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The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and his running mate in the February 25 poll, Datti Baba-Ahmed, attended the Presidential Election Petitions court hearing in Abuja on Tuesday, May 30. Though Obi had attended a number of proceedings in the past few weeks, Datti-Ahmed attended court proceedings for the first time on Tuesday, a day after the inauguration of the candidate, Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s President.   The Labour Party is expected to call just one witness today. The party had previously said it would call 50 witnesses to testify against the victory of  Tinubu, and will need seven weeks to get this done.  

Thousands of worshipers have started flocking to a Catholic nun to witness her body after it was recovered from her Missouri grave without any signs of decay despite being buried since 2019.    Faithful Catholics have been pictured and filmed in a long queue rushing to Gower - about 40 miles north of Kansas City - to see the unblemished body of sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, who died in May 2019 at the age of 95, with some calling it a miraculous sign of sainthood.    The abbey which previously would receive no more than 20 visitors per day is now seeing about 1,000 visitors on a daily basis, according to Ashlie Hand, a spokesperson with the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.   'As of Tuesday, they were seeing about 1,000 visitors a day. I think now, it's probably well above that. The expectation is the crowd will grow over the holiday weekend,' Hand said to Fox4.      Hand said it's possible the monastery would receive up to 20,000 vis...

Former Barcelona right-back, Douglas Pereira has been arrested after shooting a gun into the air in a car park in Brazil.   Brazilian publication Globo Esporte reported that the 32-year-old is facing trial after the incident which allegedly took place on April 21 in the country's capital of Brasilia.   It is claimed that the former Brazil U20 international had been drinking on a boat at Lake Paranoa which he left after falling out with the other people on it.   According to Football Espana, Douglas then walked through a forested area with an unauthorised gun and came to the sports campus of Club Esportives Sul.   Security at the facility are said to have asked him to leave the area after he confronted several people 'aggressively' - before he fired the gun into the air in a car park.   The player is then said to have hid the pistol in a nearby bush and was arrested by police - though the gun was not located.   Douglas was reportedly detained and re...

Germany has fallen into recession after a high inflation rate took a bigger toll on the country’s economy than originally estimated.  Output in Europe’s largest economy dropped 0.3% in the first three months of the year, following a 0.5% contraction at the end of 2022, official data showed on Thursday, May 25.    The Federal Statistical Office downgraded its previous estimate of zero growth in gross domestic product compared with the previous quarter. A recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of declining output.   T he figures are a blow to the German government, which last month boldly doubled its growth forecast for this year after a feared winter energy crunch failed to materialise. It said GDP will grow by 0.4 per cent, up from a 0.2 per cent expansion predicted in late January,  a forecast that may now need to be revised downward.   The recession may prove to be short-lived, however, as timelier PMI survey data showed earlier t...

  Diran Onifade, the spokesperson of the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he believes he could still get justice in court even after president-elect, Bola Tinubu, is sworn in on May 29. Obi who is currently challenging the emergence of Tinubu as winner of the February 25 presidential election, said this in an interview with The Sun.  Pre-trials at the Presidential Election Tribunal ended on Tuesday May 22, while trial proper have been slated to begin on Tuesday, May 30. Petitioners have three weeks to present their case as opposed to seven weeks they asked for beginning from May 30 to June 23.   Onifade expressed confidence in the tribunal and cited multiple incidences where people were recalled after being sworn into office.   “Ngige was governor of Anambra State for three years, when his election was found to be faulty, he was removed. Only of recent, Emeka Ihedioha in Imo was asked to vacate for Hope Uzodimma and on and on. ...

  American rapper, Fetty Wap has been sentenced to six years in prison for his role in a large-scale drug trafficking scheme that saw narcotics shipped from the West Coast and sold in New Jersey and Long Island.   The 31-year-old rapper, whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, was sentenced in federal court in Central Islip, New York, for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.   Maxwell, who is from Paterson, New Jersey, was initially arrested in October 2021 on charges that he allegedly participated in a drug smuggling conspiracy involving heroin, fentanyl and other drugs.    He pleaded guilty in August to a top charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances pertaining to cocaine. The charge carried a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison.   The rapper, best known for his 2015 hit “Trap Queen,” apologized in the courtroom. “I hurt my community, people who look up to me, my family, and myself," he said. "I a...

Former United States President Barack Obama has penned a touching tribute to music icon Tina Turner, following her death, at age 83, on Wednesday, May 24. While remembering the singer on his social media accounts, the 61-year-old politician described the late legend as 'raw' and 'powerful.'  'She was unstoppable. And she was unapologetically herself—speaking and singing her truth through joy and pain; triumph and tragedy,' the father-of-two tweeted.   He continued: 'Today we join fans around the world in honoring the Queen of Rock and Roll, and a star whose light will never fade.' His statement came just hours after President Joe Biden shared a lengthy tribute about the trailblazing rocker's legacy on The White House's website. 'Before she was the Queen of Rock and Roll, Tina Turner was a farmer's daughter in Tennessee. As a child, she sang in the church choir before becoming one of the most successful recording artists of al...