The past 24 hours has had interesting happenings. Starting from the arrest of Mali president and prime minister, and to the adjourned the hearing of kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans till August 25. below are top trending news.
The draws for the first round of the Carabao Cup have been conducted. Barrow are away to Derby in their first game in the competition since the 1971/1972 season, while Newport will host Swansea. Harrogate will make their debut at Prenton Park, where they will take on Tranmere. Championship play-off runners-up Brentford host Wycombe, who won the League One play-offs last season.
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and his Prime Minister, Boubou Cissé, were “arrested” late Tuesday afternoon in Bamako by mutiny Soldiers supporting the opposition. “We can tell you that the president and prime ministers are under our control. We arrested them at his home ” (at the home of the Head of State), said a soldier, who requested anonymity.
Nigerian Socialite and Internet personality, Ismaila Mustapha Alias Mompha, has sued Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after he was rearrested on Friday. Mompla through his lawyer has appealed with the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel the anti-graft agency to pay him N5m for what he termed as an unlawful re-arrest. In July 24, 2020, Justice Mohammed Liman ordered the release of the seized items taken from Mompha on the grounds that the EFCC did not list them as exhibits in court. Following the court order, Mompha went to the EFCC office in Ikoyi Lagos, to reclaim his seized items which led to his rearrest.
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans till August 25, 2020. Meanwhile, there had been reports from some unverified platforms that the kidnap kingpin was sentenced to death by hanging.
Barcelona have sacked its technical secretary Eric Abidal and. This comes one day after Quique Setien was let go as coach. “Barcelona and Eric Abidal have reached an agreement for the ending of the contract that united the two parties,” the club said in an official statement.
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal has rescued two women from drowning at an Algarve beach after their kayak capsized. According to BBC, the 71-year President was pictured swimming over to the kayakers who were struggling in the water. De Sousa later told the press that the women had been swept by currents from a neighbouring beach into the bay.
A total of 2,210,534 people of Edo State are eligble to vote in the September 19 forthcoming governorship election in the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission noted that 1,159,325 are men, while 1,052,209 are women, youths between the ages of 18 and 35 make up 50 per cent of voters.
Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has sued the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; the Federal Government, and the National Broadcasting Commission for arbitrarily amending the Broadcast Code and hiking the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5m. In the originating motion filed before a Federal High Court in Lagos, Effiong challenged the imposition of N5m fine on Nigeria Info 99.3FM Lagos and the threat by NBC to punish other broadcast stations in the country over alleged hate speech.
The Okigwe Senate bye election is throwing up some drama in some of the major political parties, as Primary to elect candidates draws near. In the All Progressive Congress, APC, a consensus approach to elect a candidate has been put in place just as the party has put the cost of Nomination and Expression Of Interest forms at N7m.
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) on Tuesday unveiled a new design for the agitation of Biafra. The IPOB leader who took to his Twitter account on August 18 to share the new design. Kanu noted that the newest design which comes with an acknowledgement of the group’s ERI heritage is beautiful and thought-provoking.
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