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The Federal Government on Thursday asked for permission of the Code of Conduct Tribunal to amend charges against former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe . Orubebe is standing trial before the tribunal on charges of false declaration of assets and collection of bribe on awarded contract. At the resumed hearing of the trial, prosecution counsel, Mr Peter Danladi, orally applied for the amendment of the earlier charges against the defendant. He relied on section 216 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 to back his request for amendment of the charges. "The section states that a court may permit an alteration or amendment to a charge or framing of a new charge at a time before judgment is pronounced’’, he said The defense counsel, Mr Selekeowei Larry (SAN), however, objected to the prayer of the prosecution. Larry argued that a request for amendment of charges has to come by way of written motion and not oral application as made by the prosecution. Chair...

Reports reveal that two gunmen shot and killed a retired Navy officer, identified as Commodore Peter Ikre , in Festac Town, Lagos.    It was gathered that the unidentified gunmen, who succeeded in robbing Ikre, trailed him to 52 Road junction on a motorbike where they attacked him while he was parking his car, a Toyota Camry. According to an eyewitness, report “the deceased was an ex-naval officer. He was a regular guest at Summer Garden where he came to relax most evenings. “He was coming from a bank when he was shot by two men on a motorbike. The gunmen ambushed the victim who was in his car. Then one of the men alighted from the motorbike and shot Baba (victim) who was alighting from his car. The gunman kept shooting the victim as he attempted to escape. “One of the gunmen first shot Baba’s legs and continued to shoot him when he refused to hand over the money which he withdrew from the bank. Later, they collected his money and zoomed off. He was shot about 12 times, because we foun...

Liverpool clinched their place in the Europa League round of 32, coming from behind to beat Bordeaux 2-1 at Anfield. The penultimate Group B fixture did not start as planned for Jurgen Klopp, with goalkeeper Simon Mignolet guilty of time wasting and Henri Saivet finding the top corner from the resultant indirect free-kick. Liverpool were awarded a route back into the game when Christian Benteke - leading the line with Daniel Sturridge awaiting a scan on a foot injury picked up in training - went down in the box, James Milner slotting home from the penalty spot. Benteke put Klopp's team ahead with a fine finish in first-half stoppage time and Bordeaux's push for an equaliser after the restart proved fruitless, eliminating them from the competition. Ahead of kick-off, Bordeaux players held up a banner offering thanks for England's show of solidarity with France in the recent international friendly meeting at Wembley, days after the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 1...

It’s barely been a week since " 25 " dropped and Adele is already making history. The British singer’s new album was released on Friday, November 20, 2015 and four days later it broke the record for making the most album sales in a week in the United States of America. Three days after its debut, the album sold at least 2,433,000 copies. According to Billboard , industry forecasters say the ‘ Hello » ’ crooner’s album could sell three million copies in its first week. The number of sales beat a record previously held by American boy band *NSYNC which sold 2,416,000 copies of their “No Strings Attached" album in 2000 in its first week. The singer's album is currently unavailable for streaming on Spotify, Deezer and any other digital music service.

The All Peoples Congress (APC) Youth Leader, Ibrahim Jalo speaking at the party’s National Youth Conference, said President Buhari’s government has relegated the youth. According to Punch Newspapers, he said “it is regrettable that with the population of about 70 million people, the youth who constitute a powerful voting bloc are missing in the political space and have been relegated to playing the role of “active spectators.” While calling on the government to invest in the youth, Jalo said Nigerian youths no longer want to be seen as leaders of tomorrow. He said “In most cases, the youths of Nigeria are usually used and dumped by politicians; most especially during elections after getting into office, they rarely have something for the young people. “When in the real sense they (youths) constitute the majority of the voters, with about 60 per cent of the total voting population. There is this saying that the youths are leaders of tomorrow...

Uche Jombo Studios have debuted the first trailer for 'Almost Perfect' » which stars Uche Jombo R » and Ken Erics in lead roles. Synopsis Ada and Nonso’s marriage was almost perfect … if only Nonso will get a job. Then again, is any marriage prefect? It’s never easy for the man when his wife is the breadwinner.  The movie also stars Michelle Dede, Peggy Ovire, Desmond Elliot, Daniel K Daniel among others. 'Almost Perfect' was helmed by Desmond Elliot and lensed by Austin Nwaolie and Joseph Oladunjoye . The screenplay was by Rita Onwurah, and Uche Jombo served as the Executive Producer.

Today superstar actress Mercy Johnson shared a photo of herself with her two lovely kids. In the picture we can see Mercy Johnson’s baby bump. She captioned the picture “ I know where my hope lies and where my help comes from. thank you lord. ” Mercy Johnson is currently in Paris, France