Security operatives have arrested a legal practitioner, Barrister Femi Oniyide, in connection with the publication of a malicious story against the Secretary to the Ogun State Government (SSG), Mr Tokunbo Talabi. Oniyide was arrested on Friday at Alagbado, Ogun State, based on a petition written against him by solicitors to the SSG, alleging “Criminal Threat To Life, Malicious Falsehood, Criminal Defamation And Misuse Of Police Connection.” Security operatives have been on his trail for a while but he had been evading arrest. He is presently in the custody of the Force CID Alagbon, Lagos. The publisher of Metro Online, an…
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Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has congratulated the Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III, CFR, on the second anniversary of his coronation. Oborevwori in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, in Asaba, praised the revered traditional ruler for keeping Warri Kingdom peaceful and inviting for investment since ascending the ancient throne. He remarked that since his ascension to the throne, the king had also played a key role in various economic endeavours to revive trade and commerce in the kingdom. The Governor described Atuwatse III as “a man of peace and a…
Over two weeks after all parties made their final arguments in the petitions challenging the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigerians have grown apprehensive over what they regard as a delay by the tribunal to deliver judgment or at least set a date to deliver judgment. The perceived delay may have been interpreted to mean different things. While some allege it was a ploy to tinker with the verdict, some others argue that the tribunal needed time to critically study the arguments of the parties in the dispute. Some of those who spoke to BusinessDaySunday said that was the…
Late Justice Niki Tobi has a message for you in his ruling in Buhari vs. INEC & Ors (2008) LPELR-814 SC), @ pages 175-178 : “The Court of Appeal cannot collect evidence from the market overt; for example from the Balogun market, Lagos; Dugbe market, Ibadan; main market, Jos; Central market, Kaduna; Central market (former Gwari market), Minna; Wuse market, Abuja. On the contrary, the Court of Appeal, has to wait for evidence, as the court did, in the court building duly constituted as a court qua adjudicatory body. Courts of law being legal and sacred institutions do not go…
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Abba Kyari, CFR, OON! Remember him? Kyari was the Chief of Staff (CoS) to former President Muhammadu Buhari. Born on September 23, 1952, he served in that prestigious position between August 2015 and April 2020. While in office, little was actually known about Kyari in the public realm. Unfortunately too, his name actually symbolized an uncanny error of namesake. The Borno State-born lawyer and banker shared a name with somebody who once had a favourable public perception, until Satan smiled; and the _‘super cop’_ lost it! Kyari died on April 17, 2020, following complications from COVID-19. In…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the redeployment of Engr. Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development. The Federal Ministry of Youth is to be re-assigned to a Minister-Designate soon. The Ministers-Designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy have been reshuffled as follows: (A) H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Marine & Blue Economy (B) Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Interior (C) Hon. Sa’idu Alkali is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Transportation Furthermore, both Ministers…
By Magnus Emuji The results of the Entrance Examination into the 17 Model Secondary Schools in Delta State, conducted on July 22, 2023, have been released. A statement from the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Augustine Oghoro, said that a total of 4,748 candidates registered for the examination. The statement added that out the registered candidates, 4,562 sat for the examination with 186 candidates absent. It advised all candidates that participated in the examination to check their results with the scratch cards with which they registered for the examination, stressing that those…
By Patrick Ochei Midwifery Market is located along Okpanam Road, just immediately after the NNPC Filling Station, still within the Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. The market derived its name by the popular Delta State School of Midwifery which is within the same vicinity. It’s truism that the Midwifery market is a place for buying and selling of food and other house items, which started as a business enterprise and still holds that status. It is believed to be owned by an individual who years back saw the need to site the market as a result of…
In furtherance of his commitment to easing the impact of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians by reducing energy costs, President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI). This transformative initiative is poised to revolutionize the transportation landscape in the country, targeting over 11,500 new CNG-enabled vehicles and 55,000 CNG conversion kits for existing PMS-dependent vehicles, while simultaneously bolstering in-country manufacturing, local assembly and expansive job creation in line with the presidential directive. The landmark initiative, which comprises of a Comprehensive Adoption Strategy, will include the following: Empowering Workshops Programme w/ Nationwide Network of…
Super Falcons’ captain, Onome Ebi, has celebrated and appreciated her first coach Mr Paul Okwudili Nnakwe A.K.A (PALEPA). In an emotional video shared on her Instagram account on Friday, she said: “This is my papa, PALE, Today I wan let you know say I see you as my father, you be my papa right from when I small. Na you teach me how to play ball, yes I sabi play ball but na you put everything for my head wey make me be like this today. “Today I want to appreciate you, I wan make you know say as my…