Over 150 companies from more than 20 countries displayed their agricultural products and machinery at an international agricultural expo held in Egypt’s capital Cairo. The Agricultural expo started on Sept. 11. The 34th edition of Sahara Expo, or the International Agricultural Exhibition for Africa and the Middle East, attracts more than 250 brands of various agriculture-related products. Such tractors are weed cutting machines, irrigation systems, as well as seeds, fertilisers, pesticides and other agrochemicals. Agriculture has been a critical field in Egypt since ancient times, said Hany Khafagy, General Manager of Informa Markets, the organising company of the expo. Khafagy…
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Prince Michael Ekamon, the 1st plaintiff in a suit filed in conjunction with Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers against Atiku Abubakar, has said that their lawyer, Wilfred Okoi, was not in court because he was indisposed. Ekamon told Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, upon resumed hearing in the suit challenging Atiku’s emergence as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate for the 2023 presidential election. Okoi, who entered his name on the cause list earlier in the day, could not be found when the matter was called for hearing. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
The Commissioner for Justice, Musa Abdullahi-Lawan says there is no plan by the Kano Government to sell some Shari’a Courts in the state. Abdullahi-Lawan, who doubles is also the Chairman, Technical Committee on Conversation and Redevelopment of Some Kano State Owned Properties, made this known in Kano on Wednesday. Some Kano-based legal practitioners, Sanusi Umar, Usman Imam and Bello Basi, approached a Kano High Court seeking to restrain the state government from taking any further step on the building and premises of the courts. The affected courts Include, the Upper Shari’a Court Gidan Maitasine, Yan Awaki, Upper Shari’a Court Yan…
U.S. police agencies, without search warrants, have been using an obscure cellphone tracking tool to follow people’s movements, a U.S. media outlet has reported. According to public records and internal emails obtained by The Associated Press, police have used Fog Reveal to search hundreds of billions of records from 250 million mobile devices. They also harnessed the data to create location analyses known among law enforcement agencies as patterns of life. The application, sold by Virginia-based Fog Data Science LLC, has been used to follow the devices through their advertising IDs and unique numbers assigned to each device. This can…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered that a 16-year-man boy be remanded in a correctional facility for allegedly defiling a 4-year-old girl. The defendant, who resides in Wole Oladokun Street, Ojo Meiran, Lagos State, was charged with defilement. Magistrate Ejiro Kubeinje, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered that he should be remanded at the Oregun Juvenile Corrective Home, Ikeja, Lagos. Kubeinje directed the police to send the case file to the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice. She adjourned the case until Oct. 25 for mention. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, DSP Kehinde…
London-based Vlogger, Ms Maureen Badejo is in the news again. But this time, for the bad as she has again lost an appeal against mounting Court rulings against her in respect to several defamatory statements she had made against Dr. Daniel Olukoya and his wife, Dr. (Mrs) Folashade Olukoya. Dr. Olukoya is the founder and General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (worldwide). In the latest ruling, the High Court Appeal Centre, Royal Courts of Justice, London, on 13th September, 2022, ordered that:”Permission to appeal is refused. The application is totally without merit. Pursuant to CPR 52.4(3), the…
By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS West Bromwich Albion defender, Semi Ajayi will spend six weeks on the sidelines as a result of a knee injury, reports Promptnewsonline.com Ajayi is now expected to miss Nigeria’s upcoming international friendlies against the Desert Foxes of Algeria as a result of the setback. The centre-back sustained the injury the Baggies Sky Bet Championship clash against Wigan Athletic. Ajayi has since undergone surgery and will now spend around two months on the sidelines. “Semi has had an operation, We’ve listened to specialists and they’ve advised us that was the best thing to do going forward,” West…
By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS Super Eagles forward Ishaq Kayode Rafiu has been unveiled by Slovenian champions NK Maribor, Promptnewsonline.com reports. The 21-year-old joined NK Maribor from Nigeria Professional Football League champions Rivers United. ”I’m excited to be here. It took a very long time, and I am happy that I became part of NK Maribor. I promised myself that I would do everything to show what I can do and help my team,” Ishaq told the club’s official website. “Knowing that I will be playing in Europe for the first time means the realization of my dreams. During the process…
As the 2022 Nigeria Football Federation NFF election is around the corner, various stakeholders across the country have called on electorate to vote wisely saying that their decision on the 30th of September could make or mar Nigerian football. They gave the advice at Stakeholders Interactive Session on the Upcoming NFF Election organized by Nigeria Football Progressive Forum NFPF on Tuesday in Abuja, where they said football is Nigeria national asset and a tool to use for national unity that must be protected. While speaking, the convener NFPF Chidi Okonkwo urged electorates to vote wisely saying their decision on the…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, has said that a former military chief stole the sum of N4 billion from military budget with which he bought properties in Abuja in the names of proxies. He also said that stolen money was deposited into the accounts of two companies where he was the beneficial owner and sole signatory. Professor Owasanoye who spoke at an event tagged: ‘National Policy Dialogue on Corruption and Insecurity in Nigeria,’ held at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja, said that the…