A video showing the moment Rivers state Governor, Sim Fubara, and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, met at the state council chambers in the Presidential villa, Abuja this morning, February 15 has made the rounds on social media. Presidnet Tinubu had called for a meeting with the 36 state governors to deliberate on pressing National issues. Governor Fubara arrived the chambers and went to greet Vice President Kashim Shettima. The Vice President afterwards pointed at where Wike was …
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The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has appealed to his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, not to stay away from him even if he crosses over to other side of the political divide. The governor said this at a thanksgiving reception for Wike at his private residence on Ada-George Road, in his hometown, Rumueprikom in the Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the stateon Sunday, June 18. “While we are seeing sign that it’s like you want to go …
The Federal High Court in Asaba on Wednesday July 8, struck out the Department of State Services’ application to stop payment of a N10 million judgement debt issued against it in a case involving President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Hanan. The money was awarded to Anthony Okolie after he dragged the agency to court for violating his fundamental human rights over an MTN SIM card that was once used by Hanan. Justice Nnamdi Dimg alt=’Court dismisses DSS application to set aside …
Tanzanian comedian and 2014 Big Brother Africa winner, Idris Sultan will be arraigned in court a second time on Thursday, July 9, to face charges of ‘failure to register a SIM card previously owned by another person’ and ‘failure to report change of ownership of a SIM card’. These charges were brought after he posted a video of himself on social media, laughing at an old photo of President John Magufuli wearing an oversized suit. The famous Tanzanian comedian Idris …
A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta state, has awarded the sum of N10m to a businessman, Anthony Okolie who was allegedly detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) for using a sim card previously used by President Buhari’s daughter, Hanan Buhari. Recall that on July 19, 2019, Okolie, an Asaba-based businessman was arrested by the DSS and detained for using a telephone line that was previously owned by Hanan. According to Okolie, he remained in custody, bound by …