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  The 25 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have been barred by the High Court in Port Harcourt from standing as members.    Justice Charles N. Wali who issued the order on Friday, May 10, also barred the lawmakers from meeting/sitting at the Quarters Auditorium on Aba Road, Port Harcourt, or anywhere else or is being done or said to be done.    . Legal matters in the Rivers State House of Assembly. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Martin Amaewhule and 25 other lawmakers were found to be loyal to  Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike. Remember that the height of the relationship between Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara, the lawmakers fell to the All Progressives Congress (APC).  Judge Wali said; –    The order was approved for the prohibition of the accused persons 1 to 25 from barricading and presenting themselves as members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and/or staying at the Assembly Quarter...

  NAFDAC law enforcement officers, assisted by intelligence from the 15th Field Engineer Regiment in Badagry, raided the business of Mr Chinedu Okafor, a brewer, residing at No. 24, MTN Road, Badagry.     According to a statement from the agency, Okafor's alleged activities came to the attention of the Nigerian Army, which arrested him and later handed him over to NAFDAC officials in Seme. Border Port Inspection Agency. After the investigation, the law enforcement officers confiscated all the  equipment and materials used to produce the illegal drink, and closed the illegal factory.     Investigations revealed that Okafor has long been involved in  criminal activities affecting the supply of controlled liquor in  Badagry area. The agency said Okafor will face prosecution and all proceeds of the violation, estimated to be more than fifty million naira (about 50,000,000), will be forfeited.

    Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed in a statement more than a decade ago that a bug ate part of his brain before dying inside his head.     RFK Jr., now 70, made a bizarre confession during  divorce proceedings in 2012, detailing "cognitive issues" that he initially feared might be a brain tumor, but a second doctor said a brain scan It was revealed that the black spots revealed the remains of a parasite.     As reported by the New York Times. Before seeking a second medical opinion, Mr. Kennedy was scheduled to undergo surgery by the same doctor who operated on his uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), who  died of a brain tumor in 2009.    But doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital believed that the abnormalities in the scan images were "caused by a bug that got into the brain and died after eating part of it," Kennedy said in a transcribed interview. Ta. RFK Jr. also said in his 2012 te...

  Anedi Mfon, a 25-year-old man from Calabar, Cross River State, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old girl.  The Chief Judge of the Calabar High Court, Justice Blessing Egwu,  sentenced Aniedi to prison on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, after his trial for the  September 27, 2022 offence.  In his judgement, Justice Egwu lamented the many confiscation cases. The court fined the survivors one (1) million naira.  This case was handled by the Fundamental Rights Council Initiative (BRCI), a non-profit organization dedicated to combating exploitation, witchcraft, human rights violations and other forms of oppression. Responding to the lawsuit, the Chief Counsel of BRIC, Barrister James Ibor, commended the Cross River State Command of the Nigeria Police, led by CP Gyogon Grimah.  Ibor said the verdict was a fair trial and a victory for the survivors and their families who  resisted bribery and intimidation in their fight for justic...

  The judge presiding over Donald Trump's money laundering trial  fined him $1,000 for violating the gag order and  warned the former president that any further violations could land him in jail. The fine is the second time Trump has been punished for making comments against witnesses since the  trial began last month. He was fined $9,000 last week for nine violations.  Judge Juan M. Merchan warned on Monday, May 6, that any further violations of the restraining order  could lead to prison time, but "that's the last thing I want to do. " The trial entered its third week of testimony Monday as prosecutors questioned their star witness,  former Trump lawyer and personal financier Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty to the charges federal agency dealing with cash flow. Cohen is expected to be heavily cross-examined by defense attorneys  to undermine his credibility with the jury.  Trump faces 34 felony charges of falsifying business records relat...

The Port Harcourt-Aba railway line has been put into service by the Federal Government following the completion of rehabilitation which is part of ongoing works on the 1,443km Port Harcourt-Maiduguri narrow gauge railway project.   According to reports  The railway is part of the Federal Government's intensified efforts to boost trade, improve mobility and accessibility and ensure connectivity between the Southern and North Eastern parts of the country. At the commissioning of the renovated 62km railway corridor on Tuesday, the Minister of Transport, Said Alkali, said they are in talks with investors to convert locomotives from diesel to CNG to further reduce transport costs. Alkali also undertook the rail journey from Port Harcourt to Aba, saying this marks the commencement of passenger train services along the corridor. The corridor will be connected to Enugu Port and will also be connected to  Onne and Port Harcourt ports to facilitate trade. He said; “We give glo...