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Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State triumph over a suit filed again his victory in the 2023 November 11th off cycle Governorship Election. A five-member panel of the Apex Court headed by Justice Lawal Garba, on Friday affirmed the Court of Appeal decision of July 15 which deemed Sylva’s appeal as an abuse of Court process for filing two notices of appeal. Citing a section of the 1999 Constitution, the Apex Court panel held that the APC Governorship candidate has only one right to appeal the judgment of the Tribunal and not multiple appeals. The Court therefore faulted the APC…
This is precious’ – Botswana president Masisi on discovery of world’s second largest diamond Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi looks at a large diamond discovered in Botswana at his office in Gaborone on August 22, 2024. – The 2492 carat diamond was discovered in the Karowe mine in Botswana of Lucara Diamond Company. Botswana is one of the world’s largest producers of diamonds, which constitute its main source of income, representing 30% of GDP and 80% of its exports. A massive 2,492-carat diamond — the second largest in the world — has been discovered in Botswana, the Canadian mining company that…
President Tinubu inaugurates Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Justice Kekere-Ekun emerges second female CJN
Hon. Mrs. Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo KEKERE-EKUN CFR was born in London, the United Kingdom on 7th May 1958. Her parents are both indigenes of Lagos State, Nigeria. She is the eldest of eleven siblings from both parents. Her father, Alhaji Senator Hassan Adisa Babatunde Fasinro, OFR, LL.D, was a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and fervent Muslim, a legal practitioner, an author, a very dedicated family man of noble lineage and one of the founding fathers of Lagos. He died at 99 years old in March 2019. Her mother, Mrs. Winifred Layiwola Ogundimu (née Savage), is a…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a billionaire, Hyginus Nkwocha, for alleged internet fraud and money laundering in Abuja. The Commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, that Nwokocha was arrested on Wednesday, Statereporters gathered. “Nkwocha, 35, was arrested at Ever Green Estate, Lugbe, Abuja, following intelligence about his suspected involvement in internet fraud and money laundering. “Items recovered from him include a sum of 2,200 dollars, an iPhone 15 Pro Max, a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, an iPhone 13 Pro Max, and a MacBook. “Other items recovered…
A State High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has issued a restraining order preventing the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from proceeding with ward and local government congresses. The ruling came in response to a motion ex parte brought before the court by Peter Ohochukwu and Hajia Ndidi-Chukwuma. Justice Godwin Ollor, who presided over the case, issued a court order that bars the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje; Secretary, Surajudeen Ajibola-Basiru; and the APC itself from conducting the scheduled ward, local government, and state congresses set for October 11th, 16th, and 26th, 2024. The…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed its willingness to offer its platform to former President Goodluck Jonathan if he decides to run for the presidency again in 2027, describing him as the leader Nigeria needs. Statereporters gathered that the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Ibrahim Abdullahi, states that Jonathan has the support and sympathy of Nigerians amid the current challenges facing the nation. “With the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) struggling to address the country’s issues, Goodluck Jonathan’s return would be a welcome development. The party would not hesitate to support him because he is one of…
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag says his players will have to “deal with” the disappointment of being left out of matches. United began their Premier League campaign with a 1-0 victory over Fulham, with Joshua Zirkzee coming off the bench to score a late winner. Jadon Sancho, meanwhile, was not included in the matchday squad after returning to the club from last season’s loan spell with Borussia Dortmund. The 24-year-old held a positive meeting with Ten Hag on his return after previously falling out of favour with the Dutchman. The England winger played in United’s Community Shield defeat by…
Activist lawyer, Madubuachi Idam, on Thursday said Nigerian laws frown at a woman getting 50 percent of her husband’s properties during divorce. Idam warned that women who push their husbands into court marriage with the intent of sharing his properties during divorce should know that such is alien to the Nigerian law. In a chat with news men, the lawyer noted that the spouse would be made to provide evidence of contributing towards the acquisition of such a property. According to Idam: “The law that awards 50% or any percentage of a man’s property to his wife during divorce is…
An Ikeja chief magistrate’s court on Thursday, August 22, discharged and acquitted six persons arrested during the 2020 protest. The defendants are Daniel Joyinbo, 31, Adigun Sodiq, 28, Kehinde Shola, 32, Salaudeen Kamilu, 29, Sodiq Usseni, 33 and Azeez Isiaka, 34. The defendants had in a plea bargain agreement, pleaded guilty to a count charge of breach of the public peace preferred against them by the Lagos State Government. After listening to the plea bargain agreement, the magistrate, Bola Osunsanmi, found the defendants guilty and convicted them of the offence. She, however, cautioned and freed them, adding that they had…