Former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has filed suit against a former senatorial aspirant in the state, Mr. Kayode Otitoju and Arise Television for defamation of character and malicious airing of offending broadcast against him. In the suit filed before an Ekiti State High Court, Fayemi is demanding a sum of N250 million from Otitoju and another N250 million Arise TV for alleged libelous statements made by the politician as an analyst on the television station. According to the Writ of Summons of the suit made available to journalists on Sunday, Fayemi through his lawyer, Mr. Babatunde Oke,…
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The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, said that Nigeria has achieved 100% broadband coverage following the licensing and operation of SpaceX’s Starlink. The Minister stated this while presenting the scorecard of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in the ICT sector. According to him, through the National Broadband Plan (NBP 2020-2025) Nigeria was targeting 90% broadband coverage by the year 2025. He said this has been achieved ahead of time through the licensing of Starlink as Nigerians can now have access to high-speed internet from any part of the country. While noting that the country has now achieved its…
A large new study shows that men who take erectile dysfunction medication are less likely to experience heart failure, stroke, and heart attack.Those who take erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra and Cialis may experience an additional health benefit beyond help with sexual performance. A large observational investigation published January 13 in the Journal of Sexual Medicine revealed that men who regularly took a specific type of erectile dysfunction (ED) medication had a 25 percent lower chance of dying prematurely than men with ED who did not take these pills. Use of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Correlates With Multiple Heart Benefits…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has extended deadline for the swapping of old naira notes till February 10, 2023. The CBN stated this in a release on Sunday. CBN Gov. says it has Buhari’s permission to effect the extension. Emefiele says so far CBN has collected 1.9 trillion and left with 900billion to achieve effective implementation of policy. Full detail soon …
The political trajectory in Ogun is fast changing and new agendas are beginning to unfold as former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, met with the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo. They were both in a closed-door meeting on Saturday with high-ranking members of the NNPP in Ogun state, and others believed to be the senator’s confidants. A highly reliable source confirmed that the state chairman of the NNPP, Oginni Sunday Olaposu, led the Ajadi team, which also included Ajadi’s running mate, Shakirat Arowolo, to the meeting. Others in his entourage to the…
Russian President, Vladimir Putin has sent strippers and pole dancers to the front line in a move to boost the morale of the troops in the fight against Ukraine.The move comes as the Kremlin announces a medal for all Russian soldiers which have deployed in what he calls the “special military operation”.Senior commanders have been ordered to organise the entertainment as Putin’s forces approach the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine.More than 100 girls will be ferried to the front in a fleet of helicopters for a series of “concert shows” at supply bases across the Donbas where troops…
Nothing is to be done which creates even a suspicion that there has been an improper interference with the course of justice.” Lord Hewart, 9 Nov, 1923 in R v. Sussex Justices, [1924] 1 KB 256 Something extraordinary happened in Ikere-Ekiti in Ekiti State, southwest Nigeria, on January 19, 2023. On that day, the governor of the state, Abiodun Oyebanji, received and commissioned a new courthouse built by a senior lawyer, Chief Oluwole Oladapo Olanipekun. Luminaries from various walks such as politics, faith, business, and the professions graced the event. ThisDay newspaper led in describing the project as an act…
At the end of his tenure in 1985, the then Head of State, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, granted his last interview to Halilu Ahmed Getso of FRCN Kaduna. The answer to the last question in the interview was very informative. What last message do you have for Nigerians? Halilu asked. Buhari, aware of plans to topple him, simply said that if anyone thinks leading the country is easy, let him come and try it. Barely two weeks later, Buhari was overthrown. My kind-hearted mentor thought then he would retire to a quiet life. No. It was to be four years of…
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Honeywell Flour Mills Limited challenging the judgement of the Court of Appeal in a N5.5 billion debt dispute with Ecobank Nigeria Limited. Nairametrics gathered that a five-member panel of the Supreme Court, led by Tijjani Abubakar, delivered the judgement on the substantive issues in the case on Friday. They said Honeywell, Anchorage, and Siloam were indeed indebted to Ecobank. However, the court held that the firms’ appeal succeeded in part, declaring that they were right to commence their suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos. The judgment: The Supreme Court also held…
Wealthy software entrepreneur Bryan Johnson, 45, has one goal: To have the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, tendons, teeth, skin, hair, bladder, penis and rectum of an 18-year-old. To accomplish the feat, he will spend at least $2 million this year on a medical program that has more than 30 doctors monitoring his bodily functions. Led by regenerative medicine physician Oliver Zolman, 29, the team aims to reverse the aging process in every organ. To do so, Johnson and Zolman scour scientific literature and use Johnson as a guinea pig for promising treatments. “The body delivers a certain configuration at…
