He was charged on a seven-count charge bordering on vote buying and other offences, with case number AB/10c/2023 (FRN Vs Adebutu &Ors, before the Presiding Judge, Justice Abiodun Akinremi. He has, however, pleaded not guilty to all charges proffered against him. Adebutu was accused of criminal inducement during the poll by security agents alongside other…
The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Russia has found flaws in documents backing Boris Nadezhdin’s bid to run in next month’s presidential vote, he has said. The CEC informed the aspiring antiwar candidate on Monday that it had found 15 percent of the signatures he submitted to access the electoral race to be invalid, Nadezhdin…
A drone strike on a United States base in eastern Syria overnight has killed several fighters from Kurdish-led forces. The United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Monday that seven fighters were killed and at least 18 others injured. The attack follows US strikes on targets in Iraq and Syria over the…
Egypt’s top diplomat received his French counterpart Stephane Sejourne on Sunday in the New Administrative Capital. In a news conference after the meeting, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry warned of a wider conflict in the region if a ceasefire was not reached in Gaza. “The war in Gaza, the threats we are seeing towards the…
The unprecedented move to reschedule the election to Aug. 25 and extend President Macky Sall’s mandate prompted unrest and criticism. Lawmakers are set to debate the bill proposing the election delay, marking a departure from Senegal’s history of election stability. The African Union, along with regional bodies and Western governments, called for a swift announcement…
The Grammy Awards, the highest honours in the music industry, were handed out at a ceremony in the United States city of Los Angeles on Sunday. Here is a list of winners: ALBUM OF THE YEARMidnights, Taylor Swift RECORD OF THE YEARFlowers, Miley Cyrus SONG OF THE YEARWhat Was I Made For?, Billie Eilish (from…
The New York bid held off a strong challenge from Dallas to secure the July 19 game, the culmination of the expanded 48-team tournament being co-hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico. The competition will kick-off with the opening game at Mexico City’s iconic Azteca Stadium on June 11. Atlanta and Dallas will host the…
Declaring the results, the Returning Officer for the bye-election, Prof Simeon Adebayo, revealed that the APC candidate scored a total of 11, 203 votes. Laguda, a former APC chairman in the Surulere Local Government replaces Femi Gbajabiamila who was appointed Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu mid-2023. Gbajabiamila was the Speaker of the House…
Gbajabiamila made this known on Saturday while briefing reporters after he voted in the House of Representatives by election at Polling Unit 014, Ward 08 at Elizabeth Fowler Memorial School in the Surulere area of Lagos State, “Mr President, who I talk to on the daily, has no other thing in his mind than how…
