PROFESSOR Zainab-Duke Abiola, widow of late MKO Abiola has dragged the Nigeria Police Force, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Alkali and Inspector Teju Moses to court for alleged defamation. Prof Abiola, through her counsel, Mr Tawo Tawo, SAN, in her statement of claim, averred that she was framed on Sept. 20, 22 by the defendants for allegedly assaulting Inspector Moses. Abiola was arrested for allegedly assaulting Moses, her former orderly, for refusing to carry out menial and domestic chores at her house. Abiola, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2370/2022 claimed that her personality and image had been irredeemably battered by…
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THE Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, has confirmed the outbreak of diphtheria disease has killed at least 35 persons in the country. Dr Adetifa said this during a programme on Arise Television on Saturday night. The NCDC had in an advisory issued on Friday said it had responded to reports of diphtheria cases in Lagos and Kano States and was monitoring the situation in Osun and Yobe States where cases are now being picked up. Diphtheria is a serious bacterial infection caused by the bacterium called Corynebacterium species that affects the…
THE Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square has sentenced a medical Doctor, Dr. Ejike Ferdinand Orji, to one-year imprisonment for causing grievous harm, negligence, and endangering the life of a 16-year-old patient. Justice Adedayo Akintoye found Dr. Orji guilty on 4 of the 6 counts for which he was charged. In the charge filed by the Lagos State Government, Dr. Orji who is the Medical Director of Excel Medical Centre Dolphin Estate was initially arraigned alongside his wife, Dr. (Mrs) Ifeayinwa Grace Orji. In the particulars of the offence, the defendants in July 2018, at their medical…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will visit Lagos State on Monday for two days of site visits and commissioning of projects in various locations, the Lagos State Government has said. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement on Friday, described the President’s planned visit as ‘A Festival of Project Commissioning’. “Although Mr. Governor has hosted the President during some of his visits to Lagos, next week’s visit by President Muhammadu Buhari will be one with a difference,” the statement reads in part. “It is a visit where Mr. President will again see the beauty of Lagos and…
PRESIDENTIAL Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said he would tackle insecurity and improve the nation’s economy if elected. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, said he would confront the problem of insecurity from all angles, including introducing technology, recruiting more personnel into the army and police and engaging in training and re-training of personnel. He said,” If there is employment opportunities, good education and other opportunities for advancement, security would improve. I commit to realising the immense opportunities inherent in the Lekki Deep Sea Port, the first new sea port in decades,…
THE Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, set aside the judgement of Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court Uyo, which had on November 14, 2022 nullified the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary held on May 26, 2022 that produced Akanimo Udofia as the flag bearer of the party in Akwa Ibom State for the forthcoming general elections. After the primary, Senator Ita Enang headed to court to challenge its outcome which led to the nullification of the primary by Justice Okeke of the Federal High Court Uyo. Miffed by the decision of the court below, the…
OYO State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, was expectedly absent on Thursday afternoon at the Mapo Hall venue of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign rally in Ibadan, the State capital. However, major PDP stakeholders in the State attended the rally with key supporters of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, asking party members and supporters in the State to vote Governor Makinde for a second term in office. The atmosphere at the Ibadan rally was indicative of the fact that Atiku and Makinde may have settled their rift behind the scene in order to forge a common front ahead…
THE Lagos State Government has declared work-free days for public servants in the state to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). This was contained in a circular issued by the Lagos State Head of Service (HoS) Hakeem Muri-Okunola. He said several cadres of public servants have been scheduled to pick their PVCs on designated days. “Consequent upon the extension of the collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards by the Independent National Electoral Commission, it is hereby notified for the general information that all public servants who are yet to collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards from designated INEC Centres are encouraged to…
ONLINE streaming service company, Netflix has stated that, it recorded a loss of 39, 451 users in 40 days, a loss the company attributes to commercial banks suspension on the use of naira card in the country. In a reply to a Freedom of Information (FoI) enquiry by News Point Nigeria on Tuesday, Netflix Nigeria subscription data revealed that over 39,000 subscribers didn’t renew their subscription over the last 40 days, dating from December 05th, 2022 to January 15th, 2023, although the information didn’t give a breakdown of their subscription plans, the figure delineates an estimated loss of over N250m.…
THE campaign train of the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar moved to the ancient city of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Wednesday with the former vice president promising to devolve powers to state and local governments if elected Nigeria’s president in the February 25, 2023 election. Atiku also said he would prioritise the exploration of the mineral resources in the state to provide jobs for residents. “We have promised to devolve more powers to Ogun State and the local governments,” the septuagenarian politician told a crowd of uniformly dressed party supporters at the Ake…
THE Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), at its Meeting shared a total sum of N990.189 billion to the three tiers of government, as Federation Allocation for the month of December 2022. From this stated amount, inclusive of Gross Statutory Revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), Exchange Gain and Electronic Money Transfer Levies (EMTL), the Federal Government received N375.306 billion, the States received N299.557 billion, the Local Government Councils got N221.807 billion, while the Oil producing states received N93.519 billion as Derivation, (13% of Mineral Revenue). The Communiqué issued by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), at the end of the meeting,…
GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is recuperating from a health challenge and not bedridden, his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, has said. Olatunde, however, did not mention Akeredolu’s “health challenge” but stressed that “there is no cause for alarm on the governor’s state of health”. “Governor Akeredolu, just like every other mere mortals has had some health challenge for which he has since received treatment and recuperating speedily,” the statement signed by Olatunde partly read. “Since the Governor is not a superhuman and the immunity his office enjoys does not extend to physical wellness or otherwise, the health issue…
A REPORT by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), portraying the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, (NSITF) as one of agencies of government with high-risk corruption has been countered by the agency. The agency in reaction on Monday described the report as unfounded and an attempt by the anti-graft agency to distract the NISTF management at all costs insisting that the report was taken out of context. The General Manager and Head of Corporate Affairs, Ijeoma Oji-Okoronkwo, in a statement said the agency had in the past dealt with corruption and has moved forward, noting that…
THE Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inuwa has called on a group of international investors in Germany to invest in the Nigeria tech ecosystem because doing so is valued and come with many rewards. Speaking on the topic, “the Evolution of the Nigeria Tech Ecosystem” which was a conversation with Ludwig von Bayern Startup Lions, Germany, the Director General said, “Nigeria provides opportunities for entrepreneurs to quickly and conveniently start and grow businesses.” According to Inuwa, the future of Nigeria is much more promising than today due to the four comparative advantages the nation has over other…
THE request by the Peoples Democratic Party to make use of the MKO Abiola International Stadium for the rally of its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has been turned down by the Ogun State government, through the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The PDP had made the request in a letter to the state Commissioner for Youth and Sports on January 3, 2023, ahead of the rally slated for January 19. In the letter signed by the state secretary, Sunday Solarin, the PDP recalled how an earlier request for the use of the stadium was not obliged by the state government.…
THE Central Bank of Nigeria injected N6.9 Trillion ($15.3bn) into the economy to stabilise the value of the naira from January to October, 2022. This was obtained in the banking sector regulator’s monthly and quarterly economic reports on foreign exchange market developments. The reports noted that $4.86bn, $4.81bn and $4.18bn were injected into the economy during the first, second and third quarters, respectively, while $1.46bn was injected in October. The CBN stated, “Total foreign exchange sales to authorised dealers by the bank, at $4.86bn, decreased by 5.8 per cent, compared with the previous quarter’s level. “Disaggregation shows that foreign exchange…
THE Social Democratic Party has reiterated that the proposed alliance deal between the SDP and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is real and unstoppable. The SDP disclosed this through a statement on Monday in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Alfa Muhammad, although, the factional SDP last week disowned an alliance deal between Tinubu and the party. The party’s spokesperson noted however, that “the much trumpeted Tinubu-SDP proposed alliance deal is real and unstoppable. It is a plan ‘B’ option conceived since year 2020 by the authentic leaders of the SDP, to make sure…
OPERATIVES of the Department of State Security (DSS) on Monday afternoon, invaded and laid siege on the embattled Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele, who has been on leave, was earlier reported to have resumed work at his office in Abuja, on Monday, after his leave ended on Sunday, January 15. He was reported to have spent the first part of his leave in the US and was in the UK until Sunday evening from where he flew back to Nigeria and arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Monday morning. Sources at…
ASP Drambi Vandi, the policeman accused of killing Lagos-based lawyer Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem on Christmas Day last year, has pleaded not guilty to murder. Vandi was arraigned on Monday before a Lagos High Court at the Tafawa Balewa Square presided over by Justice Ibironke Harrison where a one-count charge of murder was preferred on him. The arraignment which was scheduled for 9 am was initially delayed by the absence of counsel to defend Vandi in court. When the case was called, the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyo Onigbanjo, SAN, who is leading the prosecution told the…
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 42 additional COVID-19 infections in the country in two weeks, with Lagos State recording 27 cases. The NCDC made this known via its official website on Sunday evening, adding that Edo, Kano, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory contributed the remaining figure. The health agency said that the new cases brought the country’s total of COVID-19 infections to 266,492. It said that the cases were recorded between Dec. 31, 2022 and Jan. 13. According to the report, the NCDC confirmed that the country recorded 29 new cases…