Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Federal High Court in Abuja delivered judgement on Tuesday against a legal practitioner, Mr Chuks Nwachukwu, who was forced to pay a N20 million fine for filing a bogus petition to stop President Bola Tinubu’s inauguration on May 29. The lawyer represented five inhabitants of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, who sought a court injunction to suspend Tinubu’s inauguration ceremony at Eagle Square in Abuja. He had, among other things, petitioned the court to prevent the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, or any other judicial authority from appointing Tinubu as President until legal issues pertaining to the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in a press release made public today, 6th June 2023, stated that the ‘no case submission’ appeal instituted by former Governor Sule Lamido, was considered today, June 6, 2023, after which the Court of Appeal adjourned for judgment on a date to be communicated to the parties. In a statement signed by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media & Publicity of the commission, the commission also stated that “hearing in the substantive case before Justice Ojukwu is scheduled to continue on June 19, 21 and 22, 2023.” Lamido, his sons Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada…

Opeyemi Isaac Ajewole, a professor at the University of Ibadan, has been assassinated by yet to be identified gunmen. It was gathered that the university don was slain on Monday night, 5th June, 2023, while coming to his residence at the Moniya area of Ibadan. Confirming his death, a friend of the deceased, Olukayode Ogunsanwo, stated that, “Yes. It is true. He was killed last night while returning home. They shot him and took his car. He was my friend,” Gunmen kidnap catholic priest in Imo Also confirming the murder, Joke Akinpelu, the Principal Assistant Registrar, Public Communications, at the…

Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has demolished shanties and other unlawful constructions used by street sellers and traffic vendors along the Lekki-Epe Expressway’s first and second toll gates. Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO), LAWMA, stated in a statement that the destruction was carried out as part of a thorough enforcement effort that went on for several hours. Odumboni stated that the corridor had recently become known for persistent gridlock and other environmental inconveniences which he attributed largely to the illegal operations of those vendors. Ex-Indian lawmaker slain live on TV while in police custody He strongly…

Prof Sola Adeyeye, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, has praised the immediate past Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo for leaving office quietly, rather than with the pomp and circumstance that politicians in this part of the world are accustomed to. Speaking to The PUNCH in Abuja on Sunday, the former Chief Whip of the 7th Senate slammed the snide remarks that greeted a viral video of Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo, arriving at the presidential wing of Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos from Abuja, shortly after the May29 inauguration ceremony. On social media and…

Dr. Mike Okiro, a former Inspector General of Police (IGP), has assured Nigerians that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will overcome banditry, abduction, and other security concerns bedevilling the country. The former police boss, while speaking with The Nation yesterday in Abuja, stated that if President Tinubu replicates what he did as governor of Lagos, Nigeria will be free of all sorts of insecurity within the next three years. He said, “People ask me if President Tinubu will be able to surmount the insecurity in the country. I am always emphatic with my response, which is yes. I shouted yes because,…

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged President Bola Tinubu to raise the country’s minimum salary in order to mitigate the effects of subsidy elimination. It stated that in order to implement the Petroleum Industry Act, the raise in minimum wage should be done by the end of June with the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) taken into consideration. In a statement jointly signed by its president, Festus Osifo, and its secretary-general, Nuhu Toro, The union said these were parts of their demands during the ongoing negotiations with the Federal Government. Fuel Subsidy: Court orders NLC, TUC to halt strike…

PDP stalwart and former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has stated that he is not too big to serve Nigeria if President Tinubu gives him a political appointment. Wike who noted that President Tinubu who is in the ruling All Progressives Congress had not informed him of any appointment, said he’ll have to consult with his wife and friends if President Tinubu gives him an appointment. Wike who stated this in an interview with BBC Pidgin, however, stated that he wishes to rest after serving as governor for eight years. Tinubu in closed door meeting with Wike, Ibori, Makinde…

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has condemned the opposition of the leader of a faction of pro-Biafra agitators, Simon Ekpa, to the Enugu State Government’s efforts to bring to an end the state’s routine Monday sit-at-home. MASSOB stated that the Enugu State government’s directive to offices, businesses, transportation companies, and schools, among others, to resume full activities on Mondays was appropriate. The organization stated that the compulsory sit-at-home implemented on every Monday, is detrimental to Ndigbo. Comrade Edeson Samuel, MASSOB’s National Director of Information, stated that true pro-Biafra agitators had long abandoned the…

In Afghanistan, two separate attacks at a primary school on Saturday and Sunday left 80 schoolgirls poisoned and hospitalized. Mohammad Rahmani, the chairman of the province education department, stated that the poisonings happened in the Sangcharak district of northern Afghanistan. Rahmani stated that the person behind the poisoning had a personal vendetta but he did not elaborate. Gunmen kill ex-Afghanistan lawmaker, Mursal Nabizada According to an Afghan education official, 60 children were poisoned at Naswan-e-Kabod Aab school while 17 others were poisoned at Naswan-e-Faizabad school. “Both primary schools are near to each other and were targeted one after the other,”…