By Abimbola Ogunnaike Turkish Disaster management has confirmed that three person died and more than 200 injured in a two earthquakes jolted Turkey on Monday, 20 February, 2023, just two weeks after major quakes hit the region,. A magnitude 6.4 quake hit around 8.04pm local time and a magnitude 5.8 one took place three minutes Officials said more buildings collapsed, trapping occupants, and several people were injured in both Tur key and Syria. Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said three people were killed and 213 injured. Search and rescue efforts were underway in three collapsed buildings where a total of…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Supreme Court has promised that the dispute over naira redesign and swap policy must be decided on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. The seven-member panel led by Justice Inyang Okoro made the promise at the resume hearing of the case, adding that new parties wishing to join the suit would no longer be allowed. According to him, new parties would abide by the outcome of the existing suits or file a new one after the determination of the present suit, but that the matter must be determined today. “You may file a fresh suit after this suit,”…
Worried by the increasing incidence of disinformation and misinformation across social media platforms, the Centre for Social Media Research (CSMR) has enjoined Nigerians to be vigilant as the country heads to the polls in four days to select a new president. CSMR is a Lagos-based specialized media concern with flair for digital conduct of Nigerian citizens and organizations and others, on issues of public interest that affect Nigerians especially, nationally and internationally. Its public interventions are based on skillful researches based on relevant methods deriving from thorough and ethical consideration. CSMR has noted that disinformation and misinformation, otherwise popularly referred…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least, a total of 569 undocumented immigrants were rescued off the Tunisian coast while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy. Tunisian National Guard spokesman Houcemeddine Jbabli made this disclosure in a statement issued Tuesday, 21 February, 2023. “As part of the fight against the phenomenon of illegal immigration, 11 illegal immigration attempts were foiled late Monday night,” Jbabli said in a statement. The statement added that among the rescued included 20 Tunisians and 549 people of different African nationalities. Located in the central Mediterranean, Tunisia has been one of the most popular transit points for…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ahead of 2023 elections kick starting with Saturday, 25 February, 2023, presidential election, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended train services in the country to enable Nigerians to go out and exercise their civic responsibilities as stipulated by the constitution. The NRC stated this in a statement released on Wednesday, 22 February, 2023, by the corporation’s Deputy Director of Public Relations,Yakub Mahmood and made available to thegazellenews.com. Mahmood said temporary suspension of train services will be from February 25 to February 27, 2023. The statement list the routes suspended to include: Abuja–Kaduna, Warri–Itakpe, Lagos–Ibadan, and Iddo-Lagos-Ijoko…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State has acclaimed the judgement of the Appeal Court sitting in Ado Ekiti as justice well served and aligning with the decision of the people of the State who had chosen Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji as their Governor. The Appeal Court which sat in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, 21 February, 2023, had ruled against the appeal filed by Engr. Segun Oni and the Social Democratic Party, SDP against Gov. Oyebanji and four others, describing it as lacking in merit and an exercise in futility. The court also awarded a cost of N200,000 each to…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Federal High Court in Abuja Presided over by Justice J.k. Omotosho on Tuesday, 21 February, 2023, threw out a suit compelling President Muhammadu Buhari to remove the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on his retirement from service. Justice Omotosho held that the plaintiff, Michael Sam Idoko, lacked the locus standi to bring the application and was academic and hypothetical. According to the judge, the expiration of the IGP’s tenure by age cannot deny him from enjoying his four-year tenure as contained in the Police Act 2020. Idoko had brought the suit contending that Baba was…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike with agency report A US federal judge, George Daniels, has ruled that victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks are not allowed to seize billions of dollars in frozen funds belonging to Afghanistan’s central bank, saying such a move would be “unconstitutional.” Daniels made the decision on Tuesday, 21 February, 2023, saying federal courts lacked legal jurisdiction to seize $3.5 billion in assets belonging to Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) to pay the families of American 9/11 victims. He said letting the families seize those assets would be unconstitutional because it would mean effectively recognizing the Taliban as the legitimate government…
Abimbola Ogunnaike At least, 7,000 security agents, including the police, army and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), would be deployed across Ondo State for the general elections. The state Commissioner of Police, Oyediran Oyeyemi, made this know on Tuesday, 21 February, 2023, shortly after a meeting with the heads of security agencies in Akure, the state capital. Oyeyemi disclosed that security operatives were being deployed for the election amid the scarcity of fuel and naira crunch. This came as the Administrative Secretary and acting Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ondo State, Mr Oyetola Oyelami, revealed that 17,562 ad…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Three states: Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara, have filed contempt proceedings against the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, over their alleged failure to comply with the Supreme Court order on old naira notes. In the fresh documents filed before the court, a copy of which was obtained by thegazellenews.com, the three states warned the AGF and the CBN Governor of the consequences of their continued failure to comply with the Apex Court’s order made on Wednesday, 8 February, 2023. The two sets of Form 48,…