Nigerian Gazette

Atiku vs Buhari: Stop consulting presidency, constitute panel based on seniority, Frank tells CJN A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Tanko Muhammad, to stop unnecessary delay in constituting a Supreme Court panel to determine Alhaji Atiku Abubakar's case challenging the Presidential Tribunal ruling in favour of General Muhammadu Buhari. Frank demanded that the CJN should constitute the Supreme Court panel based on the tradition of seniority and not "consulting or waiting on the advice of the presidency." In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, the political activist said it amount to injustice for the CJN to delay the constitution of the 7-man panel more than a month after the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appealed the Presidential Tribunal's judgement...

Breaking: Federal High Court Judge kidnapped By Gunmen In Akure A judge of the Federal High Court, Akure, Justice Abdul Dogo, has been kidnapped by gunmen.  Reports have it that Justice Dogo was abducted while he was returning to Akure from Abuja. Read more

Frank Lampard confirms four Chelsea stars are ruled out of Ajax clash Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has confirmed that Andreas Christensen, Ross Barkley, Antonio Rudiger and N’Golo Kante won’t be available for the forthcoming Champions League group stage clash against Ajax. Christensen is presently nursing a hamstring injury picked up on international duty earlier this month and Lampard has already confirmed that the Dane won’t be available for the remainder of October. Speaking in a press conference, Lampard acknowledged that the likes of Rudiger and Kante have returned to training after their respective injuries (groin & adductor) but they won’t feature against Ajax on Wednesday. Elsewhere, Barkley seems to have overcome the ankle concern sustained over the weekend against Newcastle United and the manager has indicated that the England international may report to training by Thursday. “Ross will hopefully be fit to train by Thursday. Rudiger trained w...

Fayose's Trial: EFCC witness contradicts self, Says "Transactions duly reported,  not questioned" The second witness called by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the trial of former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, today,  Dr.  Abiodun Oshode, ended up contradicting himself by telling the court that he has never met a certain Taofeeq,  whom he had earlier said did not fill deposit slip because he could not write. He also said that the bank reported the N1.219bn cash lodgment to the authorities as stipulated by the financial regulations and that “the transaction was not stopped because it was deemed appropriate.”  Oshode,  who is the Zenith Bank Zonal Head for South West in charge of Ondo, Ekiti and Kwara States had said under oath while giving evidence before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun on November 19, 2019 that Taofeek,  who was alleged to be involved in the movement of  about N200 million cash from Afao Ekiti to the Z...

How grinding machine belt plucked off 14-year-old boy manhood A 14-year-old Junior Secondary School pupil in Bauchi, Bashir Salisu, has narrated how his testicles were plucked off when the belt came off the grinding machine he was using to grind grains. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Bashir, a pupil at Government Day Secondary School, Tudun Salmanu area of Bauchi metropolis, who had written his JSS examination (junior WAEC) preparatory to seeking admission to Senior Secondary School, engaged in the grinding of grains under the tutelage of a man at the Muda Lawal Market, Bauchi. Narrating his ordeal to NAN in pains at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, Bashir said the sad event occurred on Friday around 10am when, in the course of running the engine, the rotating belt mistakenly got in contact with his baggy trouser and pulled him. “When my trouser got entangled as a result of the fast rotating belt, it instantly severed my testicles and inflicted ...

Plot to smuggle Maina out of custody foiled Seven operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been arrested in connection with a plot to smuggle former Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) chairman AbdulRasheed Maina out of the anti-graft agency’s custody. They are undergoing investigation along with a woman, Zainab Abbas, to determine their involvement in the plot. Maina is being detained by the anti-graft agency which is probing him for alleged N2.1 billion fraud. An official of the agency alleged on Monday that Zainab Abbas, who visited Maina, coordinated the failed attempt to spirit Maina out of custody. According to the source, the seven EFCC men were on duty when the plot was to be carried out. The source added: “Intelligence was received about the plot on October 17. “That night, one Zainab Abbas was smuggled into the visitors’ area to meet with Maina. She was with her telephone. “She was alleged to be making efforts to procure some purported military perso...

Senate Rejects Budget For Niger Delta Ministry   The Senate Committee on Niger Delta has rejected the 2020 capital budget of the ministry over the non completion of major projects in the region. At the ministry’s budget defense session in the national assembly, committee members expressed dissatisfaction over many abandoned projects across the Niger delta states. The displeasure over unfinished projects in the region was disclosed by the Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi, when the Minister, Godswill Akpabio appeared before the committee to defend the ministry’s budget of N25, 910,486,285. Senator Nwaboshi stated that there is no state within the Niger Delta which does not have abandoned projects that should have been completed before now