May 27, 2022

Kevin Spacey Comes Under Fire For Homosexual Sex Assault

Kevin Spacey Comes Under Fire For Homosexual Sex Assault

May 27, 2022 6:12 pm

Popular Hollywood actor and producer, Kevin Spacey has come under fire been charged with four counts of sexual assault in the United Kingdom.

The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed on Thursday that the offences involved three men.

Spacey, 62, was charged after evidence was reviewed following complaints between 2005 and 2013.

Rosemary Ainslie, CPS Special Crime Division Head said the Service “authorized criminal charges for four counts of sexual assault against three men”.  In a release, she disclosed Spacey has been charged with “causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent”.

Read Also: American Actor, Kevin Spacey Charged

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2023: Jonathan Cleared By Court To Run For Presidency

2023: Jonathan Cleared By Court To Run For Presidency

May 27, 2022 6:10 pm

In a landmark ruling, a Federal High Court in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital has cleared the former President Goodluck Jonathan as being eligible to run for the 2023 Presidential contest.

The development is coming hours to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential primary elections scheduled for Saturday in Abuja.

Recall that the former President was recently linked with the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential race following the reported purchase of ₦100 million form on his behalf by a Fulani group.

However, there have been different positions on his eligibility for the 2023 presidential election.

But on Friday, the court …

Sadness As Bees Kill 13-Year-Old Boy In Kano

Sadness As Bees Kill 13-Year-Old Boy In Kano

May 27, 2022 6:08 pm

The Yanoko village in the Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State was thrown into sadness on Friday when a swarm of bees attacked and killed a 13-year-old boy, Ismail Hussaini.

The incident happened on Thursday at Yanoko Nomadic Primary School while pupils were in their classes.

Yanoko village head, Habibu Bello confirmed the incident to newsmen.

He explained that the victim was rushed to the hospital where he died while receiving medical attention.

Sunusi Bature Dawakintofa, who was close to the deceased, told newsmen that the victim was attacked for his inability to run away because of a broken …

Mr. Peter Obi

Peter Obi Gives Reasons For Joining Labour Party

May 27, 2022 3:40 pm

Peter Obi who is the former governor of Anambra State, has joined the Labour Party in a move that was completely unpredicted.

On Friday, Obi announced this on Twitter after registering with the party in his Agulu Ward in Anambra State.

According to him, he had chosen a route that he considered to be in line with “our aspirations and my mantra of taking the country from consumption to production.”

Read Also: 2023: LP In Serious Talks With Peter Obi, Pat Utomi Reveals

Obi expressed his reasons for joining the Labour Party: ‘Since I resigned from the PDP because of

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Kaduna Christian Leaders Hold Crucial Meeting Over Insecurity

Kaduna Christian Leaders Hold Crucial Meeting Over Insecurity

May 27, 2022 10:45 am

In response to the rising spate of insecurity in the region, some southern Kaduna Christian leaders have convened a general meeting to ponder on the issues surrounding the incessant attacks in the area, and to provide a clear direction to their people on the way out of the crisis.

The Christian leaders met under the auspices of the Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association (SKCLA) ahead of the forthcoming Southern Kaduna Prayer Summit for peace.

Read Also: El-Rufai Confirms Existence Of Ansaru Terrorists In Kaduna

Addressing participants at the meeting, Chairman of the association, Apostle Emmanuel Kure, said the community had …

6th NBC Code Nullified By Federal High Court

6th NBC Code Nullified By Federal High Court

May 27, 2022 10:44 am

In response to the case of the controversial 6th edition of the NBC code which has been running in court, the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos declared illegal the 6th edition of the National Broadcasting Code issued by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).

In reaching his decision Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa said the proposed amendments 6th Edition of the National Broadcasting Code are ultra vires, incompetent null and void and perpetually restrained the NBC from implementing document.

The court equally declared that the NBC does not have the power to prohibit exclusivity on and compel sub-licensing of privately acquired rights …

Controversial Broadcaster, Oriyomi Hamzat Released From FIB

Controversial Broadcaster, Oriyomi Hamzat Released From FIB

May 27, 2022 10:43 am

Controversial Ibadan-based broadcaster and publisher, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat, who was recently detained by the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) of Nigeria Police Force, has been released.

Africa Daily News, New York can recall that Hamzat was arrested in the early hours of Thursday in Ibadan, Oyo State capital and was then taken to Abuja for interrogation.

The station, in a statement issued by Yousuph Grey Adebayo, Head of Station, Agidigbo 88.7 FM, Ibadan, insisted that Hamzat arrested only because he has been calling for justice in the murder of Mr. Timothy Adegoke.

Read Also: Abba Kyari: We Won’t Cover-Up Anyone Involved

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Okorocha Pleads Court To Compel Bail Release From EFCC

Okorocha Pleads Court To Compel Bail Release From EFCC

May 27, 2022 10:34 am

As things tighten up in court for the detained former Governor of Imo State, Senator Anayo Rochas Okorocha, he  has pleaded for a Federal High Court in Abuja to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to immediately release him on bail.

Okorocha on Friday predicated his bail request on the ground that he is a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and that his political ambition would be jeopardized unless granted bail.

The bail application was filed before Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo and would be ruled upon any moment from now.

Incidentally, Okorocha …

Russia Plans To Burn Five Ukrainian Towns To Ashes - Zelensky

Russia Plans To Burn Five Ukrainian Towns To Ashes – Zelensky

May 27, 2022 9:33 am

Volodymyr Zelensky who is the Ukrainian President has made some revelations that show that Russia wants to burn five towns in his country to ashes.

The five towns are Popasna, Bakhmut, Lyman, Lysychansk and Severodonetsk.

Zelensky said this in his nightly address on Thursday, according to CNN.

He also said that Russia’s intensified offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region reflects ‘an obvious policy of genocide’.

Read Also: Russia Threatens To Expel US Journalists Over YouTube Block

“The current offensive of the occupiers in Donbas can make the region uninhabited,” Zelensky said.

“They want to burn Popasna, Bakhmut, Lyman, Lysychansk and

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American Actor, Kevin Spacey Charged With Sexual Assault In UK

American Actor, Kevin Spacey Charged With Sexual Assault In UK

May 27, 2022 6:28 am

Popular American actor and producer, Kevin Spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault in the United Kingdom.

The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed on Thursday that the offences involved three men.

Spacey, 62, was charged after evidence was reviewed following complaints between 2005 and 2013.

Rosemary Ainslie, CPS Special Crime Division Head said the Service “authorized criminal charges for four counts of sexual assault against three men”.

Read Also: Joe Biden’s Sexual Assault Accuser Changes Story

In a release, she disclosed Spacey has been charged with “causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent”.

Ainslie …

Russia Threatens To Expel US Journalists Over YouTube Block

Russia Threatens To Expel US Journalists Over YouTube Block

May 27, 2022 6:26 am

Russia’s foreign ministry has threatened to expel a US journalist or US media outlet if YouTube again blocks broadcasts of its weekly press briefings.

‘A few of my briefings were blocked. What we did is we went ahead and said: if you block a briefing one more time, one journalist or one US outlet will go home,’ foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova disclosed at a roundtable discussion.

She also took aim at Polish media, “taking into account that all this is overseen by a lady with Polish citizenship”, referring to the platform’s CEO Susan Wojcicki, a US citizen of Polish …

2023 LP In Serious Talks With Peter Obi, Pat Utomi Reveals

2023: LP In Serious Talks With Peter Obi, Pat Utomi Reveals

May 27, 2022 6:22 am

Professor Pat Utomi, one of the political stakeholders in the country has said that the Labour Party (LP) is in touch with a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi over a defection which is expected to happen in a matter of hours. 

Obi, a former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dumped the party on Wednesday to pitch a tent with another political party ahead of the 2023 polls.
Utomi confirmed to newsmen at the LP National Secretariat in Abuja on
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