The attorney general in the US state of New York on Tuesday asked a judge to sanction former President Donald Trump and his company after taking issue to their legal responses to a $250 million lawsuit filed against them last year. “Defendants falsely deny facts they have admitted in other proceedings, they deny knowledge sufficient to respond to factual allegations that are plainly within their knowledge, and they propound affirmative defenses that have been repeatedly rejected by this Court as frivolous and without merit,” said Kevin Wallace, attorney for New York Attorney General Letitia James, in the court filing. Last…
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The International Monetary Fund, IMF, yesterday, upgraded its projection for Nigeria’s 2023 economic growth rate to 3.2 per cent representing 0.2 percentage points increase from the 3.0 per cent earlier projected in its October 2022 World Economic Outlook. Also Read: BREAKING: IMF Makes U-turn, Says Nigeria’s Recession Will Not Be As Bad As Earlier Projected The IMF, in its January World Economic Outlook, based its upgrade on improved security measures in the oil sector. But the IMF also indicated that the growth rate will slow down to 2.9 percent in 2024. Also the IMF’s 2023 projection is 0.55 percentage points…
Police in Niger state has stopped a grand lockdown rally for the All Progressives Congress (APC) standard bearer, Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Kashima Shettima. The campaign rally is also expected to garner support for the party’s governorship candidate in the state, Umar Bago as well as his running mate, Yakubu Garba, The Nation reported. The venue of the event, New Bussa Township Stadium in the Borgu local government area of the state was locked and barricaded by the operatives of the police. It was learnt that the stadium was rehabilitated and decorated to prepare for the event…
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…
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…