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IPOB kicks over leader’s non-appearance as HURIWA doubts FG’s willingness to release him Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja, yesterday, rescheduled the trial of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from January 19, 2022, to January 18, 2022. The shift in the trial date followed the abridgement of time granted by the judge following a passionate plea to that effect. Counsel to Kanu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, had approached the court with an application seeking an order of the court to accommodate the trial in November and December this year as against January 19…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, re-arraigned former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, and his company, Spotless Limited, before a Federal High Court, Lagos. Fayose and his company were re-arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke for alleged money laundering and non-declaration of his assets. In the amended charge, Fayose and one Abiodun Agbele, who is also standing trial on alleged money laundering offences before another division of the court, were alleged to have on June 17, 2014, taken possession of N1.219 billion to fund Fayose’s 2014 gubernatorial campaign in Ekiti State. They were accused of committing criminal…

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami has called for a global approach towards tackling cybercrime. Pantami said this when he spoke at a forum of technology ministers at the future tech forum on “The future of the internet: Trends and Opportunities” in London. This is contained in a statement by his spokesperson, Mrs Uwa Suleiman on Wednesday in Abuja. Pantami said that the global approach was necessary as the need for datafication kept increasing among global economies. He noted that the need for a daily increase in the collection of data would continue to rise at…

• 38m living with HIV/AIDS worldwide, 680,000 died in 2020 • NACA claims 1.6m persons with the virus on free treatment • UNAIDS warns world could face 7.7m AIDS-related deaths over next 10 years • AHF: World must keep fighting the other pandemic • FG laments rate of infections among young people, tasks NACA on 2030 target to end AIDS No fewer than 1.6 million Nigerians out of the 1.9 million living with the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus are on treatment. Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Gambo Gumel Aliyu, disclosed this to The Guardian in an interview…

If Nigeria would be rescued from the pit of bad leadership, stakeholders must amend the faulty process through which public officials emerge. This was the submission of former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, and others at the 7th Goddy Jidenma Foundation (GJF) Lecture, held at MUSON Centre, Lagos, yesterday. The theme of the lecture was: ‘Governance, Insecurity, Poverty and Social-Economic Development in Contemporary Nigeria: Which Way Forward?’ Jega, who was the guest speaker, regretted that 21 years of electoral democracy have not mitigated challenges in the management of diversity or assuaged real and perceived…

• Sanwo-Olu calls for healing, plans a peace walk • Falz, Mr. Marcaroni reject gov’s invitation • State judicial panels can indict military, police officers, Falana insists Lagos State Government, yesterday, rejected some of the conclusions reached by the Judicial Panel of Inquiry into last year’s #EndSARS protest. Some of the rejections included those that had to do with deaths or massacres from military gunshots at Lekki Toll Gate. Of the 32 recommendations made by the Judicial Panel of Inquiry, the state government accepted 11; rejected one; and accepted six with modifications. Also, 14 recommendations fell outside the powers of the…

Cristiano Ronaldo has accused the France Football editor of lying after he said the Portuguese’s only ambition was to retire with more Ballons d’Or than Lionel Messi. Ballon d’Or organiser, Pascal Ferre, made the claim to the New York Times. Paris St-Germain’s Messi won his seventh Ballon d’Or on Monday, with five-time winner Ronaldo voted sixth. “I always win for myself and for the clubs I represent,” said Manchester United forward Ronaldo. “I win for myself and for those who love me. I don’t win against someone.” On Friday, Ferre told the New York Times: “Ronaldo has only one ambition,…

Manchester United have announced that Michael Carrick will be in charge of the club’s Premier League game against Arsenal in the position of caretaker manager. United had yesterday announced the appointment of Ralf Rangnick as interim manager until the end of the season. The Germain will, however, not be able to immediately take charge of the club due to the regulatory process around a work visa. This leaves Carrick in charge, a former club player who supervised the 2-0 Champions League win against Villareal and the 1-1 draw at Chelsea after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s sacking. “Michael has communicated this to players and staff…

 Awards N10m damages against Kano, DSS, police Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Tuesday nullified the banishment placed on former Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, by the Kano State Government. Justice Chikere, in a judgment, held that the banishment breached the fundamental rights of the former emir as well as contravened provisions of the 1999 Constitution. The Kano State Government, had in March 2020, banished Sanusi to Awe, a remote community in Nasarawa State after it deposed him as the Emir of Kano. Angered by the action of the Kano State Government, Sanusi…

Says continent may miss 2030 target for ending AIDS The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that despite free access to effective treatment, Africa has recorded 460,000 deaths from AIDS with 1,300 lives lost everyday. It said the African continent is unlikely to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. However, WHO said that the challenges notwithstanding, Africa has made significant progress against HIV in the past decade, reducing new infections by 43% and nearly halving AIDS-related deaths. In its message to mark the 2021 World AIDS Day, WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, said the world…