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*Soludo Inaugurates Anambra State Anti-Touting Squad With The Slogan "Say No To Touting"* By Valentine Mbadugha  Governor Soludo has reiterated his resolve to end touting and make movements and commercial activities pleasurable experience in Anambra State. In view of that, Governor Soludo today launched Anambra State Anti-Touting Squad that will ensure zero touting in Anambra State. The Governor while performing the function at Uper Iweka, Onitsha said that his administration is determined to restore law and order in Anambra especially Onitsha and it's environment. Noting that touting has affected the growth and development of Onitsha negatively, Governor Soludo advised the residents to contribute to peace and progress of the state. The Governor reassured that Anambra has provided great opportunities for the Youths and will continue to do so and asked those involved in touting and criminality to key into government empowerment programs to become useful to the society and ...

 Alleged N251.6million Theft:  Court Commences Trial November 4 Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan has adjourned till November 4, 2023, commencement of trial in a case of alleged stealing preferred against Obakin Emmanuel Ajibola.  Ajibola is standing trial on four -count charges bordering on stealing to the tune of N251, 685, 000 (Two Hundred and Fifty One Million, Six Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand Naira),  preferred against him by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC.  One of the charges reads: “That you Obakin Emmanuel Ajibola, adult, male sometime in December, 2022 at Ibadan within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did fraudulently steal the sum of N120, 500, 000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira) belonging to Lee Fakino Nigeria Limited, an offence of stealing contrary to Section 390(9) Criminal Code Law.” At the resumption of the ca...

There are conflicting letters from Chicago State University on President Tinubu’s certificate– Supreme Court The Supreme Court has said there are conflicting letters from the Chicago State University (CSU) on President Bola Tinubu’s certificate.  Speaking at the  hearing of the appeal filed by PDP's Atiku Abubakar this morning, Justice John Okoro who is the Chairman of the 7-member panel mentioned that the court has two conflicting letters before it. Recall that on September 6, 2023, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal had struck out the appeals of Atiku and Peter Obi of Labour Party. Both men headed for the apex court, with Atiku asking to file extra evidence against Tinubu on alleged forgery. Atiku had sought Tinubu’s academic record from Chicago State University so as to prove his allegation that the president submitted forged documents to INEC. However, by the time the documents were release, the 180 days statutory period within which an election petition should be...

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE  PRESIDENT TINUBU: WE’LL HONOUR LEGITIMATE FOREIGN EXCHANGE OBLIGATIONS AND RESTORE MARKET CONFIDENCE President Bola Tinubu has allayed the concerns of the business community, assuring them that crucial plans are underway to improve foreign exchange liquidity. The President said his administration will honour every legitimate contract with respect to the nation's foreign exchange obligations. Speaking at the 29th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) in Abuja, on Monday, President Tinubu said he is confident that by working closely with the private sector, financing the Three Trillion Dollar National Infrastructure Stock can be achieved in 10 years and not in 300 years. The President said the construction of megacities in every geopolitical zone of the size and scale of Lagos must not take six decades because it can be achieved in one decade, emphasizing that a fully networked and connected Nigeria by rail, gas, fibre optics and road network can be constructed in...

  A YouTuber’s skinny appearance has sparked concern and resulted in people calling her local police, but the police said she is not in any danger. Eugenia Cooney is an influencer with a huge following on YouTube and TikTok. Concern for Eugenia's well-being increased in recent weeks after she posted TikToks of her dancing. Her local police was bombarded with calls and emails as concerned viewers asked police to check on her.  Greenwich Police Sergeant Brent Reeves told TMZ that calls and emails have been coming into his department about Eugenia from all over the world, with some people calling from as far away as Egypt and New Zealand. The callers asked the police to make sure she is doing okay and isn't being forced by her mom to make content and keep up her appearance. Sgt. Reeves told the publication that he has known Eugenia for more than a decade and they have a good relationship and even have a special code.  He explained that she puts a certain object in her videos...

 South African man sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his mother and chopping her body into pieces The High Court of South Africa: Free State Division has sentenced 31-year-old Teboho Abram Mokoena to life imprisonment for killing his mother, Modiehi Anna Khodumo (65), and dismembering her body.    The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson, Free State Division, Phaladi Shuping, in a statement on Monday, October 23, 2023, said Judge Joseph Mhlambi also slapped Mokoena with a 5-year imprisonment for stabbing his father, Motsumi Joseph Mokoena, with a knife several times when he tried to reprimand him.    Mokoena was further handed 12 months imprisonment for malicious damage to property.    On 07 June 2022, Motsumi Mokoena went to the deceased’s house looking for her and found the accused in the garage packing the remains of her mother in a plastic bag. When he tried to enquire about what was happening, the accused stabbed him several ...

Actress Tonto Dikeh defects to APC Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh, has reportedly joined to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The thespian decamped from the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC). Newsmen learnt that Dikeh will be officially unveiled by the APC National Women Leader, Dr Mary Alile, later today at the national secretariat in Abuja. You will recall that Tonto Dikeh was the deputy governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Rivers State for the 2023 election. She and her principal, Tonte Ibraye, lost the election to Siminialayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the ruling party in the state.