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The Ekiti State government led by the incumbent Governor, Kayode Fayemi, announced the dissolution of the State Executive Council. Fayemi announced on Wednesday that the cabinet was dissolved during a valedictory executive session at the Council Chamber, Governor’s Office, in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of the state. Meanwhile, he informed and directed the political appointees to hand over to the most senior civil servants in their various ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) while expressing his appreciation to the outgoing council members for their relentless service to the development of the state. He thanked them for their support and contributions towards the…

A Kaduna State Magistrate Court sitting in Chediya GRA, Zaria, remanded three members of the Kaduna State Traffic Law Enforcement Agency (KASTLEA) for allegedly assaulting a married woman in front of her husband. Nasiru DTO, Abubakar S, Dorcas Nana, and 10 other unidentified KASTLEA employees were accused of attempting to assault the plaintiff’s wife by attorneys Aminu Yahaya and Sumayya. They would be remanded in custody until the case was heard on October 18, 2022. The accused persons were charged under section 175 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Kaduna State, 2017. Nnamdi Kanu’s health worsening in DSS…

Secessionist militiamen attacked an army unit at Umunze, Anambra State and three soldiers were confirmed dead as well as one civilian. The attack comes barely 24 hours after a similar attack in Enugu, an adjoining state. The incident occurred around 2 pm on Wednesday in Umunze, Orumba South Local Government Area of the state with one of the assailants reportedly losing his life. ChronicleNG gathered that the incident caused fear and apprehension in the affected communities. Local media reported that the soldiers killed in Anambra were moving in a minibus when they were attacked by the hoodlums. Army dismisses 2…

A free-for-all fight broke out on Wednesday at the Iyana Iba axis of Lagos between members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN). The fracas started on Wednesday afternoon at the under-bridge area at Iyana Iba, along Lagos-Badagry expressway in Ojo LGA. ChronicleNG understands that the fracas was between two factions of the RTEAN over leadership of the park. Two persons are feared to have died in the ensuing violence, but correspondents have not been able to verify this claim. Senate urges FG to repair federal road in Edo state However, several people sustained various forms of injuries during…

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, is ahead of the pack in the race for the 2023 presidential election, a newly released poll by Bloomberg media has shown. The poll which was conducted by Premise Data Corporation for Bloomberg News and published, on Wednesday, showed the Labour party candidate is most-favoured among other contestants as he came tops in choices of prospective voters. It said a clear majority of respondents said they intend to vote for Obi, a former state governor, in elections scheduled for February. The media organisation noted that most respondents claimed they trust…

A weeping Iranian woman is seen kneeling by her dead brother’s coffin as she slashes through her hair with a pair of scissors. Her relatives wail for justice as she tosses strands onto the coffin. They were grieving for 36-year-old Javad Heydari, who was fatally shot last week at one of the anti-government protests that have gripped Iran. Images like these have galvanized women across the world to join Iranian women protesting the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. She died in hospital on September 16, three days after being pulled off the streets of Tehran by morality police and taken to a “re-education center” for…

Myanmar military court has sentenced an OnlyFans model six years in jail for posting pictures on the adult subscription site among other similar platforms. Nang Mwe San, a model and former doctor, had been charged two weeks ago for “harming culture and dignity”, military authorities said. She had also previously taken part in protests against the military, which seized power in 2021 in a coup. She is believed to be the first person in Myanmar jailed for OnlyFans content. Another model, who had also posted pictures of her participation in protests on social media, was also arrested in August under…

Guinea’s oldest chimpanzee, Fana has died aged about 71, the environment ministry has said. Fana had lived alone as she became less mobile after a bad fall nearly 25 years ago paralysed her left upper limb, AFP news agency reports. She lived in a forest around the village of Bossou in the far south-eastern corner of Guinea. Her death brings the number of Bossou chimpanzees down to six or seven, AFP reports. Zookeeper mauled by Crocodile in front of a terrified crowd The Chimpanzees drew international attention in 2009 after researchers found they used stone hammers and anvils to crack…

According to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the decision to raise the monetary policy rate MPR) was made in an effort to rein in inflation that was out of control CBN’s Director, Monetary Policy Department, Hassan Mahmoud, said this on Wednesday at a post-MPC briefing tagged: “Unveiling Facts behind the Figures’’. The MPC, in its 287th meeting on Tuesday, had increased the MPR by 150 basis points, from 14% to 15.5%. The MPR is the baseline interest rate in an economy on which other interest rates within that economy are built on. The decision, according to CBN Governor Godwin…

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has categorically denied endorsing Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP) declaring the rumour to be a baseless and malicious fabrication The Governor in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media Projects, Crusoe Osagie, said the haters are spreading this rumour to mislead and misinform the public for their own personal gain. “The news item in a section of the media, stating that Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has endorsed the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, is absolutely false and malicious. “No statement to such effect originated…