Author: David Great

Legal luminary Wole Olanipekun and 49 other lawyers have offered to uphold the victory of Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu at the election tribunal. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is leading the team of legal team of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Other senior lawyers in the legal team are a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Akin Olujimi, Yusuf Ali, Lateef Fagbemi, A.U. Mustapha, Ahmed Raji, Abiodun Owonikoko, Kemi Pinheiro, Niyi Akintola and H.M. Liman. Also in the team are Taiwo Osipitan, Babatunde Ogala, Roland Otaru, James…

A Nigerian soldier, Lance Corporal Nwobodo Chinoso, over the weekend killed the army commander of the Forward Operating Base, Rabah, Sokoto State, Lt. Sam Oladapo. Chinoso, also shot the FOB Rabah Command Sergeant Major (CSM), Sgt. Iliyasu Inusa, and another private soldier, Attahiru Mohammed, after he had killed Oladapo. After killing his army colleagues, Chinoso turned the gun on himself and committed suicide. A military source in Sokoto said the mental state of Chinoso could not be ascertained and the reason for his action unknown. “At the moment, the Commander 8 Division Garrison and Commander 26 Battalion are at the…

The doctor, who delivered Master Sylvester Oromoni of Dowen College, Lagos, at birth, has testified that the student did not have any underlying illness. The doctor, Henry Aghogho, said on Monday that Oromoni was born on Dec. 4, 2009, without any underlying medical condition. Aghogho testified at an Ikeja coroner’s inquest into the death of Oromoni, aged 12, on Nov. 30, 2021. He was being cross-examined by counsel to Dowen College, Mr Anthony Kpokpo. Before the cross-examination, counsel to the Oromoni Family, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), raised an objection as to why the witness should be cross-examined, while he was…

The Police Command in Lagos State says five out of 23 persons arrested during the Presidential and Parliamentary elections would be arraigned for electoral offences. The Command’s Spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. He said that investigation carried out on the arrested 23 persons revealed that only five of them have cases to answer in court for allegedly disrupting the electoral process on Feb. 25. “Out of 23 persons arrested during Presidential and Parliamentary elections, five of them will be charge to court any moment from now for disrupting the electoral…

Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu has condemned attacks at the weekend in Maru Local Government of Zamfara State and Maigari town of Rimin Gado Local Government in Kano State by bandits and unknown assailants. A Divisional Police Officer (DPO), a police inspector and a vigilante were reportedly killed in the bandits’ attack in Zamfara. In the Kano attack, unknown gunmen broke into the home of a village head and shot him dead. In a statement by his media office on Monday, Tinubu said the attack on Maru town after a period of relative peace in Zamfara State was a reminder that…

Justice R.I.B Adebiyi of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, March 6, 2023, further adjourned till March 24, 2023 for the adoption of final written addresses in relation to the no-case submissions filed by both Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and Ezekiel Bala Agaba, who are facing trial over an alleged N754.8 million fraud. Akpobolokemi and Agaba, who are alleged to have defrauded NIMASA, were initially charged alongside Governor Juan, Vincent Udoye, Ekene Nwakuche, Adegboyega Olopoenia and a company, Gama Marine Nigeria Ltd., before the charge was amended to…

Manchester United are monitoring Roma striker Tammy Abraham, but his former club Chelsea have first refusal to re-sign the England international, 25, having negotiated an 80m euro (£70.8m) buy-back clause when they sold him to the Serie A side. (Athletic – subscription required) West Ham are one point above the Premier League relegation zone but the Hammers do not intend to sack manager David Moyes as they back the Scot to improve results. (Mail) Newcastle United are confident of agreeing a new deal which will keep 25-year-old Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes at the club long-term. (Football Insider) Leicester City’s England playmaker James Maddison, 26, is on Newcastle United’s shortlist of summer…

Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have received an invitation to his father King Charles’s coronation but will not yet confirm publicly whether they will attend, a spokesperson for Harry said on Sunday. Preparations for the event in May have been overshadowed by the couple’s damning revelations about the King, Harry’s elder brother Prince William and other royals in his recent memoir, a Netflix documentary and a series of TV interviews. His recent high-profile and stinging criticism of his family had led to speculation over whether Harry, who stepped down from royal duties in 2020, would be invited to…

Liverpool delivered the complete performance and Mohamed Salah became the club’s record Premier League goalscorer as Manchester United were overwhelmed at a joyous Anfield. United’s renaissance under manager Erik ten Hag already has the tangible reward of the Carabao Cup but Liverpool unleashed a brutal reality check on their progress with a severe thrashing. Liverpool took control of what had been a tight game, with Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford missing presentable chances, when former Old Trafford target Cody Gakpo applied a smooth finish to Andy Robertson’s perfect pass two minutes before the break. The second half was a tale…

By Ayobami Oyalowo Let me start by congratulating you on winning what is probably the most keenly contested election in Nigeria, since the return of democracy in 1999. Without a doubt, you would have gotten an enormous number of congratulatory messages both locally and internationally, I therefore join all Nigerians, your well wishers, supporters, and the global community to wish you all the best as you prepare to take the mantle of leadership, effective May 29th, 2023. The campaign was long, hard and it was indeed vigorous, but one thing that was constant is your keen focus towards your plan…