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The Supreme Court in a six to one judgment refused to set aside its judgment that removed Honourable Emeka Ihedioha as Governor of Imo State and replaced him with Senator Hope Uzodinma. The Supreme Court in the split judgment held that it lacked powers to sit on appeal in its own judgment. The court held that the application by Ihedioha …

Senegal confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus on Monday, marking just the second infection in sub-Saharan Africa amid concerns over the continent’s vulnerability to outbreaks of contagious diseases. A French man who lives in Senegal visited France in mid-February, contracting the virus before returning to the West African country and being quarantined in the capital Dakar, Senegal’s Health …

•EFCC moves for forfeiture of 2 mansions traced to suspects set for prosecution•Perm Sec got N120m cash, 2 Honda cars for new wife from contractor in lieu of NAF refueling job Graphic details of how two defence ministers, top presidential aide, Inspector General of Police and Permanent Secretary connived with a contractor to divert and share a whopping N35 billion …

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, says the Deputy Governor-elect, whose certificate scandal cost the All Progressives Congress the Bayelsa State governorship seat, is on the verge of committing suicide. Sylva said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday. The governor-elect, David Lyon; and the governor-elect, Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, were sacked by the Supreme Court on …

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to once again review former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, the target of repeated political and legal challenges over the past decade. The top court, which had upheld the law in 2012 and 2015, will examine a suit brought by Democrats seeking to counter lower court rulings that put in question …

*As commanders get 5-year tenure By the recommendations of Lagos State House of Assembly, only indigenes, or residents that have spent 20 years in the area and can speak the native language, will be members of the Amotekun corps. These are some of the recommendations of Lagos State House of Assembly committee the House adopted on Monday. The lawmakers adopted …

Saudi Arabia on Monday confirmed its first case of coronavirus after one its citizens who had returned from COVID-19 hotspot Iran tested positive. The health ministry said the man, tested after entering the country through Bahrain, had been “isolated in a hospital”. A staff member of the health authorities of the southern federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg demonstrates on a negative …

Italy reported Monday a jump in the death toll from the coronavirus to 52, with more than 2,000 people infected, most in the country’s northern Lombardy region. The civil protection agency said 18 people had died since Sunday, including three in Emilia Romagna, all of whom were either elderly or had serious pre-existing medical conditions. Soldiers wearing protective gear spray …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and some security heads met on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Amongst the security chiefs at the meeting were the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd.); and the Director-General of National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rafa’i-Abubakar. The Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali, was also at the meeting while …

By Igbotako Nowinta When the Nigerian Supreme Court refused to be a ‘prostitute’ to some attorneys who have sold their souls to the devil; attorneys who have risen to the zenith of their legal profession by submitting to the doctrine of anything goes, and in the process branding themselves unconsciously as legal monsters sucking the unpalatable blood money of desperate …