Thursday, July 29, 2021

US Court Issues Arrest Warrant For Abba Kyari

   


    A US court has issued an arrest warrant for a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari over his links to alleged fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi.

   The arrest warrant was issued by a U.S magistrate judge, Otis Wright, a spokesperson in the United States Attorney’s Office confirmed to Channels Television. According to documents unsealed this week in the US, Mr Kyari had arrested and jailed one Chibuzo Vincent, at the behest of Hushpuppi.

Buhari Pledges To Increase Education Budget By 50% In Next Two Years

 


 

    President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to increase education budget by 50% in the next two years. The president made the pledge on Wednesday a the ongoing Global Education Summit in London, United Kingdom. The commitment was contained in a document titled, ‘Heads Of State Call To Action On Education Financing Ahead Of The Global Education Summit’.

Court adjourns murdered Enugu make-up Artist trial to August 25

 


    Justice K.I Okpe of Enugu State High Court has adjourned the case of Ijeoma Nneke, the makeup artist murdered in the state when she was called for a job to August 25th, 2021.

   The prosecuting counsel, Ngozi Ikem Okoye from Department of Public Prosecution, DPP, sought permissions from the court to enable her correct the typo on their charges and also file a motion that will enable come up with more witnesses into the matter.

  The defense Counsel, Chuma Oguejiofor argued that calling of new witnesses is not necessary as the matter has not been entered properly by the court. The suspects were in court but the judge, Justice K.I could not take plea on the matter and subsequently, adjourned to August 25th, 2021 for commencement of the case.

Oyo Assembly Speaker dissolves all 36 House Committee with immediate effect

   


   The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, has dissolved all the 36 standing Committees of the 9th Assembly with immediate effect.

JUST IN: Despite Order, DSS Fails To Produce Igboho’s Detained Aides In Court

   


    The Department of State Services (DSS) has defied a court order to produce the 12 detained aides of Yoruba-nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo,  popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja had ordered the DSS to produce in court on July 29, the 12 aides who have been in their custody since July 2, 2021.

   Their case was expected to proceed regardless of the annual court vacation slated to begin on July 26. But since the DSS failed to bring the aides before the court on Thursday, the case has stalled yet again, with Justice Egwatu now issueing another order, asking the DSS to produce the 12 aides in court on Monday, August 2. While giving the order, he stressed that when a court of competent Jurisdiction, gives an order, such must be respected and obeyed.

Wayne Rooney apologises to his family after leaked hotel images with women emerged online

   


   Football legend Wayne Rooney has apologised to his family and Derby after leaked images of him in a hotel room with a group of young women went viral online.


On Tuesday, the Cheshire Police stated they will not take action against a complaint of blackmail made by Rooney’s representatives.

Five corps members died in fatal accident

   


Five corps members reportedly died in a fatal accident along the Abaji-Kwali expressway on Wednesday July 28. A statement released by the NYSC scheme says the unfortunate incident occurred around 2pm.


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NIHSA tells Nigerians to prepare for the worst, warns Lagos against dredging and sand filling the Atlantic Ocean to build model cities

   


    Nigerians have been alerted over a more devastating floods from the end of August to early October by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), an agency of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources.

The agency which drew attention to its earlier prediction of Lagos, Nasarawa, Anambra, Abia, Kwara, Kaduna, Rivers, Enugu, Borno and Ondo states witnessing severe flooding as a result of heavy local rainfalls compounded by poor drainage system, said flood will get worse in some states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) within August and October.

Trafford General Hospital set ablaze by lightning strike

 


  Patients and staff had to be evacuated from Trafford General Hospital in Greater Manchester after a lightning strike caused fire to break out at the hospital. The blaze erupted during a freak storm on Wednesday afternoon, July 28.

10 Nigerian Athletes Banned From 2020 Tokyo Olympics

   


    Ten Nigerian athletes have been declared ineligible to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Wednesday.

AIU, an independent body created by World Athletics to manages all integrity issues – both doping and non-doping, noted that eight athletes from other countries were also declared ineligible while two others were replaced prior to the submission of their entries to World Athletics.

It explained that the affected athletes, who represented some ‘Category A’ Federations, were disqualified from the final entries for the Olympics for failing to meet the minimum testing requirements under Rule 15 of the Anti-Doping Rules.

This comes in spite of the improvements in the domestic testing programmes in various countries. Part of the statement read, “Under the framework of Rule 15 governing National Federation Anti-Doping Obligations, which came into force in January 2019, National Federations are accountable for ensuring appropriate anti-doping measures are in place in their respective jurisdictions.

“Among other things, the Rule sets out minimum requirements for testing on the national teams of ‘Category A’ federations deemed to have the highest doping risk and considered as a threat to the overall integrity of the sport.