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A Lagos High Court has summoned Christian Chukwuka Wigwe, to enter an appearance before it, to show what interest he has in the estate of the late Group Managing Director and CEO of Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe.

The probate registry of the court, in a Probate Form 7 dated 21st of October, 2024, and issued against Christian Chukwuka Wigwe, ordered him or his legal representative to enter an appearance to declare his interest in the late Wigwe’s estate contrary to the interest of the appointed personal representative of the estate of the deceased banker Uchechukwu N. Wigwe the party at whose instance the warning was issued.

After a two-week working vacation in the United Kingdom, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday resumed work at State House in Abuja

The president who arrived the country over the weekend, spent his first day at work having meetings with some of his aides, which many see as an indication that the purported cabinet reshuffle may happen soon.

The special adviser to the president on media and strategy, Bayo Onanuga has responded to those criticizing Tinubu’s policies in a post on X, with A 2004 Tabloid, ‘the News’ Captioned, More Nigerians commit suicide, as Obj’s Policy Takes its Toll.

According to GovSpend, a civic tech- platform that tracks analyses of Federal Government’s spendings, data showed that a total sum of N44.88 million Naira was spent by the State House on getting visas for officials, including aides to the President and the Vice President, in March 2024 alone.

The details were highlighted in four separate transactions showing , the costs incurred to secure the visa’s for official engagements abroad, particularly to the United Kingdom and France.

On March 7th the State House processed two payments totalling N13.01m. then on March 27th N31.87m was spent on visas for aides and staff members of the State House.

These payments underline the significant expenses associated with the international operations of government officials.

The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called on religious leaders to rather focus on praying and counseling the government, instead of resorting to curses.

The comments were made at the opening ceremony of the four-day International Conference of the African Biblical Leadership Initiative in Abuja.

Remi Tinubu, highlighted the numerous challenges facing today’s leadership, particularly in Africa.

She urged religious leaders to preach peace and follow in the footsteps of Christ, by praying for leaders instead of abusing them.

Cameroonian President Paul Biya has returned to Yaounde after nearly six weeks abroad, sparking relief and jubilation.

Rumours about the state of Biya’s health was raised after a prolonged absence from the country, including missed appearances at key international events.

On Monday, social media was awash with reactions after Nigeria Immigration Service confirmed the arrest of controversial crossdresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, at the Seme Border while attempting to leave the country.

In a statement released by the NIS Public Relations Officer, the Service disclosed that Bobrisky was intercepted at the Seme Border, located between Nigeria and Benin Republic, as he attempted to cross into the neighbouring country.

Meanwhile, the Independent Investigative Panel set up by the Federal Government to investigate allegations of corruption and violations of laid down rules and regulations governing the conduct of correctional officers and the treatment of inmates, has indicted a senior officer of the Nigeria Correctional Service for giving privileges to bobrisky during his time in the custodial centre.

As the young people of Nigeria, continue to venture into innovations to revolutionize our industrial space a young Nigerian Ziko Abara has joined those looking to revolutionize the air space.

Ziko who hails from Eboyin state, has designed a first of its kind turbojet engine which uses high pressure air from an air blower to start the engine until it self sustains!

Ziko presented a prototype of the Mark3 turbojet engine to the Minister of Defense, Mohammed Badaru, the Minister of Science & Technology, Uche Nnaji and other military officials at the defense research and development bureau convention, which took place on October 15th, at the National Defense College, in Abuja.

In a post on X, Ziko stated that he is the first person in Nigeria, and probably in Africa to build a functional self sustaining afterburning turbojet engine

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