Author: Biyi Lawrence
More than 80 clergy members are facing allegations of sexual assault in a new civil lawsuit launched against the Quebec archdiocese. The class action represents more than 100 victims who were allegedly sexually assaulted, most of them as minors, by priests and other staff working for the diocese since 1940. The diocese covers a region that includes the greater Quebec City area and neighbouring Chaudière-Appalaches, Charlevoix and Beauce regions. Recall a judge had authorized a class-action lawsuit against the Catholic archdiocese of Quebec brought by victims of alleged sexual abuse. The class action was filed in 2020 and covers alleged sexual…
Kenya’s veteran politician Raila Odinga on Tuesday vowed to pursue “all constitutional and legal options” after rejecting the outcome of last week’s election that handed the presidency to his rival William Ruto. “I do not want to fully address our strategies going forward but… we will be pursuing all constitutional and legal options available to us,” he told reporters a day after the results were announced, without specifying if he would issue a court challenge Odinga, who described the outcome of the August 9 poll as “a travesty” at Tuesday’s press conference, has previously claimed to have been cheated of…
LAGOS, Nigeria ( VOICE OF NAIJA)- President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Chairman/CEO of Dangote Plc, Aliko Dangote the chairman of Nigeria End Malaria Council (NEMC)
As news of Raila Odinga’s loss in Kenya’s presidential election filtered through to his stronghold in Kisumu on Monday, angry supporters streamed into the streets, hurling stones and alleging vote-rigging as police fired tear gas to disperse them. The 77-year-old’s young supporters — who fondly refer to him as “Baba” or “father” in Swahili — told AFP they were furious to see Odinga lose his fifth stab at Kenya’s presidency. A veteran opposition politician now backed by the ruling party, Odinga has not spoken in public since the results were announced, but has accused his opponents of cheating him out…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has again met with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Also at the meeting which was held on Monday night at Wike’s private residence in Port Harcourt is the former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko. Channels Television gathered that the Rivers leader also met with ex- Cross River Governor, Donald Duke; Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom; Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, and Gombe State ex-governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo among others. Although the purpose of the meeting could not be ascertained, it may however not be unconnected with…
LAGOS, Nigeria ( VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Presidential panel that probed former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has said fourteen fraud cases involving N118 billion and $309 million were abandoned by him In the final report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari in November 2020, the EFCC, under Magu’s watch, was also accused of not remitting another N48 billion loot recovered in foreign and local currencies, TheCable can report. The panel headed by Ayo Salami, former president of the court of appeal, was set up to probe the EFCC from May 2015 to May 2020 when Magu was in…
Supermarket bills will increase by £533, or more than £10 a week, as grocery price inflation hits its highest level since at least 2008. The price of a weekly shop rose 11.6% in the four weeks to 7 August, compared with a year before, according to the latest figures from Kantar. That represents the highest rate of inflation since the market research group began tracking the sector 14 years ago. Fraser McKevitt, the head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar, said: “As predicted, we’ve now hit a new peak in grocery price inflation, with products like butter, milk and…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 25 suspected internet fraudsters in some parts of Lagos State. The suspects are: Oyewole Damilola, Ovin Adekunle, Ovin Nicholas, Ridwan Iyiola, Aregbesola Tobiloba, Oladosu Saheed, Oseni Omotara, Abel Durotimi, Oyeneye Rilwan Adetola, Omoregbe Destiny Nosa, Evbonaye Olaleye, Adeyemo Abiola, Temitope Ajetonmobi, Dare-Ilori Oreoluwa David, Adekanye Ayodeji Ezekiel, Osagie Harry Odosa and Arowolo Oluwafemi Isaac. Others are: Agbaje Jackson Babatunde, Owolabi Temiloluwa Dominion, Fadipe Biodun Idris, Agbayo Moshood Oriyomi, Sylvester Evans, Oshokoya Olaoluwa Muritalah, Omotoye Collins Oluwaseun and Hassan Abdulwahab…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Professor Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari hosted two Principal officers in Abuja The meeting was to honour State Chief of Protocol (SCOP), Ambassador Lawal Kazaure; Chief of Staff, Prof Ibrahim Gambari; SSAP to the President on Domestic and Social Events, Mallam Mohammed Sarki Abba; and Deputy Chief of Staff, Dr Ade Ipaye, who were conferred with Republic of Niger National Honours by President Bazoum recently
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, on Monday, said he has not resigned and does not plan to do so. Recall that loyalists of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State had alleged that Ayu had signed and sent his resignation letter to Senator David Mark, a former President of the Senate, and PDP chieftain from Benue State. But according to Vanguard, Ayu’s media aide, Simon Imobo-Tswam, has quashed the tittle-tattles. “The PDP National Chairman, Dr. Iyiochia Ayu, has not resigned and has no plan of resigning. “For clarity and emphasis,…