PICTURES of the event held in the United Kingdom at the weekend where Barrister Osarodion Ogie, the Secretary to Edo State Government and the Deputy Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has put lies to a press statement issued and signed by one Mr Tony Nigro Erhabor. Mr Erhabor who is based in…
Controversial cross-dresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, alias Bobrisky, has appealed against the six months imprisonment imposed on him by the Federal High Court in Lagos which convicted him of charges of abuse of naira. In the appeal lodged on his behalf by his lawyer, Bimbo Kusanu, Bobrisky wants the Court of Appeal to convert the six-month…
This follows a Tuesday order by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja after Bello’s absence in court. He was absent from court for his arraignment on a 19-count charge of alleged money laundering to the tune of ₦84bn. The judge relied on section 384 (4 and 5) of the Administrative and…
In his Notice of Appeal filed by his lawyer, Bimbo Kusanu, Bobrisky is asking the court to set aside the six months imprisonment sentence imposed on him and replacing same with the option of a fine of N50,000 (Fifty Thousand Naira) on each of the counts against him. On April 12, 2024, Justice Abimbola Awogboro…
Justice Ayokunle Faji acquitted and discharged the former NIMASA boss on Monday while ruling on a no-case submission filed by him and one other defendant, a staff of NIMASA, Josphine Otuaga, in the 22-count charge made against them. Justice Faji held that the EFCC failed to establish a prima facie case against them. The court…
President Bola Tinubu unveiled the African Counter-Terrorism Summit at the Office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja on Monday. The event which is currently ongoing and organised by Nigeria, with support from the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, will be held from Monday to Tuesday, April 23, 2024, with the theme: ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation…
United States President Joe Biden has condemned pro-Palestinian activists for acts of “blatant” anti-Semitism during protests at Columbia University. In a statement to commemorate the Jewish holiday of Passover on Sunday, Biden said it was necessary to speak out against “the alarming surge of antisemitism – in our schools, communities, and online”.“Silence is complicity. Even…
Since he escaped from Nigeria, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the International Criminal Police, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Kenyan Police Service have been in talks to extradite Anjarwalla. In March, the EFCC confirmed plans to extradite the Binance chief in the agency’s bulletin for the month. “The takeover of the…
Tinubu had announced an end to the fuel subsidy era during his inauguration, a move that triggered a hike in the cost of the product. He, however, promised to put out measures including CNG-powered mass transit buses and tricycles to cushion the impacts of the subsidy removal. After almost one year in office, that initiative…
