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Supreme Court Warns Buhari: Stop! Using Public Funds To Defend Yourself In Court

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Supreme Court has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari for using public funds to defend himself in personal litigations. The apex court criticised Buhari for using lawyers paid by government during his election tribunal hearings. The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate during the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, are challenging Buhari’s victory at the election tribunal. Also, Kalu Kalu, Labaran Ismail and Hassy El-Kuris, are challenging the candidacy of President Buhari as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress during that exercise. The appellants claimed that President Buhari lied on oath…

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Tonto Dikeh to Bobrisky: Give out the cake to anyone marrying this week

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Tonto Dikeh, Nollywood actress and a close friend to Bobrisky, has advised him on what to do with his over 10 steps cake which was for his disrupted birthday party. Bobrisky’s 28th birthday was disrupted by the Lagos CP, who deployed 100 police officers to the venue of Bobrisky’s birthday “to prevent a potential “breach of public peace” and “that no immoral act takes place in the premises.” See a picture of the cake below:- The white, well decorated 10 steps cake is about to get wasted as the party…

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Journalist charged with treason for criticising Cross River State Governor

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Over alleged criticism of the Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, and attempting to incite the people of the state against Ayade through his publication, a journalist, Agba Jalingo, has been charged with treason by the police. However, in a swift reaction, human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), lambasted the state governor for abuse of power, asking him to sue Jalingo for defamation instead. Falana also slammed the police for being a willing tool of oppression against Nigerians despite a subsisting Court of Appeal ruling that a public…

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Robbery suspect arrested in church premises with firearms

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An armed robbery suspect,  Wasiu Kamarudeen, 19, of No. 8,  Olaniyi St., Iyalode, Ilogbo in Badagry has been arrested by the  Lagos State Police Command and one locally-made short gun with one live-cartridge was recovered from him. This is contained in a press statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer ( PRO), DSP Bala Elkana. Elkana said that the Ilemba Hausa Police Station received a distress call from St. Patrick’s Catholic Renewal Church, Jakande Open Field, on Saturday evening. He said that the caller had sighted one motorcycle with…

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Fidelity Bank declares double digit growth in earnings, profitability

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Fidelity Bank has recorded improved performance in the first half of 2019, HI’19, recording double-digit growth in key revenue lines whilst achieving significant traction in digital banking uptake despite the country’s challenging and fiercely competitive business environment. Details of the audited half-year result for the period ended June 30, 2019, released at the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, weekend, showed a 15.7 percent rise in Profit Before Tax, PBT, period to N15.1 billion in the reporting period from N13.0 billion in H1’18. Profit After Tax, PAT, rose by 15.6 percent to…

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Senate dragged to court over N6b cars for members

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Over plan to spend N5.550 billion on vehicles for its principal officers, 6,721 concerned Nigerians, including the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and Enough is Enough (EiE), at the weekend initiated action at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos against the ninth Senate. In the suit marked FHC/L/CS/1511/2019, the plaintiffs urged the court to “restrain, prevent and stop the National Assembly Service Commission from paying or releasing the budgeted sum until the downward review of the amount proposed by the Senate.” They also want a declaration that the…

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Mother arrested, Father on the run after beating 4-yr-old ‘witch kid’ to death

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Police in Ondo have declared wanted the father of a four-year-old girl, Testimony Toke Babalola, who was reportedly whipped to death by her parents in Akure, Ondo State capital few weeks ago. Testimony had been rushed to the State University Teaching Hospital, Akure Annex where she was confirmed dead. It was gathered that the parents used horsewhip on the daughter, leaving several marks on her body after reportedly committing a yet to be ascertained offence. The leadership of Ondo State Chapter of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, which…

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IG orders arrest of Shi’ite leaders nationwide

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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of all identified Shi’ite leaders across the country. He has also directed a team of special police to dismantle the structures of the IMN in the country immediately. Adamu, in a signal to the operatives dated August 30, 2019, said the force would not allow the Shi’ite members to violate the proscription of the IMN by the court. He blamed the violent protest by the group on July 22 for the killing of the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge…

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Police reveal reasons behind sealing of Bobrisky’s birthday venue

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Venue of the birthday party of popular transgender, Bobrisky, was sealed due to sensitive information, the Lagos State Police Command has revealed. The police spokesperson, Bala Elkana, revealed this on Saturday. He said, “I can confirm that we sealed off the place based on credible information. That is all I will say for now until the operation is over.” The police had stormed the venue of Bobrisky’s birthday party which was said to have been attended by some celebrities as well as cross-dressers and homosexuals. Bobrisky, whose real name is Idris…

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Lagos APC tells Tinubu “Support Oluomo’s NURTW chairmanship bid”

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Members of the Oshodi/Isolo APC leaders, elders and stakeholders forum led by Pa J.O. Olabintan has asked Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to support a leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Oshodi, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, as chairman of the NURTW in the state. In a message to the former governor of Lagos State, the Oshodi APC leadership also asked Tinubu not to forget the promises he made to them as regards appointments in Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s government. The message was signed by 16 members…

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