A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, Feb. 9, granted bail to Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, UNICAL. The court also granted bail to his lawyer, Sunny Anyanwu, who was arraigned along with him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. Ndifon was granted bail in the sum of N250 million with two sureties, while his lawyer, Anyanwu was granted N50 million bail …
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Orlando Pirates star player Thembinkosi Lorch has been suspended from all club activities until 12 December 2023. Lorch was handed the suspension after a Randburg Magistrate’s Court found him guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Fundiswa Mathithibala, in a domestic violence incident that took place in 2020. He reportedly slapped and choked his then-girlfriend after she had asked about his whereabouts when he vanished. The two had planned to go out together. In July the Randburg Magistrate’s Court convicted …
The Spanish FA chief, Luis Rubiales, has reacted to his suspension by FIFA amid the World Cup kiss row with Spain’s Women’s World Cup winning star, Jenni Hermoso, saying he will fight against it. In an extraordinary statement released today, FIFA confirmed that the controversial Rubiales is now barred from all ‘football-related activities at national and international level’ for 90 days. Rubiales has also been banned from making any contact with Hermoso and ‘her close environment’, after she …
The Department if State Services DSS has invited the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, for questioning. President Tinubu appoved Bawa’s suspension on grounds of allegedly abusing his office. In a statement released this night, the agency said Bawa arrived the agency some hours ago. Read the statement below
Suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele is reportedly in custody of the Department of State Services. Willie Bassey, a Director in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, announced the CBN Governor’s suspension on Friday night, June 9, saying it is part of a planned reform of the financial sector. Mr Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi has already been appointed as the acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Daily …
Suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari has written a letter to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, denying claim of trying to scuttle a democratic process. In the four-page letter dated April 20, the suspended Adamawa REC claimed he acted in accordance with the powers conferred on him by the Electoral Act as the Chief Collation Officer in Adamawa State by declaring the candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) as winner of the governorship …