The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari has dragged the Nigerian government before a Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking his release by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Kyari is being detained by the agency over his alleged involvement in international drug deals. In a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, Kyari is challenging his continued detention by the agency. The DCP, in a ex-parte motion filed by his lawyer, P. O. Ikenna seeks the court to admit him to bail in liberal conditions, in the alternative. He told the court that he was being held “on the basis…
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit challenging former vice president Atiku Abubakar’s eligibility to vie for the office of the president. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who dismissed the suit on Monday held that the plaintiff lacked the locus standi (legal right) to do so, also describing him as “busy body and meddlesome interloper.” The plaintiff, Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa (EMA), in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/177/2019 had sued Atiku, PDP, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) as 1st to 4th respondents, challenging Atiku’s eligibility to contest Nigeria’s presidential election…
A 2023 presidential aspirant of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has warned that if his ambition to become Nigeria’s president is threatened, he would get dirty. He issued out the warning when he visited to consult the Alaafin of Oyo, Lamido Adeyemi and the Olubadan-elect, Lekan Balogun. At the palace of Balogun, Tinubu said that no amount of intimidation would halt his ambition. “No amount of intimidation can stop me. I am ready to get dirty. I am out to become President of Nigeria. We are at the crossroads.” Tinubu said he visited Ibadan and Oyo out…
Nigerian Military Airstrikes have eliminated Amir Buba Danfulani and four other notorious ISWAP commanders in Tumbuns and Sambisa forests of the Northeast. Danfulani was a senior ISWAP commander saddled with indoctrinating Fulanis and herdsmen in joining a terrorist group, PRNigeria has reported. He also coordinated activities of the terrorists ranging from the deployment of spies as well as tax collectors. Reports say that the well-coordinated airstrikes were conducted by the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) under its Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai within the week at different locations An intelligence source said that Super Tucano jet, helicopters and other aircraft were…
Former Chief of Army Staff and Nigeria’s viceroy to the Republic of Benin, Tukur Buratai has reacted to calls by some individuals by display of campaign posters, saying he never showed interest to join politics. Buratai, in a statement signed by Sani Kukasheka and made available ASHENEWS on Sunday, said he is contented with the national service he is currently engaged in as Ambassador to Benin Republic. Read the statement below: “The attention of His Excellency, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai (rtd), Nigeria’s Ambassador to Republic of Benin and former Chief of Army Staff, has been drawn to calls and…
Nigerian war jets targeting terrorists have mistakenly bombed playing children in neighbouring Niger Republic, killing seven and injuring five others. Chaibou Aboubacar, Governor of the Maradi region, which shares boundary with Nigeria’s Kano State, disclosed this on Sunday, February 20 2022. “There was a mistake with the Nigerian strikes on the border that resulted in victims on our territory in the village of Nachade. “The victims are 12 children, seven of them dead and five wounded,” Governor Aboubacar said. Four children died instantly and three others succumbed “to their injuries while being transported to hospital,” he said. He added that…
Malawi has declared a polio outbreak after a case was detected in a young child in the capital Lilongwe, the first case of wild poliovirus in Africa in more than five years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Laboratory analysis showed the strain detected in Malawi was linked to one that has been circulating in Pakistan, where it is still endemic, the WHO said in a statement. “As an imported case from Pakistan, this detection does not affect the African region’s wild poliovirus-free certification status,” the WHO said. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative said the case in Malawi was in…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced that its operatives foiled attempt by a syndicate to steal at least N2.7 billion from the Nigerian economy by pushing fake $4.7 million cash into circulation in the country. A statement by the spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday, said the operatives intercepted a consignment sent from Lagos to Abuja at Abaji area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in the early hours of Friday 18 February 2022. “A controlled delivery of the parcelled counterfeit US dollars totalling $4,760,000.00 led to the…
A group of northern youths from the 19 states in the region, under the aegis of “North-4-Osinbajo”, has thrown its weight behind the presidential ambition of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Coordinator of the group, Sani Mohammed, said this at the maiden rally it organised on Saturday in Jos. Mohammed, who said that membership of the group cuts across political parties, ethnic and religious affiliation, described the vice president as a man of honour who had all it takes to move Nigeria forward. According to him, Osinbajo as vice president has contributed to the growth of Nigeria’s economy, insisting that he will…
Brad Pitt was “devastated” by Angelina Jolie’s decision to sell her share of their jointly owned winery to a Russian businessman. The 58-year-old star – who split from fellow star Angelina in 2016 – had initially thought the pair would reach their own conclusion when it came to the business, but was left “devastated” when Angelina,46, sold her share without consulting him. A source told UsWeekly: “He assumed they’d work it out because she knows how important the winery is to him. When she sold it out from under him – out of the blue -, he was devastated.” The…