Atiku, Obi close Case against Tinubu after Calling 40 Witnesse The People’s Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar on Friday closed its case on its petition challenging the 2023 elections the Presidential Election Petitions Court, after presenting 27 witnesses. The Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, also closed their case after calling a total of 13 witnesses and presenting several electoral documents duly certified by the Independent National Electoral Commission. During the pre-hearing, Atiku’s legal team had said they would call 100 witnesses, while Obi’s legal team said they would call 50 witnesses. During proceedings, Chris…
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After the head of the Wagner mercenary group promised to overthrow Russia’s military leadership and claimed possession of a crucial military headquarters in the south, Russia on Saturday announced a “anti-terrorist operation regime” in Moscow and the surrounding area. “With the aim of preventing possible terrorist acts on the territory of the city of Moscow and the Moscow region, an anti-terror operation regime has been introduced,” the country’s national anti-terrorist committee said in a statement quoted by Russian agencies. The announcement came as Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said he was inside the army headquarters in the southern city of…
Global leaders attending this week’s Paris Summit for a new global financing pact have praised the African Development Bank for its role in boosting the Special Drawing Rights of low-income countries. According to the leaders, the solution would enable rich countries to reallocate part of their Special Drawing Rights to low-income countries through multilateral development banks. They stated that the technical solution would preserve the asset reserve status of the SDRs and unlock hundreds of billions for Africa. A statement from the AfDB explained that the bank and the Inter-American Development Bank had been leading calls for the reallocation of…
The new Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa has issued a stern warning, affirming that the Armed Forces will employ their full force on terrorists, bandits, and other criminal elements. Maj.-Gen. Musa made the vow when he took over from the former CDS, Gen. Lucky Irabor (rtd) at Defence Headquarters, Abuja. He promised that under his command, the military will secure the country should without doubt. His word, “As the CDS, my promise to Nigeria is that we’ll continue to improve on our mandate of sustaining peace and tranquility in our country. “I will assure every Nigerian to…
The Heroic Discovery and Community Development Centre (HEDCODEC) in collaboration with Youth Society for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Social Vices (YOSPIS), have today announced 20 winners for their 2023 ‘Dr. Aminu Magashi Annual Heroic Health Award’. The award was celebrated to commemorate the 2023 United Nations Public Service Day while joining Nigeria government, NGOs, and the rest of the world for this special day. The organisations report that the Annual Heroic Health Award was instituted in 2022 to celebrate unsung frontline health workers who have made significant contributions to saving lives. The United Nations Public Service Day…
A French man, identified as Dominique P, is accused of drugging his wife and filming at least 83 men raping her over the course of a ten-year period. According to Dailymail on Thursday, Dominique found the men on a website ‘Without Her Knowing’, where members talk about conducting sex acts on unconscious partners and saving the proof in a file named “ABUSES” on a USB stick. Investigators said they discovered 92 incidences of rape between 2011 and 2020, and 51 individuals, ranging in age from 26 to 73, have been identified and accused of raping his wife of 50…
Crown Uzama, a popular TikTok musician, and five other people were found guilty by Justice A.A. Isiaka of violating Sections 142 (1), 57, and 308 of the Kaduna Penal Code Law, 2017, as well as Section 309 of the same Law. The convictions were obtained by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC. Uzama (aka Shalli Popi and Miller Maxwell) was convicted alongside Joel Kator (aka Alfred Hudson), AbdulAzeez Suleiman Temidayo (aka Miss Katie Official), Favour Chidiogo Emmanuel (aka Kate Banks), John Joseph (aka Avail Hollywood) and Bethel Makuochukwu ( aka Violetqmartinez). Makuochukwu…
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, on Friday, failed to appear before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. The Tribunal had on Thursday, ordered a substituted service of a subpoena on Mbah through his lawyer. This was following an application by counsel to the People’s Redemption Party, PRP, Barr Alex Amujiogo. The subpoena was immediately served on Mbah’s lawyer by Amujiogo. However, when the case came up today, Friday, the PRP counsel told the Tribunal that Mbah did not honour the summons. Amujiogo said, “This Honourable Tribunal had on June 22, 2023 made an order that the subpoena be served…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha has said the party is “ready to receive” the immediate past governor of the state, Nyesom Wike when he decides to defect to the ruling party. This is coming amid speculations that Wike who apparently worked to ensure the victory of President Bola Tinubu during the February 25 presidential election, is getting set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike and some of his loyalists in the opposition party had been accused of lobbying for ministerial positions in Tinubu’s government. The former governor had also…
The Presidential Election Petitions Court has admitted certified copies of academic and work records of President Bola Tinubu tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The documents include a B.Sc certificate from the Chicago State University, NYSC Discharge Certificate, and Mobil Nigeria Oil Plc certificate of service. The PDP had brought the documents through their subpoenaed witness, Mike Enahoro Ebah Esq, who noted that the documents were “purportedly” obtained by Tinubu but bore the name ‘Bola Adekunle Tinubu’. Led in evidence by PDP counsel, Chris Uche (SAN), the witness also tendered forms EC13 and EC9…
Lagos is classified as the fourth worst city in the world to live in according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2023 Global Liveability study. In order to compile its findings, the research examined 173 cities and considered 30 qualitative and quantitative variables under the headings of stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure. Lagos came in first place, ahead of the capitals of Tripoli, Libya, Algiers, Algeria, and Syria’s war-torn Damascus. EIU said Lagos moved up the ranks after seeing improvements in healthcare and education but added that corruption is still a problem. In 2022, Lagos was the second…
A lawyer named Temidayo Eseyin was charged on Wednesday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Ilorin Zonal Command with robbing the Landmark University in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, of N19.3 million. Eseyin was charged with four counts of dishonest misappropriation of university funds by Justice Funsho Lawal of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin. Eseyin was a former member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin Branch. In a petition to the EFCC, Eseyin, whilst being a counsel to the university had access to its property, title documents and funds and had allegedly been cheating, defrauding,…