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Court Adjourns Hearing On Nigeria Air To Feb 13 As Operators Split On Suit
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, adjourned a hearing on a suit against the proposed new national carrier, Nigeria Air, till February 13, 2023, following a conflict of interest by the plaintiff airlines. At the resumed hearing, the court was presented with a counter-motion by two airline operators, opposing the earlier suit by the Airline Operators of Nigeria...
I Am Tired Of My Wife’s Adulterous Life – Man Tells Court
A commercial motorcyclist, Dayo Akingbade has told a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his marriage to his wife, Dapo on grounds of adultery. Countering his wife’s allegation of being irresponsible, Akingbade claimed that Dapo cannot control her desire for adultery. ”My lord, the real reason Dapo left my home is because of her adulterous lifestyle. “After a series...
Tinubu-SDP Alliance Real, Unstoppable – SDP
The Social Democratic Party has maintained that the proposed alliance deal between the SDP and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is real and unstoppable. This was contained in a statement released on Monday in Abuja by the SDP via its National Publicity Secretary, Alfa Muhammad, although, the factional SDP last week disowned an alliance deal between Tinubu and...
2023 Election: Tinubu Meets APC Election Planning, Monitoring Teams, Calls For Vote’s Protection
Bola Tinubu, the APC’s presidential candidate, has urged the party’s election planning and monitoring teams to safeguard its votes in the upcoming general elections. This is stated in a press release from Mr. Tunde Rahman, Tinubu’s media representative in Abuja. When he met with the teams during a Train-the-Trainer session, Tinumu made the decision. He was grateful for the members’ efforts in...
NSCDC Arrests Man With Fake Foreign Currencies In Jigawa
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Jigawa State, have arrested a 37-year-old man for being in possession of 26 pieces of 1,000 fake CFA francs. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the state, Adamu Shehu, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse, the state capital, on Tuesday. Shehu said that the suspect...
127,000 PVCs Distributed In 8 Days In Edo State — INEC
The Edo State office of the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) has disclosed that a total of 127,561 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have been collected in the state in eight days. The Head, Voter Education Department of INEC, Edo office, Timidi Wariowei, disclosed this yesterday in Benin while speaking with Daily Trust on the ongoing collection of PVCs in the...
CBN Governor Resumes Duty After Overseas Vacation
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has resumed duty after his annual vacation abroad. Emefiele, who proceeded on leave in December 2022, resumed work today, Monday, January 16, 2023. The Governor resumed with renewed vigour to perform his duty ahead of the first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the year scheduled for January 23 to 24, 2023. Disclosing...
2023 Election: HURIWA Backs Senator Kalu, Soludo On Release Of Nnamdi Kanu
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Monday, backed the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu and Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State on the urgent need for the Federal Government to unconditionally release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, said constructive dialogue and no use...
IPOB Replies Soludo, Says Offer To Stand As Nnamdi Kanu’s Surety Needless
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has hailed the recent call by the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo for the unconditional release of the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has been in detention since 2021. The pro-Biafran group said while they welcome the development, they noted that the issue of granting of bail or standing surety does not...
Nnamdi Kanu Takes FG, South East Governors To Court For Proscribing IPOB As Terror Group
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government for labelling his group as a terrorist organisation. In the suit marked E/20/2023, and filed by Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, the IPOB leader is seeking an order that self-determination is not a crime and consequently cannot be held on...
