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₦90bn Poll Cash: Osinbajo Can’t Drop Immunity, Say SANs

September 27, 2019 1:38 am

Four senior lawyers on Thursday said Vice-President Osinbajo could not elect to waive his immunity because it was not about him but about the office of the vice-president, which he occupies.

A Lagos-based lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, says vice-president Yemi Osinbajo lacks the constitutional power to waive his immunity.

Effiong said this in a statement while reacting to Osinbajo’s vow to waive his constitutional immunity to pave the way for the “most robust adjudication” over an allegation that he took ₦90bn from the Federal Inland Revenue Service to fund the 2019 general elections.

The lawyer said the Supreme Court had ruled …

R. Kelly’s interview over the allegations facing him

March 9, 2019 1:36 am

Robert Kelly, 52, simply known as R. Kelly to millions of music fans had a global audience, three Grammy awards, and sold some 75 million records. But now he is a mirror, reflecting a reckoning at the heart of the times we live in.

He is famous for the music he has given us. And he is infamous, for allegations he sexually abused women, for over two decades. Kelly vehemently denies those allegations.

The exclusive, explosive interview “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King had with him this week is part of a larger conversation America is smack in the …

Grand jury to look into new allegations against R. Kelly

February 19, 2019 4:23 pm

A grand jury has been assembled in Illinois to look into new allegations against singer R. Kelly, a pair of sources say. Attorney Michael Avenatti said last week he gave the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office a videotape that appears to show Kelly engaging in sex acts with an underage girl.