In the court summons dated April 3, 2024, sighted Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Iyanna ordered the five defendants to appear in person before the court on April 23, 2023, to answer the charges levelled against the complainants. The complainants in the matter are Blessed Uzochikwa and Mercy Chinwo while the five defendants are Okoronkwo Ejike, Kingsley…
The arraignment could not go on as the second defendant, Gambaryan, has not been served with the charge by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). At the day’s proceedings, his counsel, Tonye Krukrubo, drew the attention of the court to the fact that his client whom the Federal Government scheduled for arraignment does not have…
The season-ending Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals will be held in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh from 2024-2026, the tennis body said, ending months of speculation and marking the Gulf country’s latest foray into the sport. “To have a women’s tournament of this magnitude and profile is a defining moment for tennis in Saudi Arabia. The…
Prosecutors last week said they intend to charge Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula with corruption, accusing her of receiving about $135 000 in bribes from a defence contractor during her three years as defence minister. She allegedly received the payments between December 2016 and July 2019, while another bribe, amounting to $105,000, was not paid. Mapisa-Nqakula announced…
The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Mannir Haidara, disclosed this in a statement, noting that the directive was part of the decision of the State Security Council meeting. “As of today, the State Government has ordered restriction of movement along the Yankara border of Zamfara with Katsina state and Bimasa Zamfara border with Sokoto State…
Togo’s government on Wednesday delayed 20 April legislative elections until an unspecified later date, shortly after lawmakers approved highly contested constitutional reform. “Consultations” were needed, the presidency said in a statement, about the amendment in March that triggered opposition claims the reforms aimed to keep President Faure Gnassingbe in power in the West African nation…
The Anambra Muslim community has assured the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi that with his gestures and respect for all religions in Nigeria, he will surely emerge President of Nigeria one day. They spoke on Saturday and Tuesday when Mr. Obi visited the mosques in Onitsha…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will on Thursday arraign Binance Holdings Limited and two of its senior executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, who recently escaped from custody and fled Nigeria, over an alleged $35,400,000 money laundering case. The EFCC had on Thursday, March 28, charged Binance Holdings Limited, Gambaryan, Anjarwalla with laundering $35,400,000….
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the student loans amendment bill into law at the State House on Wednesday, April 3.This was announced in a post by Special Assistant to President Tinubu on Social Media, Mr Dada Olusegun. He wrote, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the Student Loans Re-enactment Bill into law at the State…
