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21/04/2023

Woman kills husband in Akwa Ibom after arranging her biological son to live with them as house help

-As court resumes trial of catholic priest who got her pregnant-

More facts have emerged in the trial of a 36 year-old lawyer, Abasiesebanga Ikoiwak and five others, over the gruesome murder of her husband, 41 year-old Barrister Godwin Ikoiwak.

Until his death in January last year, Barrister Ikoiwak, a native of Eket Local Government Area, was a State Counsel at the State Ministry of Justice.

At the hearing of the matter before an Uyo High Court, a friend and classmate of the deceased in the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Barrister Sunny Anyanwu said the deceased told him in a phone conversation few days before his death that he and his wife, Barrister Abasiesebanga Ikoiwak were having issues over infidelity.

He said the deceased hinted him that he reported the matter to his wife’s family who invited him to a meeting in their family compound in Nung Udoe Itak, Ikono Local Government Area, but did not return home alive.

Barr. Anyanwu who is the 7th prosecution witness in the matter, also said that late Barrister Godwin Ikoiwak told him that his wife, Barrister Abasiesebanga Ikoiwak was having sexual relationship with her former boss, a legal practitioner, Barrister C.I. Odoh.

He said the deceased husband told him that his wife had stayed with a Catholic priest, Rev. Father Maurice Mbeke as a house help and the Catholic priest impregnated her and they had a child who is now 19 years old named after his maternal grandfather.

According to the prosecution witness, late Barrister Ikoiwak did not know that the boy who has been living with him in his house for year, was his wife’s own, because the wife said the child was her younger brother.

He said the deceased told him that each time his wife said she was pregnant, he does not set his eyes on her, until after the delivery of the baby, when she will present it to him and say “this is your child”.

The prosecution team led by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Akwa Ibom State, Barr. Joseph Umoren tendered the audio recordings which was played in the open court.

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23/03/2023

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Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola disguises on wheelchair in London hotel for secret meeting with Bola Tinubu

Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has been sighted in London pretending to be a physically-challenged old man, Peoples Gazette learnt today, in what Supreme Court sources said was a clandestine preparation for a meeting with President-elect Bola Tinubu.

Mr Ariwoola’s movement was exposed to The Gazette as Mr Tinubu was arriving in London for what his team claimed was a relaxation trip after a hectic campaign that preceded his declaration as Nigeria’s president-elect last month. But Mr Tinubu kept his trip to London secret until it was exposed on Wednesday afternoon by Sahara Reporters, which said the trip was a medical emergency.

The Gazette learnt that Mr Ariwoola departed Nigeria on March 11 via Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. He was pushed in a wheelchair through the terminals to board a British Airways flight, our sources said.

Upon arrival in London, Mr Ariwoola, 64, was also wheeled into a hotel downtown, where he has remained ever since. But immediately after checking into the hotel, Mr Ariwoola abandoned his wheelchair and started moving around the facility unaided. The Supreme Court head is not known with any physical disabilities.

“He has been moving about in the hotel without any wheelchair,” a source familiar with the CJN’s activities at the London accommodation told The Gazette. “He was standing on his own in the elevator just yesterday.”

The Gazette learnt that Mr Ariwoola repeatedly picked up food ordered via delivery services at a mid-level lobby, including Uber Eats and Deliveroo. It was unclear whether or not he placed the orders by himself or how he paid.

With Mr Tinubu now in Europe, he would be meeting Mr Ariwoola in a secret arrangement to discuss issues unknown to Nigerians, our sources said.

“The CJN deliberately left the country more than a week ahead of Tinubu to avoid any suspicion about why both of them disappeared at once,” a source familiar said. “That is why he travelled secretly and Tinubu also travelled secretly.”

They thought that they could secretly move the president-elect abroad without anybody knowing about it,” a source said. “That’s one of the several mistakes they made on this matter, asides from the belief that they could allow the Chief Justice of Nigeria to move about in a London hotel for several days undetected after going through the trouble of disguising him in a wheelchair.”

The Gazette has temporarily withheld the CJN’s photos and the specific hotel he stayed in to protect a source central to this story.

A Supreme Court source said Mr Ariwoola wanted to meet Mr Tinubu to discuss issues that may arise from the budding legal challenge to the declaration as president-elect, including whether or not he should be worried about the petitions recently filed by opposition parties.

“The CJN would either assure Tinubu of victory in court or tell him that he should be worried about the dimension the petitions may take through the court stages,” the source said under anonymity to avoid facing administrative action for divulging privileged information to reporters. “But we may never know what they actually discussed after their secret meeting.”

“I am reluctant to start thinking about the of their meeting right now,” the source added. “But any fair-minded person will easily admit that both of them meeting in a foreign corner to discuss something that Nigerians will not know about is highly suspicious and should be unwarranted.”

Source Peoples Gazette

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06/03/2023

PHOTOS: Peter Obi visits woman attacked during presidential election

The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has visited Mrs Jennifer Efidi, who was attacked at the polling unit during Saturday’s presidential election in the state.

Obi shared pictures via his Twitter page on Monday.

He wrote, “Today, I visited Mrs Jennifer Efidi. She was attacked on 25th February in an attempt to stop her from voting, but she stood her ground. Jennifer is one of the great icons of Nigeria’s democracy.”

Credit: Twitter | PeterObi

29/01/2023

BREAKING: Nigeria's Central Bank Extends Old Naira Use Deadline Till February 10

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13/01/2023

Photos from Nkiru Sylvanus traditional wedding ceremony.

The talented actress recently tied the know and Nigerians are super excited for her.

May God bless their union♥️♥️

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23/12/2022

The labour party presidential candidate and his team visited formal president Goodluck Ebere Jonathan at his residence in Bayelsa
Mr Peter obi wrote:

My team and I just arrived at the residence of President Goodluck Jonathan in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

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21/12/2022

The Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, has resigned.

Okupe’s resignation followed his conviction by a court for offences bothering on money laundering on Monday.

The EFCC had arraigned Okupe, in 2019 on a 59-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering and diversion of funds to the tune of N702 million.

He was arraigned alongside two companies – Value Trust Investment Ltd and Abrahams Telecoms Ltd.

Okupe was said to have received cash from the office of the national security adviser (NSA) while Sambo Dasuki, the NSA at the time, was in office.

He was convicted of money laundering and sent to two years imprisonment.

He was however given an option of N13 million fine, with a deadline to pay by 4:30pm on Monday.

He met the deadline.

Announcing his decision to quit the LP PCC on Monday, Okupe said he will remain with the presidential candidate of the party for the 2023 polls, Peter Obi, who he referred to as PO, the sign-off of Obi on Twitter.

He tweeted on his Twitter handle on Tuesday: “It’s time to step aside. But I am with PO and the Obidients and the Presidential Campaigns till God gives us victory in Jesus Name.”

17/12/2022

PHOTOS: Jonathan, Obi, Oyedepo, Others Attend Enenche’s Daughter Wedding

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi and Founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, were among the dignitaries who attended the church wedding of Deborah, daughter of the Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr Paul Enenche, in Abuja.

The wedding held at the Glory Dome in Abuja, the headquarters of Enenche’s church.

Deborah and her husband, Sam, held their traditional wedding on Thursday.

Credit: Twitter | Santario_, PeterObi

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