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COURT TO DECIDE GANDUJE’S FATE AS APC NATIONAL CHAIRMAN ON SEPTEMBER 18
A Federal High Court in Abuja has set September 18 to deliver its judgment on a suit seeking to remove Abdullahi Ganduje as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The plaintiffs, a group of aggrieved party members from the North Central APC Forum, argue that Ganduje’s appointment as chairman is illegal and…
BURNA BOY ASKS DAMMY KRANE TO DELETE POST CALLING DAVIDO A ‘MURDERER’
Burna Boy has asked Dammy Krane to take down a social media post wherein he accused Davido of being involved in the death of his friend Tagbo Umeike. Umeike died from alleged alcohol poisoning in October 2017 after his birthday party at Shisha Lounge in Lekki, Lagos state. Davido previously dismissed claims that he had a hand in Tagbo’s death. Last month,…
DELE MOMODU BREAKS SILENCE ON DAVIDO, SOPHIA CUSTODY BATTLE
Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation magazine, has broken his silence on the custody battle between Sophia and Davido. The former lovers have been in the news in the past months over the custody of Imade, their 9-year-old daughter. In April, the Afrobeats star filed a motion through his lawyers Olaniyi Arije and Okey Barrah at the Lagos…
NEW UNITED KINGDOM PRIME MINISTER STARMER SAYS CONTROVERSIAL RWANDA DEPORTATION PLAN IS ‘DEAD AND BURIED’
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday on his first full day in office that he is scrapping a controversial Conservative policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda as he vowed to get change in motion, though he warned it will take time. “The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started,” Starmer said in his first news conference. “It’s never acted as…
NEW UNITED KINGDOM PRIME MINISTER MAKES 10 CABINET APPOINTMENTS
Newly-elected UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has announced his first set of cabinet appointments, the BBC reported on Friday. This comes after his centre-left Labour Party achieved a landslide victory in the general election, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. Starmer, who is the first Labour Prime Minister since Gordon Brown in 2010, was invited…
LUCY LETBY HANDED 15TH WHOLE-LIFE JAIL SENTENCE
Lucy Letby cried from the dock “I’m innocent” after she was sentenced to a whole-life order for attempting to kill a newborn girl in what the judge called a “shocking act of calculated, callous cruelty”. The former neonatal nurse made the remark as she was taken to the court cells after being sentenced. The judge,…
DSVA: COURT DISMISSED ASSAULT CASE AGAINST SIR JARUS AFTER WIFE DENIED BEING VICTIM
The Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) says the assault case against Sir Jarus, entrepreneur and internet influencer, was struck out after his wife denied being a victim. On Thursday, Sir Jarus was charged with two counts of domestic violence at the Ogba Magistrate Court in Lagos. The first offence borders on “assault against his wife” while the…
FATHER OF LYNCHED TASUED STUDENT SAYS SON WAS SUG OFFICIAL NOT CULTIST
The father of Hammed Ayinla Fabiyi, the final-year student of Tai Solarin University (TASUED) who was lynched, has denied the claim by law enforcement that his deceased son was a cult member. On July 4, a group of suspected cultists lynched Hammed, who was a 400-level student of history at the Ogun state-owned university. A witness account…
APPEALS COURT RULES STUDENTS CAN SUE U.S. OVER FAKE UNIVERSITY SET UP BY ICE
A federal appeals court last week reversed a lower court decision that had thrown out a lawsuit by a student who was duped by a fake university set up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, court documents show. The ruling handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on June 25 opens the door for Teja…
HEZBOLLAH LAUNCHES BARRAGE OF ROCKETS AT ISRAEL AFTER SENIOR COMMANDER KILLED
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets towards Israel Thursday in retaliation for the killing of a senior commander amid growing fears of a new escalation in fighting on Lebanon’s southern border with Israel. In one of the largest attacks in recent months, the Iran-backed militia said in a statement that it had fired over 200 rockets…