WewriteonbehalfofMr.TonyO.Elumelu,CON(ourClient)whoseattentionhasbeendrawntoseveral falseonlinepublicationscreditedtoSenatorAyoAkinyelure,theChairmanoftheSenateCommitteeon Ethics,PrivilegesandPublicPetitionsallegingtheinvolvementofUBAandindictmentofMr.Elumeluina N41,000,000,000(FortyOneBillionNaira)fraudrelatingtoNITELinliquidation. OurClientisshockedbythisfalse,baseless,andmischievousallegationasneitherhimnoranyofthe organisationsassociatedwithhim haseverbeeninvolvedinorindictedforanyfraudaswasfalsely allegedbySenatorAyoAkinyelure. OurClientisalsoalarmedandappalledbythisdeliberatepeddlingoffalsehoodandmisinformation againstanunblemishedpersonalandbusinessreputation,painstakinglybuiltbyourClientoverseveral decadeswithgreatpersonalsacriöceandunquestionableintegrity. OurClientrejectsSenatorAkinyelure’sattempttousetheplatformoftherespectedinstitutionofthe SenateoftheFederalRepublicofNigeriatoaccomplishwhateverulteriormotiveshemayhave. ItisimportanttoemphasisethatwhenUBAappearedbeforetheSenateCommitteeonEthics,Privileges andPublicPetitions,attentionwasdrawntothefactthatthefactsandcircumstancesleadingtothe disputeson the alleged önancialindebtedness was pending before the Supreme Court in SC/CV/112/2020.ItwasresolvedthatgiventhependencyofthematterattheSupremeCourt,itwas sub-judiceandallactionsonthematterbesuspended.Itisshockingandsacrilegiousthatamatter pendingattheApexCourtcouldbesubjectedtodebatecontrarytotheRulesoftheSenateandby extension,theprincipleoflawthatwhenamatterissub-judice,itshouldnotbesubjectedtodebate beforeadecisionisreachedbytheCourt.Therefore,thepublicationsascribedtoSenatorAyoAkinyelure isintotaldisregardoftheRulesofSenateandtheRuleofLaw OurClienthasinstructedusto,andwehavedemandedanimmediateopen,publicandunreserved retractionofthesaidstatementscreditedtoSenatorAkinyelureandanapologyfromSenatorAkinyelure forthisfalseallegationanddefamationofourClient. WehaveourClient’sfurtherinstructiontotakeallappropriatelegalactionsagainstSenatorAkinyelure andhismediaagentsifourabovestateddemandisnotmetwithinSeven(7)daysoftheirreceiptofour demandletter. SuiteC17MainaCourt, Plot252A,HerbartMacaulayWay CentralBusinessDistrict, Abuja,Nigeria +2348037220007 OluwakemiBalogunLP LegalPactitioners 20CatholicMissionStreet, LagosIsland,Lagos-Nigeria +2348033301453 Read More »

Ogun State Government on Monday declared COVID -19 test free for all returning SSS3 students in private and public schools. It also instructed testing centres to commence the free test immediately. The government further directed that those that had already paid for the test should be refunded. Governor Dapo Abiodun, who made these known in a statement, also stepped down ... Read More »

The Akin Fadeyi Foundation, Conveners of the Corruption Not In My Country Project are set to launch a new mobile and web application device designed to empower Nigerians to report corruption on October 10, 2019 at the ShehuYar’Adua Centre, Abuja. The Report-Corruption-App, called FLAG’IT, a project initiated by the Akin Fadeyi Foundation is funded by the John.D and Catharine. T. ... Read More »

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Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, has commenced its “Zenith Beta Life” Promo to reward customers of the Bank with gifts every week starting from 31st July 2020 to 30th July 2021. During this period, fifty (50) customers will be selected via raffle draw each week and rewarded with gifts worth NGN30,000. The Promo is open to existing and ... Read More »

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Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has expressed willingness to meet the unidentified boy in a viral video, asking his mother to ‘calm down’ as she attempts to beat him over an offence. In the video, the boy is seen appealing to his mother to “calm down and rest a little,” evoking laughter from social media users. He also tells his mother ... Read More »

Director, Obaseki/Shaibu Movement and a member of the state Waste Management Board, Patrick Iyoha, has resigned his appointment. Iyoha, in a letter dated July 28, addressed to Gov. Godwin Obaseki, said his resignation was with immediate effect and due to personal reasons. Similarly, two members, including Mr Gabriel Oiboh, Chairman, State Post Primary Education Board, also rendered their letters of ... Read More »

A US-based doctor who schooled in Nigeria, Dr. Stella Emmanuel, has alleged there is a conspiracy of a group of pharmaceutical practitioners on COVID-19. The radiologist, who said she has singlehandedly treated over 350 COVID-19, with no record of death, most of them elderly with underlying ailments, said she has been getting death threats and ran to the white House ... Read More »