Tompolo Requests To Unblock His Account, Court Throws Out Application

The Warri Division of the Federal High Court, on Thursday, dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement application by a former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, challenging the freezing of his accounts and threats of arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Justice E. A. Obile upheld the preliminary objection by the EFCC in the matter and struck out the matter on the grounds that it could not sit on appeal over an order made by a Lagos State High Court.

The court also said it could not restrain the EFCC from inviting or prosecuting the applicants.

Photos: Governor Fayose Storms Zenith Bank To Make Withdrawals Following Court Order

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, today visited the Ado Ekiti branch of Zenith Bank where he withdrew some money from his accounts.

This followed the Federal High Court judgment which ordered the bank to immediately unfreeze the governor’s accounts by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).

Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti has ordered that Governor Ayodele Fayose’s accounts in Zenith Bank be defrozen with immediate effect.

Gambia Row: Adama Barrow To Declare Himself President

The Gambia's President-elect, Adama Barrow, has told the BBC he will declare himself president on 18 January despite incumbent Yahya Jammeh's rejection of the election result.

He said his team was preparing for his inauguration and he urged Mr Jammeh to respect the will of the electorate.

The election commission declared Mr Barrow winner of the 1 December poll.

Mr Jammeh has launched court action to annul the result after initially accepting defeat. He even turned ing down African leaders who had flew to his country to ask him to obey the law by stepping down.

US Intelligence: Putin Was Directly Involved With Russian Interference In U.S. Election

U.S. intelligence officials say they believe Russian President Vladimir Putin was directly involved in efforts to disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential election, NBC News states.

NBC’s bombshell story comes days after The Washington Post reported that the Central Intelligence Agency believes Russia sought to influence the election and help secure President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Those efforts reportedly included hacking the emails of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, and providing them to WikiLeaks.

The New York Times, in an extensive report on the hacks, offered details on how the attacks were carried out and reported that Democratic House candidates were also targeted.

No Government Money Involved In Zahra Buhari’s Wedding- Presidency

The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President has said no Government fund is involved in the marriage ceremony of the President’s daughter which will officially hold tomorrow. According to Mr Shehu the President says it is a private affair and so he would be responsible for the bills. The full statement below...

Photo: Check out this Calisthenics display by corps members at Kaduna Orientation camp

Corps members showed off this Calisthenics display at the closing of 2016 Batch B (Stream1) Orientation in Kaduna State

'It Is A Dream,' Says Afghan 'Little Messi' Of Meeting His Idol

It all started with a plastic bag. Months after a boy in rural Afghanistan became a sensation for wearing a homemade Lionel Messi jersey, he's now met the soccer star and watched his FC Barcelona team play in Qatar. "I'm very happy to have met my hero. It is a dream for me," Murtaza Ahmadi said of his time with Messi. Routinely ranked as one of the best soccer players in history, Messi had already brightened Ahmadi's life back in February, when he sent several signed Argentine national team jerseys and a new soccer ball to the boy. The gifts were relayed via UNICEF, an organization that counts Messi as a goodwill ambassador. At the time, Murtaza said, "I love Messi and my shirt says Messi loves ...