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Former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, appeared before a UK Court on Monday. The ex-minister, who was charged with receiving bribes in the form of cash, luxury goods, flights on private jets and the use of high-end properties in Britain in return for awarding oil contracts, was arraigned at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. According to Reuters, she spoke only to give her name, date of birth and address. She was not asked to formally enter a plea, although her lawyer Mark Bowen told the court she would be pleading not guilty. Diezani seeks to stop auction of seized assets 26 bidders grab…

The Supreme Court has fixed Thursday, October 5, to hear the appeal of the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. His lead counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), disclosed this to our correspondent on Saturday. Also confirming the development, IPOB’s lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, said all appeals filed by Kanu would be heard on Thursday. On October 13, 2022, that the Court of Appeal, Abuja Judicial Division, delivered a judgment in an appeal filed by Ozekhome on Kanu’s behalf. The judgment further challenged some parts of the Federal High Court ruling. In the end, the Appeal…

The federal government has said that the N25,000 provisional wage increment announced for low-grade workers is now applicable to all levels of civil servants. Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff (CoS) to President Bola Tinubu, announced the development on Sunday evening. Speaking at the end of the four-hour meeting with the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) at the State House, Abuja, Gbajabiamila said the government team and the labour leaders have reached some resolutions. The meeting was called by the federal government to avert the planned nationwide indefinite strike by the labour to protest…

The United States District Court in Northern Illinois has given Chicago State University (CSU) 48 hours starting from Saturday to release President Bola Tinubu’s academic records to an opposition candidate in Nigeria’s February presidential election, Atiku Abubakar. In a ruling delivered on Saturday, the judge, Nancy Maldonado, after dismissing Mr Tinubu’s objection, gave the university until 12 noon on Monday to release the documents to Atiku. Ms Maldonando dismissed Mr Tinubu’s objection to the 20 September decision of a magistrate judge of the court, Jeffery Gilbert. The judge on Saturday fully affirmed Mr Gilbert’s ruling ordering the CSU to release…

The federal government says it will waive the value-added tax (VAT) on diesel for the next six months as part of measures to cushion the impacts of the removal of the petrol subsidy. The waiver is part of the resolution reached by the federal government and leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) at the end of a four-hour meeting held at the State House on Sunday. Speaking at the end of the four-hour meeting with the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) at the State House, Abuja, Gbajabiamila…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday, declared indefinite strike starting from October 3 to force the federal government to address excruciating suffering and hardship across the country, occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy. The resolution came, despite promises by the federal government to conclude wage award, which was a major demand by the labour leaders, to the two labour centres In a joint communiqué after both Labour centres held separate emergency National Executive Council, NEC, meetings, leaders of the two bodies urged Nigerians to brace up for a long strike and…

President of the Court of Appeal, PCA, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, on Monday, decried that over 39, 526 appeals are currently pending before the court. Justice Dongban-Mensem noted that bulk of the cases, which were filed in 20 Divisions of the Court, bordered on electoral disputes. “The cost and negative effect of electoral litigation is becoming worrisome. It is becoming economically alarming that the entire Nigerian Judicial System is inundated with electoral litigation and adjudication almost all year round,” the PCA bemoaned. She spoke at a special court session that the appellate court held to mark the commencement of its 2023/2024…

The Deputy Governor of Ondo state, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has approached the state High Court, sitting in Akure, to stop the impeachment process initiated by the State House of Assembly against him. In the suit number, Suit No. AK/348/2023, filed on Monday, by Mr Ebun Adenoruwa SAN, the embattled deputy governor, asked the court to stop the impeachment process against him pending the hearing and determination of the suit that he has filed in court. The state house of assembly began the process of impeachment of the deputy governor, last week, as it wrote a letter to Aiyedatiwa, over an…

Her face is a deep fake. Her body belongs to a team of similar-sized actors. But she sings, reads the news, and sells luxury clothes on TV as AI humans go mainstream in South Korea. Meet Zaein, one of South Korea’s most active virtual humans, who was created by Pulse9, an artificial intelligence company that is working to bring corporate dreams of the perfect employee to life. Pulse9 has created digital humans for some of South Korea’s largest conglomerates, including Shinsegae, with research indicating the global market for such life-like creations could reach $527 billion by 2030. In South Korea,…

There was a fire outbreak at the Supreme Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday morning. Festus Akande, Director of Press and Information at the apex court, attributed the incident to an electrical fault The office of a judge was completely razed, according to a source. According to ARISE News, the fire forced some occupants of the building to scamper for safety. The fire incident is just the latest of many that have affected government offices in Abuja. In May 2023, fire gutted some parts of the Nigerian Air Force Base located along Airport Road in the FCT.…