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The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34-year-old son of the former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, against his conviction on the charge of failure to declare $40,000 cash at the airport and false declaration of foreign currency brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The apex court, in a unanimous judgment of a five-member panel on yesterday, resolved all the three issues identified for determination in the appeal against the appellant. In the lead judgment written by Justice Adamu Jauro but read by Justice Abubakar Umar, the apex court…

Edo State governor Senator Monday Okpebholo has inspected the Construction of Eguaholor-Iguomon-Uvbenisi-Oza Road with Spur to Ohe Community linking Uhunmwode and Orhionmwon local government areas of Edo State. The ongoing project is a 14KM stretch of road located in the village of the former governor of Edo State Godwin Obaseki and it will be connecting several agrarian communities in Uhunmwonde and Orhionmwon local government areas. Residents of Uvbenisi were jubilating and praising governor Okpebholo for remembering them and making them feel the presence of government in the area as his administration embarked on the construction of the long abandoned link…

Nearly 50 Venezuelan soldiers were among dozens of people killed in the US military operation that toppled strongman Nicolas Maduro this month, the defense ministry in Caracas said Friday. Updating the toll from an initial 23, the ministry said 47 soldiers, of whom nine were women, lost their lives in the attack. The total number of deaths stood at 83, according to Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez. They included 32 Cuban soldiers, some of whom had been assigned to Maduro’s protection team. The total was revised downward from the figure of 100 fatalities released on January 7 by the interior…

The political crisis in Rivers State took a dramatic turn yesterday as a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt issued an interim order restraining the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi, from receiving or acting on any directive from the Rivers State House of Assembly regarding moves to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Nma Odu. The State House of Assembly had earlier in the day when it resumed its plenary unanimously resolved to go ahead with the impeachment process by sending a letter to the Chief Judge to constitute a 7-man…

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Oyigbo Local Government Area, Port Harcourt on Friday, has issued an interim injunction restraining the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, and two others, including the Clerk of the House, from sending any correspondence to the Chief Judge of the state. The court also restrained the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Amadi, from receiving, forwarding, considering or in any way acting on any request, resolution, articles of impeachment or other document from the first to the 27th defendants for the purpose of constituting a panel to investigate…

A paternity controversy involving Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, resurfaced on Thursday after a 12-year-old girl, Mitchelle Anuoluwapo, publicly requested a DNA test to establish whether the singer is her father. Taking to Instagram, Anuoluwapo shared an emotional post detailing the psychological toll the unresolved paternity claim has taken on her life. She revealed that she has endured years of bullying, beginning at the age of six, with classmates ridiculing her claims that Davido is her father. She wrote, “This year I become a teenager. My mom and grandma have always educated me on being a responsible…

The BAT Ideological Group (BAT-IG) has entered into a strategic partnership with the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), Ikorodu, to establish the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Institute of Politics and Policies, aimed at deepening ideological orientation and strengthening political leadership development in Nigeria. The agreement was reached during a high-level engagement between the leadership of BAT-IG and the management of LASUSTECH. The BAT-IG delegation was led by its convener, Bamidele Atoyebi, and included the group’s Patron, Alhaji Tejumade Isa Onirin; Oyo State Coordinator, Professor Fayomi Oluyemi; and Oyo State Woman Leader, Dr. Bisi Akin Alabi. They were received…

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said the decision of his son, Abba Abubakar, to join the All Progressives Congress was a personal choice and not a cause for alarm. In a statement issued on Thursday via X, Atiku said political choices made by family members were normal in a democracy and insisted he did not interfere with the conscience of his children or Nigerians. “The decision of my son, Abba Abubakar, to join the APC is entirely personal. In a democracy, such choices are neither unusual nor alarming, even when family and politics intersect,” Atiku said. He added, “As…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Thursday announced the rollout of an enhanced passport tracking feature as part of mechanisms to ensure transparency and accountability in passport acquisition in and outside the country. The tracking feature is aimed at checking details regarding its production and reducing any form of sharp practices in the application processes The Comptroller-General of the NIS, Mrs Kemi Nanna Nandap, had warned personnel of the Service against any form of sharp practices or corruption-related misdemeanours at a recent Conference on anti-corruption at the headquarters of the Service in Abuja. She said the NIS would leave no…

One of the suspects involved in the abduction of Dr Ibrahim Tahir has been killed during an exchange of gunfire between the kidnappers, local hunters and vigilante operatives shortly after the abductors reportedly received a balance payment of N50 million. A member of the hunters’ team sustained a leg injury during the confrontation. Dr Tahir was kidnapped on January 2 along with his brother, Abu, who was killed in captivity. The kidnappers initially demanded N200 million but later reduced the ransom to N50 million. Although N30 million was first paid, they reportedly declined to release Dr Tahir at that stage.…