Woman Ordered To Pay Ex-husband Monthly Allowance For Their Children’s Feeding, Others A 30-year-old woman of Lusaka, Zambia, has been ordered by the court to pay K1,000 child maintenance to her ex-husband after deserting her children. According to Zambia Observer, Patricia Bwalya of Chipata Compound sued her husband Samuel Sikalumbi, 38, for divorce. Patricia told the Matero Local Court that her husband was abusive and threatened to kill her on several occasions hence her reason for divorce. However, her husband, Samuel informed the court that his wife had moved out of their matrimonial home with all household goods leaving behind…
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FULL LIST: NASS Leadership: Jubilation As Tinubu settles For Akpabio, Others As Preferred Candidates The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has settled for Messrs Godswill Akpabio and Tajudeen Abass as his preferred choices to occupy the seats of the Senate President and Speaker House of Representatives respectively, sources said. Ibom Focus gathered that the decision was reached yesterday during the parley of the President-elect, selected members of the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee (NWC) at the Defence House, Abuja. In attendance at the parley which lasted for over an hour were the outgoing Senate President Ahmad Lawan, his deputy, Ovie…
Crisis Looms As Labour Party Fires Peter Obi’s Supporters The Lamidi Apapa led-Labour Party, LP, faction has suspended 12 members for alleged anti-party activities. Among those suspended is veteran Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, who was one of the spokespersons for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council. He resigned his membership from the All Progressive Congress (APC) before the presidential elections. Also suspended is the Acting National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifo, who is also a strong supporter of Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the party in the last election. Their suspension was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of its…
How Ikpeazu’s Govt Scammed 2,000 Jobseekers, Collected N350,000 Each The Labour Party in Abia raised the alarm in Umuahia about rumoured employment and job recruitment into the state’s civil service between April and May under Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s administration. Its publicity secretary in the state, Jerry Njoku, warned the public Thursday not to fall victim to the antics of some political appointees of the outgoing administration flaunting job opportunities at them. He alleged that some political appointees were collecting as much as N350,000 from people with promises of getting them employed into senior and executive cadres of the state’s civil…
BREAKING: Gunmen Storms Popular School, Kill Many Teachers Gunmen have stormed a school in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, killing several teachers and gunning down another teacher from the school in a separate attack, according to officials. In Kurram, a district in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan, a group of gunmen on Thursday stormed a government school where students were taking exams. The seven teachers killed were members of Pakistan’s minority Shia community, which is frequently targeted by fighters. Another teacher from the same school, a Sunni Muslim, was gunned down on the road in a separate attack earlier…
BREAKING: Police Release Disgraced Suspended Adamawa REC, Tells Him What To Do Suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Hudu Yunusa-Ari, who is under police probe, has been granted bail. Also allowed to go home are two Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) commissioners and other officials undergoing interrogation at the Police Headquarters in connection with Adamawa Governorship Election fiasco. Their release on administrative bail, is with conditions. •They must deposit their travel passports; and •Their movement is restricted within the Federal Capital Territory It was learnt that a senator stood surety for Yunusa-Ari after he was interrogated for three days…
Tinubu Sends Strong Warning To Judges Over Judgement The President-elect, Bola Tinubu on Thursday appealed to judges not to compromise justice in the cause of their duties. He spoke during the commissioning of the Magistrates’ Court Complex in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The President-elect said the complex was an indication that Wike was fighting corruption. “I take a different angle to what Wike has done here today, he is fighting corruption. If you don’t want your judges to be corrupt, you must pay attention to their welfare, “We don’t want our judges to compromise justice, not just the…
BREAKING: First Batch Of Nigerian Evacuees From Sudan Arrives In Abuja, Photos The first batch of Nigerians who were evacuated from war-torn Sudan arrived in the country late Wednesday. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission made this known in a terse statement on its Twitter page early Thursday. Sharing photos of the evacuees, the commission tweeted, “The first batch of Nigerians who fled war-torn Sudan arrived via military jet C13 at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 2340HRS with an estimate of 376 evacuees.”
BREAKING: Fresh Crisis Rocks LP As Party Fires Chairmen, Secretaries, Others, Full List The Labour Party National Executive Council at its meeting on Wednesday suspended 12 members including the Acting National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Obiora Ifo and one of the spokespersons for the Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo. The 12 members were suspended for alleged anti-party activities and unruly behaviour against Alhaji Bashiru Lamidi Apapa led-Labour Party leadership, which include issuing a statement without the authority of the party. Their suspension is contained in a communique issued at the end of its National Executive Council meeting held on Wednesday in…
What Will Happen ‘If Tinubu Is Sworn-in May 29th – Charly Boy Blows Hot Again Veteran Nigerian singer, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, has reacted to report that Seyi, son of President-elect Bola Tinubu, acquired a “fraud-tainted” $10.8 million property in London, United Kingdom. .Bloomberg report stated that Seyi bought a $10.8 million London property the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seized from former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke’s ally, Kola Aluko, in 2017 through Aranda Overseas Corp. — an offshore company he is named as a main shareholder. Reacting to the report via his Twitter handle on Wednesday, Charly…