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The Federal High Court in Abuja issued a permanent injunction on Wednesday prohibiting the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from imposing penalties on broadcast stations in the country in the future. In his decision, Justice James Omotosho also set aside the N500,000 penalties issued on each of the 45 broadcast stations on March 1, 2019. Justice Omotosho ruled that because the NBC was not a court of law, it lacked the authority to impose sanctions as punishment on broadcast stations. He further claimed that the NBC Code, which gives the commission the authority to issue sanctions, is in violation of Section…

For the first time in the UK, a baby was created utilizing three people’s DNA. The majority of the child’s DNA came from its two parents, but 0.1% came from a third person, another lady. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) stated that “less than five” kids were born in the UK in this manner, but no further information was disclosed to safeguard their identities. The scientific method is intended to prevent children from being born with potentially fatal mitochondrial illnesses. These are long-term, hereditary, and frequently inherited illnesses that develop when mitochondria fail to perform their duty of…

There was panic after a fire burned some structures at the Nigerian Air Force Base along Airport Road in the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday morning. As of press time, the source of the flames that destroyed the military base next to the Nigerian Correctional Service National Headquarters was unknown. However, our correspondent can corroborate the timely intervention of Federal Fire Service officers seeking to extinguish the flames. Responding to a question on the incident during a phone interview with our correspondent, Amiola Adebayo, Head of Operations, FFF FCT, said firefighters are working hard to completely extinguish the flames. “The…

Stanley Omah Didia, better known as Omah Lay, a Nigerian artist, has disclosed that he grew up amid “criminals.” In a recent interview, the Port Harcourt-born artist revealed this. He said, “I grew up among criminals. It’s crazy. I grew up in Marine Base. And if you know that place very much you will know that it’s like one place in Port Harcourt where people didn’t use to go at the time I was growing up. “I grew up around criminals, thugs, and stuff like that. I grew up around pipeline [vandals], illegal business, and stuff like that. So, there…

On Friday, May 5, an unidentified middle-aged man was crushed by a moving truck along the Isheri-Igando Road in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. The tragedy happened around 7 p.m. after the deceased person had returned from a trip. An eyewitness, who did not want his name published for fear of retaliation, claimed he was attempting to cross the road after purchasing some products in the Diamond Estate part of the neighborhood when the event occurred. The source said, “The man had just returned from a trip and was about to go into the estate where he…

The Action People’s Party has dropped its petition in the ongoing procedures challenging President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 presidential election. Senate approves Buhari’s N23.7trn loan request Obed Agu, the party’s counsel, disclosed this during Wednesday’s proceedings. Justice Tsammani Haruna, the presiding judge of the Presidential Election Petition Court, dismissed the suit in a concise order. TN

David Adeleke, alias Davido, Nigerian Afrobeats singer, has reacted to his uncle, Governor Ademola Adeleke’s, Supreme Court triumph. The Supreme Court upheld Adeleke’s victory in the July 12, 2022 governorship election in Osun State on Tuesday. Reacting to the judgment via his Twitter handle, an elated David wrote, “We go Dey shock dem like high tension!! @AAdeleke_01.” Timeless: Man attacks Davido on stage  The superstar had taken to social media to seek God’s intervention in the court ruling. Hours before the judgment was delivered, Senator Adeleke wrote, “God is going to win today.” The star replied, “Amen unc. we got…

Femi Otedola, a billionaire businessman, announced on Tuesday that his offer to buy Nigerian conglomerate Transnational Corporation Plc for N250 billion had been rejected. In a statement sent to TheCable weeks after acquiring interests in Transcorp and selling the shares, Otedola made various claims against Transcorp Chairman Tony Elumelu. Otedola claimed that he purchased the organization’s shares because he believed in the Group’s potential to reach N2tn in valuation. Otedola said, “I offered to buy Transcorp Plc for N250bn, but unfortunately, my offer was rejected. My goal was to maximize the company’s potential as a Nigerian conglomerate with a market…

The issue of fuel subsidies was at the forefront of a policy discussion and book presentation attended by notable people in Abuja on Wednesday. Some dignitaries, including Lamido Sanusi, Nasir El-Rufai, and World Bank Country Director in Nigeria Shubham Chaudhuri, stated the policy should be scrapped due to its bad impact on the country’s economy. According to Sanusi, a former Emir of Kano, the Federal Government’s continued subsidy payments amount to “stupidity” when the nation is clearly on the verge of “bankruptcy.” He, therefore, called on the incoming government of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to stop the policy. Sanusi, who is…

On Tuesday, a 23-year-old student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko in Akure Ondo State (name withheld) told an Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court how the founder of her church, Oluwafeyiropo Daniels, of I Reign Christian Family Church, allegedly raped her. The witness, a former assistant pastor of the church’s branch in Akungba, Akure, told Justice Ramon Oshodi’s court that her first meeting with the bishop occurred on May 28, 2018, when he visited Akure for a program. The rape victim, who was led in cross-examination by Lagos State prosecution counsel Babajide Boye, testified that she later became…