A French appeals court on Wednesday upheld a prison sentence of three years, including two suspended, against former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling. The court maintained he should serve a one-year detention sentence at home with an electronic bracelet and banned him from public office for three years over his attempts to secure favours from a judge in a case uncovered by wiretapping. The 68-year-old left the courtroom without making any comment, but his lawyer said they would be appealing the decision with the Court of Cassation, France’s highest appeals court. Sarkozy, who served one term from…
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A Lagos State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos on Tuesday, ordered the remand of Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, for 48 hours in police custody. The police dragged Kuti to court for assaulting one Inspector Mohammed Aminu, in Lagos last Saturday as captured in a viral video. The youngest son of the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti, had been in police custody since Monday after he turned himself in, following an order for his arrest by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba. The police took him before the magistrate on Tuesday to get an order to further keep him in…
The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, have urged the Presidential Election Petition Court to dismiss the application by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party for a live broadcast of proceedings. They argued that the relief sought by the applicants are not such that the court could grant it. “With much respect to the petitioners, the motion is an abuse of the processes of this honourable court,” the respondents stated. Besides describing the application as frivolous, they said the court is not a soapbox, stadium or theatre where the public should be entertained. Through their team…
The Presidential Election Petition court on Wednesday refused to recognise any representative of the Labour Party except the 1st petitioner, Peter Obi who was in court. The court presided over by Justice Haruna Tsammani reached the decision having been possibly intimated that there was a disagreement between two factions of the party before the court resumed proceedings. When the matter was called, Obi stood up to announce his appearance followed by Dudu Manuga, the National Women’s Leader of the Party who sat close to Obi. Meanwhile, Before the court could record Manuga on the list, Lamidi Apapa quickly stood up…
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has affirmed that the national carrier, Nigeria Air, will begin operations before the present administration winds down. Sirika made this known while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “Regarding Nigeria Air, yes, we are on course; and by the Grace of God, before President Muhammadu Buhari leaves office, it will fly. “We are on course; before May 29, Nigeria Air will fly,” he said. The minister continued saying that something important happened in the aviation industry with…
Date: 2023-May-17 🎯TOPIC: BEWARE OF GREED 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW 👇 https://youtu.be/KlBvZ0cYgTU ✝️ TEXT: TEXT: Luke 12: 13-21(NKJV) 12:13. Then one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 12:14. But He said to him, “Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?” 12:15. And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.” 12:16. Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man…
BOSE OMOLAYO The heaviest para powerlift by a female in the -79 kg category is 144 kg (317 lb 7 oz), achieved by Bose Omolayo (Nigeria) at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 2 December 2021. PAUL KEHINDE The heaviest para powerlift by a male in the -65 kg category is 221 kg (487 lb 3.5 oz), achieved by Paul Kehinde (Nigeria) at the 9th Fazza 2018 World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 19 February 2018. Kehinde broke his own world record of 220.5 kg, set at the World Championship in December…
The Gombe State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, Ada Imoni, on Tuesday, appealed to the state government to resuscitate its payment of monthly stipends to corps members. Our correspondent reports that previous administrations stopped the initial N1,000 monthly payment to corps members serving in the state. Imoni made this plea in her address which heralded the end of orientation activities for 857 males and 586 females, totaling 1,443, at the temporary orientation camp at Amada Akko Local Government Area of the state. According to her, for corps members to find solace in serving the state creditably, the suspended…
Former Minister of Finance and Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has tasked governors-elect on the necessary prerequisite for successful nation-building in Nigeria. Okonjo-Iweala, who spoke on Monday at an induction ceremony organised for elected governors in Abuja, said nation-building is impossible without trust. The former minister expressed deep sadness on the conduct of the 2023 general elections, noting that over the years, trust in Nigeria has been a fragile issue, hence, “following the election, a lot of trust has been broken.” While speaking to the governor-elect, she said, “If taking the wider global context into account is…
Nigeria boasts of about 41 million micro-businesses and 73,000 small and medium businesses, a survey by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria has shown. This shows that an average Nigerian is an entrepreneur in one way or the other, and this is because of the unpleasant risk to financial stability, due to poverty, lack of education and insecurity. Regardless, many Nigerians have forged ahead to build a lasting legacy of financial freedom for the generation yet unborn. However, when individuals are tasked with the gospel of creating passive income, or secondary income source, the usual tilt towards…