Justice Toyin Oyekan-Abdullahi of the Lagos High Court sitting in Osborne, Ikoyi, has granted an application compelling the police to produce an alleged judgment debtor, Bamise Ajetunmobi, before it on February 2. Daily Independent reports that the alleged judgment debtor Ajetunmobi, who is now in the custody of the police at the Force CID Alagbon, was, according to the claimants, believed to have been arrested in Côte d’Ivoire while trying to board a flight to the UK. He and his wife, Elizabeth, and two firms linked to them, Imagine Global Holding Company Ltd and Imagine Global Solutions Ltd, were…
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The alleged alliance between the Presidential candidate of Labor Party, LP Peter Obi and the People Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar is becoming a reality as some of the ting-tug of the party defecting to join Atiku. As the election drawn closer, a Director of the LP, presidential campaign council in Bauchi State, Alhassan Bawu has dumped the party. Bawu defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Explaining his decision, Bawu said he defected to the PDP to support the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Speaking with journalists on Tuesday in Bauchi, he said the entire LP leaders in the…
The spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation (PCO), Senator Dino Melaye, has reacted to the alleged attack on President Muhammadu Buhari in Kano State. Meridainspy had report that some angry youths in Kano State, on Monday, hauled stones at the advance convoy of President Buhari and helicopter during an official visit to the state. However, in spite of the heavy security presence mounted on the routes leading to Ahmadu Bello way where the President was to launch one of the projects, the protesting youths had time to embarrass the President. Reacting to the development in…
Governor of Akwa Ibom, Udom Emmanuel has expressed dissatisfaction over Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s uncontrolled, unpatriotic and immature comments when he referred to the him as “a boy”. The governor made the reaction during the sideline inauguration at Government House, Uyo on Monday. The inauguration is the transition of power for newly appointed Permanent Secretaries, Chairmen and Members of Boards and Commissions, as well as a Transition Committee for the next administration. The Governor said it was unfortunate that Tinubu, who was granted State-owned facilities such as the airport, security, stadium, and a good atmosphere to sell his manifesto, ended up…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has been announced as the ‘best Leadership Government Agency of the year 2022’. The Corps was honoured on Tuesday during the 14th Edition of the Leadership Annual Conference and Awards, themed “ Credible Elections and An Economy in Transition” in Abuja. Speaking after receiving the award, the NSCDC Commandant General (CG), Dr Ahmed Audi, said that the recognition will further encourage personnel to work effectively in ensuring adequate security during the forthcoming elections. Dr Audi said that the Corps had embarked on training and retraining of personnel to ensure proper electoral…
2023: Fuel Scarcity will Affect Elections – INE As Nigerians count days to the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its logistics arrangements for the forthcoming elections may be affected by the scarcity of petrol in the country. This was made known by the commission’s chairman Professor Mahmoud Yakubu on Tuesday while speaking at a consultative meeting with the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Mahmood added that the issue of logistics has been a perennial problem in election administration in Nigeria. He said for this reason, the commission is collaborating with the NURTW and…
Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, yesterday, lamented Nigeria’s 25 per cent statistics of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Africa. According to him, while 122 million Nigerians are affected by Lymphatic Filariasis, 33 million have Onchocerciasis, 20.8 million with Schistosomiasis, 29.4 Transmitted Helminths, 5.3Trachoma and 6.5 million people affected by Human African Trypanosomiasis. He said addressing social determinants of health like Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) inadequacies is essential for NTDs’ control and elimination. Addressing the media to commemorate the 2023 World NTD Day, yesterday, in Abuja, Ehanire noted that NTDs are of public health concern, as they impact negatively…
The Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, and Transparency International, TI, Auwal Ibrahim Rafsanjani on Tuesday said Nigeria’s corruption system was undermined despite a drop in the 2022 index against the 2021 ranking. Nigeria moved by four places up on the 2022 Corruption Perception Index, CPI, ranking released by Transparency International, TI. The ranking scored Nigeria 24 out of 100 points, it fell from 150th to 154th out of 180 countries assessed in the 2022 ranking. Rafsanjani disclosed during a press conference in Abuja. He said the CPI is TI’s tool for measuring the levels of corruption…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has disclosed that banks will continue to accept old naira notes after the deadline. Emefiele revealed this on Tuesday while speaking at an interactive session with the house of representatives ad hoc committee on the currency redesign and naira swap policy. He said the CBN will also accept the old naira from banks after the February 10 deadline. The apex bank boss made reference to the CBN act which mandates the apex bank to continue to accept old notes after its expiration but did not mention a duration when…
Angry youths in Kano on Monday staged a protest following President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Kano to commission some of the Ganduje’s projects. The youth who came out in their numbers were seen wielding sticks and pelting stones at the president’s convoy before they were dispersed by security agents who fired shots in the air. The mammoth crowd were heard chanting “ba mu so”, which translates to mean “we don’t want” as they set a bonfire of tires along Hotoro Road where the President had left after commissioning the Muhammadu Buhari Interchange. This is coming a few days after a…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has appeared before the House of Representatives today. Emefiele finally appeared before the ad hoc committee of the House on Tuesday to discuss the cashless policy and deadline for the replacement of old currency notes. He is appearing before the ad hoc committee set up by the House to investigate the crisis, which is chaired by Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa. In an earlier report, Medianspy reported that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, had declared a warrant of arrest would be issued against Godwin Emefiele…
The troll war between the Peoples Democratic Party’s, PDP’s, Atiku Abubakar and the All Progressives Congress’, APC’s, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is unlikely to end anytime soon, as each party takes advantage of every opportunity to attack the other. At the APC presidential campaign rally held on Monday at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium Uyo, its presidential candidate, Tinubu urged the people to collect their Permanent Voters cards and vote APC to usher in a new era of prosperity, infrastructural renaissance and human capital developments. Tinubu noted that if the people make the mistake of giving power to the PDP, its…