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The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, congratulated Bishop of Ekwulobia, Peter Okpaleke, on being sworn in as a cardinal by Pope Francis in the Vatican City. Okpaleke was part of the 20 new cardinals sworn in on Saturday. Tinubu posted Okpaleke’s picture on his Facebook page, congratulating him, while stating that the elevation is an honour to Nigeria. He wrote, “I most heartily congratulate Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke on his ordainment as a Cardinal. This deserving elevation is not one just for the Bishop, but an honour to all Nigerians but most especially, the Catholic Church and the wider Christian community." Credit: Facebook | Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu

American comedian, Chris Rock, has reportedly turned down the offer from the Academy to host the 2023 Oscars for the third time. According to the 57-year-old comedian, returning to host the show would be like returning to the crime scene. Rock revealed this during a standup show over the weekend in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. According to Newyork Post, during the show, Rock reportedly compared accepting the hosting gig to returning to the scene of a crime, referencing the murder of OJ Simpson’s late wife, saying that accepting the offer would be like asking Nicole Brown Simpson “to go back to the restaurant.” His rejected hosting duties would’ve come a year after Hollywood actor Will Smith walked on stage on March 27 and slapped him at the Academy Awards for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, about looking like “G.I. Jane” because of her bald head. Credit: Newyork Post

A Federal High Court in Abuja has thrown out a suit by the Federal Government to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America, Channels TV reports. In his ruling on Monday, Justice Inyang Ekwo struck out the suit filed by Abubakar Malai, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, on the ground that the application is incompetent. The Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, acting on behalf of the Federal Government filed the extradition charges against Kyari to pave the way for his extradition to America to answer fr@ud allegations in the United States of America. Recall that an internet fr@udster, Abass Ramon, aka Hushpuppi, had in America implicated Kyari in a $1.1million wire fraud prompting the American government to request for the extradition of Kyari to explain his own side of the story. The AGF, Abubakar Malami (SAN) filed the extradition charges under the Extradition Act and it is marked: F

PRESS RELEASE BY CONCERNED ELDERS OF PLATEAU ON THE DESPERATION OF GOV. SIMON BAKO LALONG ON THE REBUILDING OF THE JOS MAIN MARKET We have followed the discussions that followed the "leaked Draft Memorandum of Understanding" on the desire by the Governor Lalong's Administration to reconstruct the Jos Main Market (JMM), which was "bombed" and "burnt" in 2022. Coincidentally, this sad event took place when the incumbent Governor was then the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, during the Governor J. C. Dariye's Administration. This property has been further demolished by the present Government using a whopping over N1 billion in a bid said to be preparing it for reconstruction. It is important at this point to remember the history of the JMM. It is a project of the Founding Fathers and past Governors of Plateau State: J. D Gomwalk, S. D. Lar (both of blessed memory) and S. B. Atukum who is not only alive, but has had cause to

A 34 -year-old newly married man, Paul Turovsky, has been arrested for hiring a sex worker during his honeymoon. Turovsky had responded to an advertisement placed by an undercover detective from Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Tampa, Florida, United States of America. According to Dailymail, Turovsky left his new bride sleeping in their hotel room in Tampa and went out to meet a sex worker he had connected with online. When he arrived at the meeting point, he was placed in handcuffs; caught in a sting operation by local police to crackdown on sex trafficking. The Hillsborough County Sheriff, Chad Chronister, added that Turovsky was one of 176 men arrested in the sting operation. Turovsky got married on July 15, 2022.

Nollywood actors, Ireti Doyle and Bob-Manuel Obidimma Udokwu have been conferred with honorary doctorate degrees from Institut Superieur de Communication et de Gestion University in Benin Republic. Doyle, on her Instagram page, shared the exciting news with pictures. She wrote, “I have envisaged many things for myself... and having put, and still putting in the work, I have a healthy expectation of receiving “accolades”. But at no point did I see THIS coming...Mommy would have been mighty proud!!*Dr. Doyle has a nice ring to it!✨️💫 @iscg_university__ I am highly honoured...thank you!🙏🏽💫 The actress also congratulated her colleague Bob Manuel on his degree. Doyle wrote, “Congratulations also to my senior colleague Dr. @bobmanueludokwuofficial Incidentally, he mentioned that “Living In Bondage”, the movie that redefined and birthed the Nollywood we now have; was 30 years old to the day...We’ve come a mighty long way!” Credit: Instagram | iretidoyle

JUST IN: Nigerian Army has dismissed two soldiers, Lance Corporal John Gabriel and Lance Corporal Adamu Gideon over the murder of an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Goni Aisami Gashua, in Yobe State. The dismissed soldiers were found guilty of the murder, after a military joint board of inquiry, set up in collaboration with the police. Acting commander officer in charge of 241 Reece battalion, Nguru, Yobe State, Lt Col. Ibrahim Osabo, while speaking to journalists said the dismissed soldiers will be handed over to the police in Damaturu for prosecution in the court of law