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  The Federal High Court in Lagos has mandated the arrest of Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, who is the manager of renowned gospel musician Mercy Chinwo. Justice Alexander Owoeye approved this order on Thursday, January 16, following an ex parte motion presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). During the court session, EFCC's counsel, Mrs. Bilikisu Buhari, notified the court about an application in accordance with the 1999 Constitution and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015. The application sought a warrant for Onyedikachukwu's arrest to obligate his court appearance for charges of criminal misconduct. Backing the application, an affidavit submitted by EFCC's investigator, Michael Idoko, highlighted that a complaint had been received from Chinwo against her manager. Chinwo charged that Onyedikachukwu had received royalties from her digital platforms and live events without transparency. Per the affidavit, the manager is suspected of diverting $...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo has accused Hope Uzodimma, governor of the state, of failing to effectively manage the state’s resources. A statement on Thursday by Lancelot Obiaku, PDP publicity secretary in the state, said Uzodimma’s first term and the initial year of his second were marked by  “economic mismanagement, insecurity, and lack of transparency”. The party said the state’s poor performance in generating revenue, citing data from BudgIT, a civic organisation focused on fiscal transparency. Obiaku noted that Imo ranked between 26th and 36th in internally generated revenue (IGR) under Uzodimma’s leadership and was 32nd in the 2024 fiscal performance ranking. He further revealed that the state recorded the lowest value added tax (VAT) revenue in the country in 2024, generating just ₦235.41 million — nearly half of what Zamfara state, the second-worst-performing state, generated. “On the economy, trade, commerce, and Ease of Doing Business (EoDB), Uzodimma’...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG1DNZ9gF3A?si=dBp1gq6UAB9XLlRw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoUN1IePtQI?si=6UqgGNAe7i2QKcB8 WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) -  A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk's flagship rocket program. SpaceX mission control lost contact with the newly upgraded Starship , carrying its first test payload of mock satellites but no crew, eight minutes after liftoff from its South Texas rocket facilities at 5:38 p.m. EST (2238 GMT). Video shot by Reuters showed orange balls of light streaking across the sky over the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, leaving trails of smoke behind . " We did lose all communications with the ship - that is essentially telling us we had an anomaly with the upper stage , " SpaceX Communications Manager Dan Huot said, confirming minutes later that the ship wa...

  Federal Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, was not a happy man. He visited one of his numerous federal road projects and was dissatisfied with the quality and pace of work. So he did what few, if any ministers had done before him. He physically entered the road being built to show the foreign contractors the  RIGHT WAY  to build it, threatening that if they fail to follow his  exact  instructions henceforth, he would cancel their contract immediately and kick them out of the country. This is the new Nigeria we want to see, and this is the new Nigeria we have. COMPETENCE  is the name of the game today in Nigeria. If you like, call yourself oyinbo or ''expatriate''. If you don't deliver, we cancel you and kick you out. Full Video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=253rdc68FgE 10 Likes  1 Share

  President Bola Tinubu has congratulated six distinguished Diaspora Nigerians named by President Joe Biden among the 400 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in the United States . A statement issued on Thursday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy) noted that the prestigious recognition, established by former President Bill Clinton in 1996, is the highest honour bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers. It said this year’s awardees, announced by President Biden on January 14, 2025, are employed or funded by 14 participating United States government agencies. The Nigerian honorees include Azeez Butali, Gilbert Lilly Endowed Professor of Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa; Ijeoma Opara, Associate Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Yale School of Public Health, Yal...