The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed two appeals filed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s in-law, Sani Sha’aban, against the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, Uba Sani in the 2023 poll and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
One of the counts reads: “That you, Peter Nwaoboshi and Golden Touch Construction Projects Limited, between May and June, 2014, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did acquire a property described as Guinea House, Marina Road, Apapa, Lagos, for the sum of N805million, when you reasonably ought to have known that the sum of N322 million out of the purchase price transferred to the vendors by order of Suinming Electricals Limited formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful activity of fraud and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15(2) (d) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act of 2011(as amended) and punishable under Section (15)(3) of the same Act.”
ASHENEWS reports that a group known as ‘Compatriots’ in Abuja on Wednesday, parleyed with some presidential candidates in Nigeria calling for the conduct of free, fair and credible general elections.
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has briefed the Federal Executive Council on the preparedness of the Commission for the 2023 general elections.
A fuel-laden tanker exploded on Wednesday on the Ore-Benin Expressway at Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The Justice, Development and Peacemaker Centre (JDPMC), Osogbo Catholic Diocese in collaboration with the European Union (EU), on Wednesday inaugurated election monitoring Mobile application (App) ahead of the general elections.
ASHENEWS reports that the Supreme Court of Nigeria on Wednesday temporarily halted the withdrawal of old Naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from February 10.
The adage that “Those who try to draw undue attention from the public never get it” cannot be truer at any time than now. Drawing attention to self or temporary paymasters simply isn’t easy, especially when you cannot dislodge facts to implant falsehood.
After five years of protracted legal proceedings, the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, will on Tuesday, February 7 and Wednesday, February 8, 2023, hear the landmark legal challenge against Monsanto/Bayer’s drought tolerant maize.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday inaugurated a special investigative panel on alleged human rights violations in Counter-Insurgency operations in the North east.