Without praise singing, the learned silk, one of Nigerian legal finest, Chief Ogwu James Onoja deserves to be celebrated by all on this glorious occasion of his birthday. The legal icon’s footprints in the sands of time transcends breaking records and setting good precedence in our legal system in the last three decades. His records in human and social services is distinct and unequal. I have had the urge to write about this legal luminary in the last five years, particularly during his golden jubilee two years ago, however, I reserved my pen. I have come to terms that it…
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An Imam in Uganda exchanged vows and signed a marriage contract with his ‘bride’ in A nikah ceremony that was attended by thousand of Ugandans. In Islam, the marriage between a bride and groom is a legal contract, known as nikah. The couple allegedly never got intimate before the wedding and did not consummate the marriage because the bride said she was menstruating. “I was patient and waited for her to get better,” the Imam said. But some days ago, Mr Mohammed Mutumba got the shock of his life after neighbours said his ‘wife’ was a man. Neighbours claimed the…
Trending News of Npower: “Npower Beneficiaries To Enjoy New Minimum Wage Like NYSC Corps Members” Volunteers of Npower are likely to embark on nationwide strike on Tuesday being 25th February 2020 over continuous delay of their January 2020 stipend. According to TVCNews in an interview with the Minister in charge of Npower, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, Npower Volunteers across the country are threatening to embark on nationwide strike over what they collectively described as an act of insensitivity and wickedness on those who continued to delay their January 2020 stipend without clear reason to justify the delay. Read Also: Npower: “Is…
The US and the Taliban are set to sign a historic agreement that would pave the way to ending America’s longest war, the bitter foes announced on Friday, hours after Kabul said a week-long partial truce across Afghanistan would kick off this weekend. If that so-called “reduction in violence” holds, it would mark a major turning point in the gruelling conflict and set the conditions for a deal that could, ultimately, pull US troops out after more than 18 years and launch Afghanistan into an uncertain future. Both US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Taliban issued statements saying…
The United States ( US ) Department of Justice says the Federal Government led by the President, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is blocking attempts to recover Abacha loot traced to Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu. The DoJ made the claim in court papers filed before the District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, Bloomberg reports. Ourworldgist further gathered from the PUNCH reports that Bagudu, who is a close ally of Buhari and a prominent member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, was indicted by the US Government for helping the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, to transfer…
Senator Ali Ndume has reacted to a newly introduced bill set to create an agency for repentant Bokoharam also known as insurgents. The Federal Lawmaker from Borno State, who is also the Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume in an press briefing said he is completely against the bill. According to privy information to ourworldgist, the Boko Haram Bill is aimed at creating a national agency that would see to the rehabilitation, de-radicalisation, and integration of repentant Bokoharam (insurgents) in the country. It was listed on the Senate order paper on Thursday for the first reading. In his…
The Rivers State Executive Council at its meeting held on Wednesday 19th February, 2020 at the Government House, Port Harcourt reviewed the recent attacks on the residence of the Former Governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili as a result of the Supreme Court judgment that nullified the election of David Lyon as Governor of Bayelsa State and resolved as follows: 1. That the Rivers State Executive Council observed that the Federal Government seems not to show interest in the sponsored threats to the lives of Dr Peter Odili and members of his family. 2. That the Rivers State Executive…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, says he has read a statement by Gov Wike of the Rivers State government that he and Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, “sponsored thugs” to attack the residence of former Rivers State governor, Dr. Peter Odili. In a statement by Simon Ebegbulem the Chief Press Secretary to the APC National Chairman, (Adams Oshiomole) the spokesman noted that the reckless defamation of the character of Oshiomhole is unbecoming of a state government that is supposed to operate under the rule of law including fairness and justice…
Nigerian veteran actor, Pete Edochie is currently trending on twitter as he says, Young Men who kneel down to propose are fools. Pete Edochie says, kneeling down to propose to a woman is never part of African culture but acculturation from western world. Pete Edochie added that he has been into marriage for 51 years so far and that keeling down to propose to a lady amount to debasing a man’s glory who is meant to be the head of the house according to African culture. He explained further that kneeling down for a woman to propose in the name…
Reliable information to Ourworldgist disclosed that four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) Kogi State were on Thursday kidnapped in Kogi by unknown gunmen. The officers were said to be on their way from Kogi command to Benue State in order to attend promotion examinations. Family source to one of the kidnapped victims said the five officers were travelling on an official vehicle when they were abducted around Ajegwu Junction on Itobe – Anyigba highway. He added that one of the officers from Ibaji LGA escaped while they were being marched into the bush. He said…