PRES. TRUMP AWARDED INAUGURAL FIFA PEACE PRIZE AT WORLD CUP DRAW IN WASHINGTON . (PHOTOS).

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 President Trump awarded inaugural FIFA Peace Prize at World Cup draw in Washington  Gianni Infantino, the FIFA President presented the honour onstage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, saying Trump had been selected “in recognition of his exceptional and extraordinary actions to promote peace and unity around the world”. “This is your prize, this is your peace prize,” Infantino said, after Trump took the stage to accept the trophy, a medal and certificate. “There is also a beautiful medal for you that you can wear everywhere you want to go.”   FIFA says the prize is for “individuals who help unite people in peace through unwavering commitment and special actions”.  Accepting the award, Trump called it “one of the great honours of my life”, before claiming to have “saved millions and millions of lives – the Congo is an example, over 10 million people killed and it was heading for another 10 million very quickly. India and Pakistan, so many diffe...
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EFCC ARRAIGNS MAN FOR ALLEGED REFUSAL TO ACCEPT NAIRA AS LEGAL TENDER. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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EFCC Arraigns Man for Alleged Refusal to Accept Naira as Legal Tender


The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, arraigned one Precious  Chimaobi Uzondu on a two -count charge bordering on alleged refusal to accept Naira  as a legal tender before Justice A.O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi , Lagos. 


One of the count reads: "That you, Precious  Chimaobi Uzondu, on the 10th of December 2024, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, refused to accept Naira (Nigeria’s legal tender) by accepting the sum of $5700 ( Five Thousand Seven Hundred USD) as a means of payment for a purchase of a Carter diamond bracelet with serial number (12345678) and you thereby lcommitted an offence contrary to Section 20 of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007.


The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charges when they were read to him. 


In view of his pleas,  prosecution counsel, Hannatu U. KofarNaisa, prayed the court for a trial date and for the defendant  to be remanded in a Correctional Centre.


Counsel to the defendant, Jennifer Achinuagole, informed the court of a pending bail application and  prayed the court to adopt the same as her oral application. 


Responding, KofarNaisa informed the court about a  counter-affidavit  to the application and a written address.  She  prayed the court to accept the same and discountenance the application by the defendant.


After listening to both parties, Justice Owoeye admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N5m, with two sureties in like sum. The sureties must own  landed properties in Lagos, which must be verified by the court, and also swear to an affidavit of means.


The Judge also ordered the remand of the defendant in the Ikoyi  Correctional Centre and  adjourned till April 8, 2025 for commencement of trial.

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