during the protest. The top source…

The 6 Division, Nigerian Army, confirm that its operatives have neutralised two armed vandals involved in illegal oil bunkering during a gun duel and recovered two AK-47 rifles while 18 suspects were arrested across various states in the Niger Delta region. Also, the Army said the troops destroyed 13 illegal refining sites, seven boats, uncovered eight illegal connection points and impounded over 60,000 litres of stolen products across the region. The acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations, Lit-Col. Jonah Danjuma disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Sunday. Danjuma said the…

John Stones scored deep in injury time as Manchester City salvaged a 2-2 draw with 10-man Arsenalon Sunday to remain top of the Premier League table after a rip-roaring battle against their bitter title rivals. The draw in what was more of a slugfest than a chess match left Pep Guardiola’s men with 13 points after five matches, while Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal are fourth with 11. Erling Haaland put City ahead in the ninth minute when Savinho threaded a beautiful through ball that the big Norwegian sprinted onto then slotted past David Raya. Ricardo Calafiori cancelled out Haaland’s goal with…

In what is a clean sweep, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the chairmanship positions in Saturday’s local government area election in Enugu State. Professor Christian Ngwu, Chairman of the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), announced the results and praised the commission for conducting a free and fair election. He described the election as the most transparent yet, noting that the results were meticulously collated and analysed to prevent any errors. “We carefully collated and analysed the results to ensure that there were no mistakes,” he said. However, none of the candidates from opposition parties, who contested…