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    ABUJA – With barely 17 days to the scheduled swearing in of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, five residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, have approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court for an order to halt the ceremony. The plaintiffs, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/578/2023, applied for an order, restraining the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, any other judicial officer and/or any other authority or person from swearing in any candidate in the February 25 presidential election as President or Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, until it is judicially determined with finality or in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution that such candidate has fulfilled the requirement of Section 134(2) (b) of the Constitution. They further want a declaration that, “ the plaintiffs and other FCT residents have a legal interest and constitutional rights to be heard on the question of whether...

  Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to free the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu. President-General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, urged President Buhari , who he described as an Igbo son and honourary Ohanaeze member, to ensure Kanu’s release before May 29 as a parting gift to the Southeast. Iwuanyanwu spoke at the flag-off of the Oguta/Orashi Waterways hydrographic survey and dredging in Degema, Imo State. Kanu was charged with violating the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act 2013. The Court of Appeal in Abuja struck out the remaining seven charges after Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja had dismissed eight of the 15 amended counts. The appellate court held that Kanu’s extradition from Kenya in June 2021 was a flagrant violation of Nigeria’s extradition treaty and a breach of the IPOB leader’s fundamental human rights. It ordered Kanu’s release from the custody of the State Security Service ...

  The police in Delta state has arrested members of a criminal syndicate that monitors customers who withdraw huge sum of money from banks, trail them, break into their vehicles at the slightest opportunity, and cart away their money and other valuables.    The Command's crack squad acting on credible intelligence, arrested one Izuchukwu Aniebue ‘m’ age 42yrs and Kingsley Nduka ‘m’ age 32yrs, in the premises of Association of Senior Civil Servant of Nigeria (ASCSN) along Mariam Babangida road Asaba. According to the police, the suspects trailed the unsuspecting victim from one of the new-generation banks at Nnebisi road, Asaba, where he went to withdraw some money. They followed him to his house but before they could break into the vehicle, the police operatives rounded them up and arrested the suspects.    During interrogation, the suspects stated that they belong to a syndicate that specializes in trailing customers after making withdrawals from b...

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has revealed the reason why he would not accept to be Chief of Staff to Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s President-elect.   According to the outgoing governor, he would prefer to be involved in the private sector Speaking during the commissioning of the Gombe Geographic Information Systems service centre, in Gombe State on Saturday, May 6, he said;   “I will be leaving in 22 days, but I will be available anytime you need a troublemaker. I will be in the private sector, I’m not going to be any chief of staff. I will take a break and advice people like governor Inuwa Yahaya, if they need it.” Fielding answers from journalists on why he would not accept the “compensation” to serve despite his support to Tinubu, el-Rufai added,    “I have not had the discussion with the president-elect and I don’t want to speculate. I read on the pages of newspapers and I see all kinds of portfolios assigned to me.   “I’m a committed Nigeri...

  Nigerian disc jockey, Florence Otedola, aka DJ Cuppy, has said that money is very important.   The daughter of billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, who is currently in the Maldives, stated this at the weekend.    “Travel reminds me how important self-love is. Taking time for rest is essential, and there's nothing like the feeling of being surrounded by inspiration,” she wrote.   “In short….having money helps for sure. Don't let anyone lie to you.”     

  Photos from the funeral service today for the father of the Bayelsa Governor, Douye Diri. Attended by @ProfOsinbajo and his wife, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo; @atiku, @PeterObi, @IAOkowa and former Presidents Obasanjo and @GEJonathan.

  Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect, has congratulated King Charles III of the United Kingdom on his coronation. The coronation took place on Saturday at London’s Westminster Abbey. King Charles III is the first to be inaugurated since 1937, and he is taking over the reign after the demise of Queen Elizabeth II, his mother in September 2022. In a letter, Tinubu said he looked forward to engaging on different issues in the future with the newly crowned King, expressing hopes that the bilateral relationship between the UK and Nigeria would be stronger. “It is heartwarming that your accession to the throne is coming after the 70-year reign of your iconic mother, Queen Elizabeth II, whose death last September left the entire world in grief, given her eventful reign,” he said. “Bearing your unique place in history as the first King to be inaugurated in Britain since 1937, I trust that you will follow in the glorious footsteps of your late mother and even surpass her ac...