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Point News247 reports that winners have emerged in the Access Bank Lagos Marathon 2022, with two Ethiopians, a male and a female taking the gold prices of the event which featured both male and female contestants. Ulfata Deresa, who won the male event with a time of 2.11.58 beats David Barmasai of Kenya who clocked 2.13.27 to take the second medal and Naibe Emmanuel, also of Kenya with a time of 2.14.42 finishing 3rd on the log. MALE: 1st: Ulfata Deresa, Ethiopia (2.11.58) 2nd: David Barmasai, Kenya (2.13.27) 3rd: Naibe Emmanuel, Kenya (2.14.42)

Point News247 reports that no fewer than six human bodies have been consumed after an inferno gutted the mortuary at the Agagbe Community in Gwer-West Local Government Area of Benue State, North Central Nigeria. The fire was reported to have started in the late hours of Friday, burning to ashes the bodies deposited at the morgue. The mortuary was said to belong to St. Francis Xavier Parish Agagbe and the fire broke out at about 5:00 pm on Friday. Confirming the report, the Police Public Relations Officer, Catherine Anene, a Superintendent of Police said that six corpses were burnt.

The Enugu Chapter of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has condemned the attacked on Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) officers in Enugu, which led to the death of one officer, while another was injured. Point News247 reports that the ANLCA, Enugu Chapter Chairman, Prince Alex Nwokeabia also commiserated with the NCS over the sad incident which occurred on Thursday, along the Enugu- Port Harcourt Expressway and called on the Nigeria Police to fish out the attackers and bring them to justice. According to a press statement by the NCS, the sad incident occurred on Thursday, 10th Febuary 2022…

Point News247 reports that President Muhammadu Buhari in a drastic move on Saturday, approved the appointment of former lawmaker, Muhammad Zorro, as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs and Strategy, Office of the First Lady. This is as the President temporarily redeployed three aides of the first lady to the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Saturday titled, ‘President Buhari Approves Sami Zorro SSA to First Lady, Redeployment and Disengagement of Others’. At…

Point News247 reports that the Supreme Court has declared as unlawful and unconstitutional, Executive Order 10 (EO10) on the funding of State Judiciary and Legislature. In a split decision on Friday, a majority of the court’s seven-member panel agreed that the President exceeded his constitutional powers in issuing the EO10. Six out of the seven members of the panel proceeded to void and set aside the EO10 issued by President Muhammadu Buhari. The apex court also dismissed the N66 billion suit filed by the state governors against the Federal Government.

Point News247 reports that the former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha and his successor, Governor Hope Uzodinma shelved their political differences as they hugged and shook hands at a public function. The duo have been at loggerheads since Okorocha was replaced. Okorocha’s administration is being probed by Governor Uzodinma who has also taken over assets from him, insisting that they belong to the state government. However, at an event in Abuja on Thursday, Okorocha and Uzodinma set aside their grievances and greeted each other with a smile and hugged.

Point News247 reports that the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) has vehemently condemned the importation and distribution of adulterated petrol products across the country, which has caused untold damage to vehicles. A statement released by the Publicity Department of the Association, and signed by the National Public Relations Officer, Mr Eric Elezuo, stated that the Association is not happy that at the level the country, close to 62 years of Independence, the issue of poor verification of petroleum products that enter the country is still rife, and asked the Federal Government to come down hard on all…

Point News247 reports that the immediate past Chairman of the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers and Alawe of Ilawe – Ekiti, Oba Ajibade Alabi has commended the Nigerian Senate for granting approval for the establishment of the new Law School Campus in Ekiti. The foremost monarch, in a statement made available to journalists by his media Adviser, Chief Ajibade Olubunmi also dismissed the controversy trailing the location of the project as needless as the sponsor of the bill Senator Smart Adeyemi had reaffirmed Ilawe-Ekiti as the host community. The monarch hinted that the community had made arrangements for the…

Point News247 reports that the Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has raised the alarm over the suspicious movement of an unknown helicopter operating around Lame-Burra Forest in Toro Local Government Area of the state. The governor had last Saturday while flagging of his administration’s empowerment programme in the area expressed worries over the spate of insecurity in the local government area, which he said had defied every solution. According to him, the geographic position of the local government area, which made it shared boundaries with the North-Central and North-West, made it a gateway for people to enter…

Point News247 reports that the Zamfara State House of Assembly has directed the state Chief Judge, Justice Kulu Aliyu, to set up an investigative panel on the alleged gross misconduct levelled against the Deputy Governor, Mahdi Aliyu Gusau. The House, during its extraordinary plenary, unanimously agreed that the Deputy Governor be investigated for breaching sections 190 and 193 (1), (2) (a)(b)(c) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 18 members, who were present at the plenary, out of the 22 members of the House, voted in favour of the motion and no member voted against the impeachment motion…