An Ex-Governor Missed His Flight While Seeking VIP Treatment - Dankwambo

Dankwambo: How Ex-Gov Who Forgot He Had Left Power Missed His Flight While Seeking VIP Treatment

Ibrahim Dankwambo, a former Gombe State Governor, has narrated how an ex-governor missed his flight while awaiting his aides to remind him of boarding time.

Speaking at a farewell dinner for 18 outgoing governors in Abuja, Dankwambo said the former governor kept sipping coffee in the departure lounge of a Nigerian airport, not knowing that the plane had taken off.

However, he didn’t name the ex-governor but said the flight he was to Benin, capital of Edo State.

“The former governor who had a flight to catch to Benin City, kept sitting and sipping coffee in the departure lounge of the airport until the plane took off,” he said.

He told the new governors to begin to prepare for retirement from day one

“I urge the incoming governors to begin to prepare for retirement as soon as you are sworn in. As soon as you are sworn in, begin to prepare for your exit by planning your re-election if you are a first-term Governor or retirement if you served the constitutionally allowed two terms.

“Ensure meticulous record keeping of major decisions and policies especially proceedings of the Executive Council. Be prepared for the visits of such institutions like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) who may ask some questions that need answers,” he said.

He also urged outgoing governors to bear with the pressure of friction likely to occur between them and their successors.

Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, said the event which is in its third edition was meant to provide vital information for easy adaptation for both the incoming and outgoing governors through interactions with the former governors.

https://dailytrust.com/dankwambo-how-ex-gov-who-forgot-he-had-left-power-missed-his-flight-seeking-vip-treatment/

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White House confirms Attack In Anambra: No US Citizens Were Involved Or Hurt

I just got informed about a whole lot before coming out here to talk to you all. Just looks like a US convoy vehicle was attacked.

What I can tell you is that no US citizens were involved and therefore there was no US citizens hurt. But we are aware of some casualties perhaps even some killed.

John Francis Kirby (US National Security Council Spokesperson)

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Musk: I Will Continue To tweet My Thoughts Even if It Hurts My Business

Elon Musk on Tuesday said a new Twitter chief executive will let him devote more time to Tesla, but that he will continue to tweet his unfiltered thoughts even if it hurts his businesses.

"I don't care," the billionaire said during a CNBC interview when asked what he thought of his controversial tweets potentially hurting Tesla shares or making it harder to sell ads on Twitter.

"I'll say what I want to say and if the consequence of that is losing money, so be it."

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Court Grants Seun Kuti Bail, Allows Police To Remand Him For 48 Hours

The Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos state has remanded Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, for 48 hours in police custody for allegedly assaulting a police officer, IGBERETV reports.

At his arraignment before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun, the prosecution led by S. A Adebese and Morufu Animashaun asked the court to remand the defendant for 21 days pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions. However, Kuti’s counsel, led by Femi Falana, SAN, asked the court to not remand his client, stating that they were not aware of the remand application.

The magistrate after listening to both parties requested five minutes of recess stating that she needed to deliberate on her own. Upon her return, the magistrate said she would not rely on police investigation hence she remanded the defendant for 48 hours in police custody.

Delivering her judgment, she ordered that the singer be remanded for 48 hours with the police and then be granted bail in the sum of N1 million.

“Court has decided to override any public opinion and pass the judgment of the court. Following the remand application presented before the court, I am advising that the case file be duplicated and sent to the Directorate of public prosecutions within 72 hours. The defendant is hereby remanded for 48 hours in police custody to allow the police to conclude their investigation. After 48 hours, the defendant will be granted bail in the sum of N1m with two responsible sureties, a three years tax payment receipt that is verifiable; one of the sureties must have a landed property within the court jurisdiction.”, she ruled. 

She adjourned the case till May 23, 2023, for mention.

https://igberetvnews.com/1445204/court-grants-seun-kuti-bail-allows-police-remand-48-hours/

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Nigerian Govt Should Reciprocate US Visa Ban – Fani-kayode

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode said the Nigerian government should reciprocate the recent visa recent restrictions imposed on some politicians by the US government.

Recall that the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, on Monday, disclosed that the US government has imposed visa restrictions on specific individuals for allegedly undermining democracy during the elections.

But, reacting, Fani-Kayode, in a statement on Tuesday, noted that issue was nothing to worry about, saying that only the Nigerian court can determine if the poll was in any way rigged.

The statement reads in part, “It is also my view that foreign policy, which ought to be based on the principle of equality of nations and conducted on the basis of reciprocity, requires the Nigerian Federal Government to consider the possibility of doing the same;

“…to nationals of those that have implemented and announced this measure and issue a visa ban to any foreign citizen or member of any corporate entity or institution that may have indulged in undermining democracy or rigging elections in either their own or any other country in the world over the last 25 years”.

“Those that have imposed a visa ban on some “selected Nigerians” for allegedly “undermining democracy” and “rigging elections” are perfectly within their rights to do so because it is their country and they can do as they please.

“We should lose no sleep over that because the Nigerian people, a great and sovereign people who belong to a great and sovereign nation, spoke loudly and clearly and made their legitimate choices during the course of a set of free, fair and credible elections.

“Wherever any of those elections may have been rigged or democracy undermined can only be properly determined by our election tribunals and courts after all the facts and evidence have been adduced, examined and determined and not by any distant and/or partisan foreign government or power.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/05/nigerian-govt-should-reciprocate-us-visa-ban-fani-kayode/

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EFCC Re-arrests Mompha

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday said it has re-arrested social media celebrity Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, who was earlier arraigned on charges of money laundering to the tune of six billion naira.

EFCC counsel Suleiman Suleiman told a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, that the prosecution, in collaboration with its international partners, had secured the arrest of Mompha.

“The prosecution will like to bring to the knowledge of My Lord that in collaboration with our international partners, we have been able to apprehend the defendant. We plan to take him into custody and produce him before the court. The counsel for the defendant reached out to me seeking an adjournment that he will be absent today in court,” Suleiman said.

Justice Mojisola Dada, thereafter, adjourned the case until July 3 for the continuation of trial.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the court ordered on September. 21, 2022, the commencement of the trial of the defendant in absentia after he failed to appear before the court.

On January 22, 2022, EFCC arraigned Mompha alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment, on an eight-count charge of laundering N6 billion, to which he pleaded not guilty.

The court on June 22, 2022, issued a bench warrant for Mompha’s arrest following his absence in court. Dada revoked the bail she granted the defendant.

The social media celebrity was equally absent in court on June 16, 2022.

On June 10, 2022, EFCC accused him of flouting the court’s order by travelling to Dubai with a new international passport. 

The charges against Mompha include conspiracy to launder money obtained through unlawful activities and laundering money obtained through unlawful activities.

Others are retention of proceeds of criminal conduct, use of property derived from an unlawful act, possession of a document containing false pretence, and failure to disclose assets.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2023/05/15/efcc-re-arrests-mompha/

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UI, UNN, UNILAG Shine In Centre For World University Rankings

The University of Ibadan, the University of Nigeria, the University of Lagos and the Ahmadu Bello University have been ranked among the best universities in the world according to the Centre for World University Rankings, The PUNCH reports.

A total of 20,531 universities were ranked with 2,000 making the global list according to the list published on the website of the global organisation on Monday.

The University of Ibadan was ranked first in Nigeria and 1,163th position in the global 2,000.

UNN was ranked second in Nigeria and 1,784th position on the global list.

UNILAG was ranked third in Nigeria and 1,875th globally while ABU was ranked fourth nationally and was placed number 1,881 on the global list.

The top five universities in the world according to the ranking are; Havard University, United States; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States; Stanford University, United States; University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

Accordingly, the rankings were based on research, employability, faculty and education rank.

Commenting on the national picture, the President of the Center for World University Rankings, Dr Nadin Mahassen said: “While it is encouraging to see Nigeria making gains in the rankings, funding to further promote the development and reputation of Nigeria’s higher education system is vital if the country aspires to be more competitive on the global stage. 

Efforts must be made to ensure that Nigeria attracts top academics and students, that increasing enrollment numbers at universities come alongside increases in teaching capacity, and that tertiary education expenditure as a percentage of the national GDP steadily grows in the years to come.”

https://punchng.com/breaking-ui-unn-unilag-shine-in-global-varsity-ranking/?amp

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