Day: September 3, 2019

Multichoice Nigeria, Africa’s leading entertainment provider, on Tuesday condemned the xenophobic attack on foreigners in South Africa. “MultiChoice is committed to uniting Africans through our programming and cultural initiatives. We advocate equality and condemn all forms of discrimination. The on-going violence in South Africa against foreign nationals is against the spirit of Africa, and counter-productive to the decades of work done by African leaders and well-meaning organisations to unite the continent.”, John Ugbe, Chief Executive Officer of Multichoice Nigeria said in a statement. The statement reads further, “We are a…

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A suit seeking the disqualification of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 23,2019 election for alleged perjury has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. The appellants, Kalu Kalu, Labaran Ismail and Hassy El-Kuris, through their counsel, Ukpai Ukairo, had approached the apex court praying it to nullify the president’s nomination and subsequent victory at the poll on the grounds that he allegedly lied on oath in his Form CF 001 submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Justice Mary Odili, who delivered the lead judgment, held that the case…

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Donald Duke, former Cross River State Governor, yesterday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that he would pay his N537,334,360.77 debt to Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in less than 12 hours. Duke, through his counsel, Mr. Edoigiawerie Omoruyi, told Justice Nicholas Oweibo that he had approached AMCON with a promise to liquidate the debt before the end of yesterday, September 2, 2019. He prayed for an adjournment to enable him settle the case out of court. AMCON had on August 8, 2019 through its counsel, Juliet Reeds,…

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