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Election Petition Court Adjourns APM Suit To June 9

The Presidential Election Petition Court on Friday adjourned to June 9, 2023, the continuation of the hearing of the petition by the Allied Peoples Movement, APM.

The court made the decision at the instance of the petitioners, who requested more time to take a stance on the status of their petition.

The APM is challenging the outcome of the election that produced Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as president and Kashim Shettima as vice president.

They are contending that Tinubu was not qualified to run for the presidential office because he did not have a validly nominated vice president, hence, he was not validly sponsored by the APC.

Listed as 1st to 5th respondents in the petition are the Independent National Electoral Commission, the APC, Bola Tinubu, Kashim Shettima and Kabir Masari.

The party stated that “the third respondent lost his candidacy and was no longer qualified to contest the presidential election. When the fifth respondent withdrew his nomination as the 2nd respondent’s vice presidential candidate for his said presidential election.”

The PEPC on Tuesday, May 30 adjourned the petition by the APM to Friday, June 2, 2023, following an observation by a counsel for the president, Wole Olanikpekun.

Olanikpekun informed the court of a recent judgement of the Supreme Court, which, according to him, appears to have resolved the same issue the APM has brought before the court.

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Binance founder, Changpeng Zhao, bags 4 months in jail for money laundering

Changpeng Zhao, the creator of Binance, was sentenced to four months in prison in Seattle, Washington, for money laundering, unauthorized money transmission, and other crimes.

According to Richard Jones, the presiding judge, Zhao prioritized “Binance’s growth and profits over compliance with US laws and regulations” at a sentencing hearing on Tuesday.

According to US investigators, Zhao purposefully turned a blind eye to transactions that fueled terrorism, the illegal drug trade, and child sexual abuse.

“I failed here. I deeply regret my failure, and I am sorry,” Zhao told the court.

“I believe the first step of taking responsibility is to fully recognise the mistakes. Here I failed to implement an adequate anti-money-laundering programme. I realise now the seriousness of that mistake.”

The four-month sentence is lower than the three years prosecutors sought.

Prosecutors told the judge a tough sentence would Send a clear signal to other would-be criminals.

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May Day: Life Miserable Under Tinubu In Nigeria – NLC, TUC

Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark International Workers’ Day, IWD, the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, say life has been miserable for Nigerians and workers under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.

In separate statements by the Head of Information and Public Affairs of NLC, Benson Upah and TUC President Festus Osifo they bemoaned the economic hardship workers and other Nigerians are grappling with due to high inflation, foreign exchange crisis, food inflation and energy crisis.

Upah said life has worsened considerably under Tinubu’s government.

He said fuel subsidy removal, the Naira continued crisis at the foreign exchange market, and electricity tariff hike are policies by the Tinubu government fueling the economic hardship on Nigerians and workers.

The spokesperson for the NLC urged President Tinubu to rethink some of his policies for a better life for Nigerian Workers.

“Life has worsened considerably. In fact, the most painful aspect of it is that there is no silver lining in the sky yet. When workers were trying to get used to this ugly situation, the government slammed them with a new energy tariff of 250 per cent, and on the other side, for the workers, nothing has changed.

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Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State and Uncle to Famous Nigerian music artiste, Davido, has sparked reactions after he said that he has not taken any loan since he assumed office on November 27, 2022.

Adeleke said this at the second edition of “Ipade Imole”, a forum where he gave stewardship to the people of the state on Tuesday in Ilesa.

The governor said his decision not to take any loan to finance projects was in line with his pledge to govern with available resources only

“In all our governance activities so far, let it be known that we have never borrowed a kobo.

“This is in line with our pledge to govern within our available resources as we manage the huge liabilities we inherited from the previous government.

“If anybody tells you this administration has borrowed money, tell the person he is a liar,” he said.

See reactions from netizens on X:

Mallambas @AdedokunBasit1 reacted, “Ok we don hear Oya come show me tangible project you have done since you have been on this tenure