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The Senator representing Cross River North,  Mr Stephen Odey, has been sacked by a three-man Appeal Court Tribunal in Calabar. The tribunal headed by Hon. Justice Chioma I. Nwosu accepted the argument that member representing Obudu/Yala Federal Constituency Hon. Jerigbe Jarigbe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was the lawful PDP candidate in the December 5, 2020 bye-election for the seat. The Court in consolidated suit No. CAL/C/NAEA/SEN/167/2021, ruled the lower tribunal erred when it ignored Judgments of superior courts that earlier resolved Jarigbe as the rightful candidate of the PDP. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been asked to…

Officials of Team Nigeria are under pressure as allegations fly for withholding Samsung phone gifts given to athletes at the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Samsung, who is one of the sponsors of the Olympics, reportedly gave mobile phones, Samsung S20+ 5G Olympics Games Athlete Edition, which costs over $1,000, to each athlete competing at the Olympics. The procedure for collecting the phone, according to Punch, was that each athlete visits the Samsung office in Tokyo, scan with the Olympics accreditation tag, and pick up the phone. But it was claimed that Team Nigeria officials collected the phone in…

Despite the legitimacy controversy trailing the forthcoming All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congresses, the party’s caretaker committee says it will go ahead with the congresses in the country. Supreme Court delivered a dissenting judgment making Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to have won by a narrow-split decision of 4:3 in the seven-man panel of justices. The judgment centered on the legitimacy of Governor Mai Mala Buni as the APC national caretaker chairman, asserting that the party’s constitution does not make provision for a caretaker committee and that no governor could hold the position of a Chairman. Justice Mary Peter Odili who delivered the lead judgment…

The job of DCP Abba Kyari, super cop, may be the line following the setting up of an internal review by the Nigeria Police Force to investigate allegations leveled against him. Kyari is facing an arduous task to prove that the fraud case linking him with Instagram sensation, Ramoni Abbas aka Hushpuppi is untrue. The internal review has received the blessing of Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba. In one of the court documents released by the FBI, it was alleged that Kyari received bribe from Hushpuppi to facilitate the arrest and imprisonment of a member of his online fraud gang identified as Chibuzo Vincent.…

The National Youth Service Corps has sympathised with Akwa Ibom State government and people on the untimely demise of four Corps members in auto crash on Wednesday, July 28. Four of the deceased hailed from Akwa Ibom and one from Imo State. They were heading to Katsina State for their orientation programme died along along Abaji/Kwali Expressway. The NYSC Director-General, Brigadier-General Ibrahim Shuaibu conveyed the condolence message when he led NYSC management to Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel on Thursday, July 29. The Director-General who personally delivered the condolence message to the state Governor, Udom Emmanuel, expressed shock over the news…

Ten Nigerian athletes have been ruled ineligible by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) from participation in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The athletes were ruled ineligible due to failure to meet the minimum testing requirements under Rule 15 of the Anti-Doping Rules for ‘Category A’ federations. ‘Category A’ federations are those that are deemed to have the highest doping risk and considered as a threat to the overall integrity of the sport. This was revealed in a statement released by the AIU, an independent Athletic body charged with managing all issues of integrity, including doping and non-doping cases. The AIU…

Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas aka Ray Hushpuppi, has pleaded guilty after being arrested for engaging in cybercrime and money laundering charge. Hushpuppi was accused of engaging in money laundering, of funds from business email compromise scams and other online heists. After pleading guilty, he has now struck a plea bargain deal with the United States Attorney’s office for the Central District of California. The document was signed July 4, 2021 by Hushpuppi, his lawyer Louis J. Shapiro and assistant U.S. attorney, Anil J. Antony. His trial was initially scheduled for July 27 has now been postponed to a…

Uyo Book Club in Akwa Ibom State has concluded arrangements to celebrate Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, a playwright, novelist and poet on Saturday, July 31. The session which will feature the 87th birthday of the Nobel Laureate will centre discussions on the life, works and times of Professor Soyinka. The event which will start at 4.30 p.m. holds at Shakespeare Room, Watbridge Hotels & Suites, IBB Way, Uyo. Professor Patrick Ebewo, the Vice Chancellor of Topfaith University, Mkpatak in Essien Udim who did his PH.D dissertation on the works of Soyinka will present a key paper. Born on July 13,…

Five National Youth Service Corps members perished in the auto crash along Abaji-Kwali Federal Highway on Wednesday, July 28, NYSC has confirmed. A statement released by the scheme says the unfortunate incident occurred around 2 a.m. Straightnews had reported the fatal accident on Wednesday, July 28 that four NYSC members who left Akwa Ibom State for Katsina State for the national assignment perished on their way. The statement reads ”It is with deep sense of sorrow that the Director-General, Management and the entire NYSC Family commiserate with the families of five Prospective Corps Members that lost their lives in a…

The Supreme Court, Wednesday, upheld the re-election of Rotimi Akeredolu as Governor of Ondo State. Akeredolu’s victory was affirmed after four of the seven justices of the Supreme Court that heard the case upheld his candidacy in the October 10, 2020 election in the state. Three other justices disagreed with the majority judgment, insisting that Akeredolu’s candidacy in that election is a nullity. The minority judgment held the view that the appeal has merit and ought not to be struck out by the appeal court. Akeredolu was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the October 10, 2020,…