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Our Client Wanted To Say Pupsy - Lawyer Writes To Imo Polytechnic Nekede  Attention: The Rector Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri IMO State. Re: THE CASE OF OKOROAFOR OGECHI SHARON(THE GRADUATING STUDENT OF FED POLYNEK IN A VIRAL VIDEO) We are solicitors to OKEREAFOR OGECHI SHARON( our Client under our Pro Bono(Free Legal Services) on whose behalf we write this memo to you. We are aware that she will be facing the school disciplinary panel this morning and we wish to use this medium to express our confidence that the panel will carry out their duties in compliance with the principles of Fair hearing,Good conscience and Natural Justice devoid of harassment,intimidation and threats. We have met and discussed with our Client and evidence before us shows that she has no intention to defame the character,standard and integrity of the institution. In her words what happened in the said viral video was a slip of tongue as a result of her uncontrollable ecstacy over her graduation.Her inte...

Lawyer Remanded in Correctional Facility for Alleged N10m Scam in Uyo The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 arraigned one Barrister Utibe Hanson Inem before Justice Bassey Nkanang of the State High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on a two-count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheque and stealing by fraudulent conversion to the tune of N10, 000.00 (Ten Million Naira). Inem sometime in April 2021 in Uyo, fraudulently converted to his use, the sum of Ten Million Naira (N10, 000,000.00) belonging to one Uduak Akpan Jacob, being the said Uduak Akpan Jacob’s share, from proceeds from the sale of 3 bedroom bungalow located at Osongama Estate. The offence is contrary to Section 392 (1) and punishable under Section 399 of the Criminal Code CAP 38 Vol. II Laws of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria 2000.  

 Robyn that’s y she was ready to fight and Juan was snapping at her on the phone.  ・・・ RHOP 🌸 The Real Housewives of Potomac’ cast member Robyn Dixon is admitting that husband Juan Dixon had a non physical affair with a woman while they were engaged — and that it’s one of the reasons their wedding was delayed. Last week, a woman came forward with receipts claiming she had an affair with Juan and that Robyn knew about it.  In the latest episode of Robyn and Gizelle Bryant’s ‘Reasonably Shady’ podcast, Robyn explained that the woman did contact her via Instagram DM and exposed Juan’s affair — and that it’s something they had to work through before they got married. Robyn explained that she knew going into season 7 that someone would eventually bring that particular affair up and was prepared to talk about it, but instead Karen brought up ANOTHER cheating allegation in Mexico that Robyn found ‘laughable.’ On Patreon Robyn claimed the woman booked a hotel but told Juan she d...

"TV Icon, Siene Allwell-Brown is 70 ❤ Spent a beautiful day with former NTA colleagues celebrating the iconic Siene Allwell-Brown as she turned 70 today. 🎂 🥳 🎉  A surprise party put together by all of us in celebration of the one we call SAB, it was a pleasant cruise on the Lagos lagoon with food, song, dance and lots of reminiscing!  Happy birthday, SAB. May the lines continue to fall for you in pleasant places.-Modele Sharafa Yusuf." More photos below. 

He shared this photo today with the caption  " People don’t need to know your weaknesses, plans, or sins. Keep them secret. Those are things people can use against you when they turn against you. You can be friends today and fiends tomorrow. Don’t tell them what can be used to bring you down, or make you drown! There is a very thin line between love and hate, and an even leaner one between friendship and enmity. Even in heaven, former angels turned to formal demons. That is why you should not be an open book, even to your friends. When people know your weakness, they can become your sickness! Don’t be the eagle killed by an arrow made from its feathers. #RenosNuggets #FreeLeahSharibu". One more photo below. 

 PRESIDENT BUHARI MOURNS EMIR OF DUTSE, DESCRIBES HIM AS AGENT OF MODERNIZATION   President Muhammadu Buhari mourns the demise of Dr. Nuhu Muhammadu Sanusi, the first-class traditional ruler (Emir) of Dutse, the capital city of Jigawa State.   He was recognized as one of Northern Nigeria’s modernizing leaders.   Before his death, the Emir was the Chancellor of Sokoto State University.   He was considered as an exemplary leader in the global quest for a sustainable living environment, and a lead advocate for afforestation and the green ecosystem.   The late Emir’s official biography equally puts him up as an advocate of the mitigation of climate change, prompting him to build the Dutse Royal Golf Course which is reputed to be one of the largest in Nigeria with lush vegetation, exotic flora and rare fauna.   Expressing sadness on the passing of the Emir, President Buhari said:   ‘‘He was instrumental to the progress Dutse had achieved in the last th...

64 DEATHS AS BENUE GOVT SPENDS N680M ON SNAKEBITE TREATMENT 31st January, 2023      The Benue state government has expended the sum of N680 million on the treatment of snake victims even as 64 people died in the course of treatment. Governor Samuel Ortom, who made the disclosure at the inauguration of the ultra Modern Laboratory facility at the Bishop Murray Medical Centre, Makurdi, on Monday, said he started free treatment of snake victims in year 2000 when he was not a Governor. According to him, he visited a friend sometimes at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, when a victim was brought for four days and was about to be taken back home to wait for his death, which he intervened to save a life. “The Bishop Murray medical centre was treating snake victims and I was paying the fee in piecemeal and owing N70 million arrears,” he stated. Governor Ortom disclosed that his administration obtained a N2,000 bank facility, which was used in procuring some medical equipment fo...

Alleged N1.4bn Fraud: Witness Reveals How Kogi Assembly Candidate, Atumeyi Fraudulently Benefitted N681m from Customers’ Accounts The first prosecution witness, PW1, Olusegun Falola, in the ongoing trial of Ismaila Yousouf Atumeyi, a Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, and two others, on Monday, January 31, 2023, told Justice Tijani Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how the sum of N681m (Six Hundred and Eighty-one Million Naira) was paid into Atumeyi’s business account. Atumeyi is standing trial alongside Ngene Joshua Dominic and Abdulmalik Salau, a former employee of Union Bank Plc,on an 18-count charge bordering on alleged cybercrime and money laundering to the tune of N1.4bn. Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, Falola, an Internal Auditor and Team Lead, General Investigations, Union Bank Plc, told the court that “sometime in October 2022, during the periodic internal review of accounts of ...

BUILDING CONTROL AGENCY DEMOLISHES CRITICALLY DISTRESSED STRUCTURE IN AMUWO-ODOFIN ...Urges Residents To Give Reports Of Defective Buildings  In a bid to avoid building collapse and its attendant effects, the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) today demolished a critically distressed four-floor structure located at Festac Extension Estate, off Eko Akete Road, Mile2, Amuwo-Odofin. Speaking on the demolition exercise, the General Manager of LASBCA, Arc. Gbolahan Owodunni Oki, stated that before the demolition of the building the Agency had followed due processes by first evacuating all its occupants to prevent loss of lives and serving all necessary notices including a demolition notice on the owner. Whilst thanking members of Amuwo-Odofin Community Development Association (CDA) and concerned citizens of the area for the early reporting of the distressed building, Oki charged Lagosians to emulate the examplary action of members of the community by reporting cases of distres...

 PRESIDENT BUHARI APPOINTS SEGUN AWOLOWO AS SECRETARY, NATIONAL ACTION COMMITTEE ON AFCFTA President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Olusegun Awolowo as the Secretary, National Action Committee on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for a tenure of four (4) years with effect from 19th December, 2022. As Secretary, Mr Awolowo is expected to provide direction to the National Action Committee on the AfCFTA for effective coordination of relevant stakeholders towards the attainment of Nigeria's strategic national interest. Mr Awolowo, a Law graduate from Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University), Ago Iwoye, has served as Special Assistant to former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. He also worked with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Abuja as Secretary for Social Development and Transport from 2007 to 2011. Mr Awolowo was the Executive Director/CEO of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council be...

No justification for fuel scarcity, price hike — PENGASSAN 31 January 2023  The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has said that there is no justification to the current fuel scarcity and the hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS. It called on the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), to revoke licenses of any marketers found to be selling petrol above the approved price. A statement signed by PENGASSAN’s President, Comrade Lumumba Okugbawa, and General Secretary, Comrade Festus Osifo, on Monday in Abuja, insisted there was no justification for the current petrol scarcity hike in price as being witnessed nationwide. While noting that there was enough petrol to last Nigerians for the next 30 days and more, the union accused some marketers of creating artificial scarcity of petrol, with the aim of having the product sell at a higher price. The statement partly reads: “PENGASSAN empathizes with Nigeri...

Provision of personal e-mail now compulsory for UTME registration, says JAMB 31 January 2023  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has announced that personal email is now compulsory for the registration of University and Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. It said that as from January 31, 2023, no candidate would be registered without the provision of an email address. JAMB explained in a statement released Monday, through its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, that the review of its advisory on the ongoing UTME registration was to ensure that best practices are followed in the process of capturing all relevant data pertaining to the candidates. “The Board added that the latest Advisory aside from aiding in eliciting relevant and up-to-date data of candidates is also imperative for facilitating the transmission of urgent and vital communication to candidates cheaply and efficiently. “Furthermore, e-mail provides more flexibility in communicatio...

Police chased away all our Customers, Onitsha Drug Dealers cry out By Obianuju Azukaego/Ogochukwu Mokwugwo The Association of Bridge Head Drug Market in Onitsha, Anambra State, popularly known as Ogbogwu Market, has acussed the Police of chasing away their customers. The Association cried out to Governor Charles Soludo, the Inspector General of Police and other relevant stakeholders to call Anambra State Police to order over what they described as unwholesome activities toward traders and their customers in the market. The Chairman of the market, Mr. Chukwulota Ndubuisi, who said this during aa interview with newsmen in Onitsha, noted that Police in the state have forced over 70 per cent of their customers out of the state. Mr. Ndubuisi said that their customers now patronize drug markets in Lagos and elsewhere, thereby hampering their ability to meet up with the standard of living.  "Today, the present administration in this market has flushed out fake and expired drugs from cir...

Extension of Deadline For Old Naira Notes: Onitsha Traders Commend CBN BY Obianuju Azukaego/Nkiru Anakor  The traders in Onitsha have expressed complacent over the extension  of new naira notes deadline, commending the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Dr. Godwin Emefiele for his understanding. The information officers reported that traders in Onitsha markets had mounted pressure on CBN to extend the deadline for old naira notes to cease being legal tender. A trader at Ogbaru Main Market popularly known as Relief Market, Mr. Sunday Ogbuka said that the redesigned naira notes were in short supplies in commercial banks, alleging that the new money was being sold in black markets across markets in the State. Mr. Ogbuka said that the extension of the deadline to Feb. 10 by CBN was a prayer answered as many of his fellow traders were clamouring for the extension. He said that other traders during the sensitisation of traders in major markets in Onitsha at the weekend by off...

 PRESS RELEASE  2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS: POLICE TRAINS 612 OFFICERS TO COMBAT CULTISM, KIDNAPPING, ELECTORAL VIOLENCE ACROSS SIX GEO-POLITICAL ZONES. As IGP Charges Trainees to Deploy Expertise, Cascade Knowledge to Others The Nigeria Police Force has concluded the training of Six Hundred and Twelve officers from across the 6 Geo-Political zones on effective strategies for combatting cultism, kidnapping and electoral violence in the country ahead of the 2023 general elections. The training which held at 6 different venue in each of the 6 geo-political zones was organized by the Nigeria Police Force in collaboration with Wan Diyos Limited, a consulting firm, and had renowned members of the academia as well as a retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Hashimu Ibrahim Argungu (Rtd.) as resource persons. The training workshop which held between Saturday 7th January and Wednesday 18th January, 2023, probed historical antecedents as well as contemporary issues and solutions t...