Hearing in the suit challenging the eligibility of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to contest for the office of the President has shifted to December 6, 2021 by the Abuja the division of Federal High Court. A group, the Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa (EMA), had in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/177/2019 had sued Atiku, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) as 1st to 4th respondents respectively. Justice Inyang Ekwo on Monday adjourned proceedings following inability of the parties in the suit to regularise their amended processes to accommodate…
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Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka in an interview with the UK Guardian over the weekend, described the Big Brother reality show as nauseating. “I find it nauseating. I watched Big Brother Africa out of duty when it first came out in 2003. My friends used to rush home. “They would say: “Excuse me, I must get back. I’ve got to watch this episode,”” Mr Soyinka said. The Nobel laureate added that the show promotes people watching nudity and sexual activities, contrary to his belief. “I think I managed about two and a half episodes. But the voyeurism was totally contrary to…
Governors from the Northern states on Monday condemned the resolution of their southern counterparts on the zoning of the presidency in 2023, describing it as unconstitutional. “The Forum unanimously condemn the statement by the Southern Governors Forum that the Presidency must go to the South,” the northern governors said in meeting with northern emirs. As the 2023 general elections draw nearer, there have been raging controversies over zoning of presidency after the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari. While the northern region aims to retain power, the south governors have resolved that power cannot return to the north in 2023. In July,…
The seven-man, five-woman jury reached its verdict on Monday after being handed the case by U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly. RnB singer Robert Sylvester Kelly, popularly known as R Kelly, has been found guilty of multiple racketeering and sex trafficking charges after a six-week trial in New York. The seven-man, five-woman jury reached its verdict on Monday after being handed the case by U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly. The jury began going over federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges on Friday after legal representation for and against Mr Kelly finished their closing arguments. R Kelly faced charges…
The United Kingdom has launched a special visa scheme for immigrant lorry drivers, farmers and poultry workers as the country faces labour shortages. UK Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, says the scheme would ease the effect of the global COVID-19 pandemic on the country’s haulage and food industry. The UK is presently suffering a severe shortage of lorry and fuel tanker drivers, which has disrupted fuel and goods deliveries. Supermarkets and petrol stations have complained over low supply due to the unavailability of lorry drivers to deliver fuel and goods. According to the BBC, lengthy queues were spotted in some petrol…
As part of efforts at improving service delivery in line with the Service Reflective Tariff (SRT) regime in the electricity supply industry, BEDC Electricity Plc (BEDC) has begun a major network clean up exercise which entailed mass disconnection of illegal consumers and those with other infractions that could hinder its smooth operation. The network clean-up which started recently with a mass disconnection in Government Reservation Area (GRA) and Boundary road in Benin city, Edo state saw the company’s team comprising; business unit and service centre officers in these locations, combing the network for illegalities, while also interacting with customers to…
Nigeria’s minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed has been described as a detribalised leader working to promote unity in the country irrespective of his ethnic identity. These were the submissions of Suleiman Argungun, the Chief of Staff to the Kebbi State during the turbaning of Mr Mohammed as the “Kakakin Kabi” of Argungun kingdom on Sunday. “With the likes of Lai Mohammed, Nigeria will continue to be one indivisible nation because, in his position as a minister, he considers himself a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria not for the Yorubas or the state he comes from. “This…
overnor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi says Nigeria remains united despite the continued deterioration of insecurity across the country. “In spite of unimaginable acts by some few individuals who do not wish the country well, Nigeria still remains united,” said Mr Bagudu On Sunday, the governor stated this at the closing of the 2021 edition of the Argungu Polo Tournament in the Argungu local government area. “The conclusion of the polo tournament we have witnessed today is a testament that Kebbi state and Nigeria are on an unstoppable march to greatness in sports and other areas of human endeavours,” he added.…
A bouncer, Francis Utuedor, has been arrested for stabbing to death a teenage boy at a wedding reception in Delta State. The incident occurred on Saturday, September 25, 2021, at a wedding reception held at Wetland Hotel in Mofor, Udu Local Government Area, near Warri, in the state. Sources said tragedy struck midway at the reception when the boy attempted to pick up some naira notes being ‘sprayed’ on the dancing couple as the overzealous bouncer grabbed and stabbed him. The deceased, who lived along Kolokolo Street in Udu Road, was said to have gone to the wedding party with…
Abdul’Aziz Musa Yar’Adua, younger brother of late President Umar Musa Yar’Adua, is the contractor engaged by the National Youth Service Corps to compile its security advisory to corps members. Mr Yar’Adua, a retired colonel and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, registered and used Watchcon Security Company Ltd to land the contract from the nation’s paramilitary service, according to CAC filings seen by The Gazette. He produced the controversial security protocol that recommended corps members should prepare ransom in anticipation of possible abduction before travelling on Nigerian roads. The controversial document, titled: Security Awareness and Education Handbook for Corps…