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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Apo, has granted a lawyer, Mrs Bukola Ibitade, bail.

Ibitade and her boss, Barrister Victor Giwa, were accused by the police to have forged a letterhead, belonging to a renown Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Awa Kalu.

But Awa Kalu, in a letter to the Inspector General of Police, Mr Katode. Egebtolun, put a lie to the allegation of the police against Ibitade amd Giwa.

Despite the letter of Prof. Awa Kalu to the Inspector-General of Police, formally distancing himself from the allegation of forgery and impersonation against Giwa and Ibitade, the police have gone ahead to press charge against Giwa.

Chief Kalu, in a letter to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, had said his letterhead was never forged and that he had not at anytime lodged any complaint to the police about forgery of his document.

Professor Kalu, in a letter dated May 30, 2025, addressed to the Inspector General of Police, clarified that he neither filed a complaint nor reported Mr. Giwa for allegedly forging his firm’s letterhead.

The letter comes in response to Charge No. CR/150/25 instituted by the police, in which Giwa and Ibitade were accused of forging the official letterhead of “Awa U. Kalu (SAN) and Partners” — formerly “Awa U. Kalu (SAN) and Associates” — to communicate with the Attorney General of the Federation.

Prof. Kalu wrote, “I wish to inform you that the internet is agog with news that a charge is preferred against the above named gentleman, indicating that he forged my official headed paper.

“Please note that I have neither filed a complaint nor have I incidented a report at any Police Station in Nigeria indicating that Mr. Victor Giwa forged my official headed paper.”

During the hearing of the motion for bail for Ibitade, her Counsel, Ogbu Aboje,
urged the court to grant her bail on liberal term.

According to him, the defendant is a lawyer and cannot jump bail.

“We have a motion dated October 8, 2025 and filed on the same date. The motion seeks an order to admit the 2nd defendant to bail pending the hearing and determination of the case.

“We are seeking an order of the court to admit the second defendant to bail on very liberal condition. We urge the court to dismiss the counter affidavit of the prosecution and grant them defendant bail”, he argued.

The prosecution, Mr Eristo Asaph, prayed the court to turn down the motion for bail.

He submitted, “We are opposing the bail application and have filed counter affidavit deposed to, by one Clement Akpan and the counter affidavit is accompanied by one exhibit marked “NPF A” and it’s also accompanied by a written address. We urge my lord to refuse the application”.

In his ruling, Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie, granted Ibitade bail in the sum of N30m with two sureties who must be level 16 civil servants.

According to the court, the sureties must be able to produce the defendant at every sitting of the. Court amd must have a valid ID card.

The clarification by Prof. Kalu significantly undercuts the foundation of the forgery allegation, which reportedly hinges on the unauthorised use of his firm’s name and letterhead.

His statement meant there was no formal accusation from the primary party whose identity was allegedly misused.

Also, Victor Giwa had in a letter to the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, dated 23rd May, 2025, asked the IGP to probe the allegation of financial inducement to charge him to court.

Specifically, Giwa called Mr Egbetokun, to investigate the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, legal services of the Nigeria Police, Chiozoba Oyakhire Ehiede, AIG Aina Emmanuel and Ms Asabe Waziri, over allegation of frivolous xharge filed against him and one other.

He called on the IGP to probe the connection between the AIG, Legal Services of the Nigeria Police and Asabe Waziri, a staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.

Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has praised Peter Mbah, the governor of Enugu State, for switching from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Mbah reportedly declared his defection to the APC on Tuesday, stating that Enugu needed to join with the federal administration for quicker growth.

In a tweet on his 𝕏 handle on Tuesday, Keyamo responded to the news by revealing that he warned the governor during a visit to Enugu a few months ago that it would be a miracle for anyone to defeat him in future elections.

APC was his natural home, he said, and he commended Mbah for his progressive agenda.

“I said it would be a miracle for anyone to beat you in future elections when I came to Enugu a few months ago to launch Enugu Air,” Keyamo wrote. We are grateful that you have teamed up with President Bola Tinubu to further the advancement and solidarity of Enugu and the Southeast.

The minister assured Mbah that the decision will increase his support base in the state and further referred to him as the “undisputed leader of Enugu APC”.

Political strategist Prof. Udenta Udenta has called the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defecting to the All Progressives Congress a show of fear and lack of courage.

When answering questions during an interview on Arise Television on Tuesday, Udenta reportedly said this.

Dismissing claims that the PDP was disintegrating, the Alliance for Democracy’s (AD) founding national secretary emphasized that the party is still powerful and politically active.

He insisted that rather than individual politicians leaving the party for personal gain, the party’s identity and power were derived from the people.

Udenta added that he had previously based his assessment of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s possible comeback to politics only on political factors and not on insider knowledge.

“When I talked about the former president’s prospects, I didn’t speak as a spokesperson,” he said.

He has not disclosed the election’s political background. Even his membership in the party is merely for him to explain its standing.

“If you choose to use the PDP as a platform, the party is thriving despite a change in the upper echelons of the political elite, the governors, who for whatever reason decide to say, okay, we’re going to call it a day, we’re going to join the APC where we think their gluttony will power our own ambition.”

Despite the animosity toward President Bola Tinubu, Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has said that detractors cannot ignore the continuous change in the nation’s capital.

According to reports, Wike gave a speech on Tuesday when the Dakibiyu District commissioned access roads in Sector Center B.

Nigerians will witness something they have never seen in Abuja at Tinubu’s third anniversary, according to the former governor of Rivers State.

Nigeria would soon reach its promised land, Wike said, urging Nigerians to have patience with Tinubu’s administration.

“Nigerians will witness something they have never witnessed before by next year, which is Mr. President’s third year anniversary,” he stated.

Therefore, I’m asking all Nigerians to have patience because we will reach the promised land and, thanks to Mr. President, the story will be told differently.

The ceremony’s director explained that the best way to determine whether something is going well is to look at it sector by sector. Since each person must present his or her own report card, let’s begin in Abuja.

Regarding FCT, regardless of how you may feel about losing the election or how much you may despise others, someone must win since there is no GG in elections; one person will win and the other will lose.

Can you fool yourself into believing that nothing is happening in the FCT, even if you despise Mr. President? Of course not.

That is what democracy’s benefits are all about. “From there, you will also know what Mr. President is doing in other areas, see where we are either to flag off or to commission.”

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Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and former Foreign Affairs Minister Prof. Joy Uche Angela Ogwu died at the age of 79.

She passed away in the early hours of Monday at a hospital in New York, USA, with her daughter by her side, according to family members who talked to the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA).

Ogwu, who was born in Delta State on August 22, 1946, was a distinguished academic and diplomat whose work included international diplomacy, policy research, and academics.

She was President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Foreign Affairs Minister for Nigeria from August 2006 to May 2007.

She became the first Nigerian woman to serve as the country’s Permanent Representative to the UN when she was appointed in 2008 and remained in that role until 2017.

Prior to being appointed as a minister, Ogwu was the Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), where she gained international renown for her knowledge of Nigerian foreign policy, disarmament, and international relations.

Professor Ogwu’s outstanding career put her at the forefront of influencing how Nigeria interacts with the world.

Outside of her official positions, she was a strong supporter of human rights, education, and women’s empowerment. She participated in UNESCO-funded initiatives that supported human rights education in Nigerian schools and was a member of the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.

The Movement for the Emancipation of Nigeria (MEN) has urged the Federal Government to stop prosecuting suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari and to free him immediately.

MEN called Kyari’s ongoing arrest “a grave injustice” in a statement released on Tuesday by its Comrade General, former Sports Minister Solomon Dalung, in view of the recent flood of convicted criminals receiving presidential pardons.

“Despite recent presidential pardons granted to convicted drug traffickers, fraudsters, kidnappers, and bandits, many of whom were arrested by his team in the line of duty,” the statement reads. “The Movement for the Emancipation of Nigeria (MEN) observes with deep concern the continued detention and prosecution of DCP Abba Kyari.”

The late nationalist Herbert Macaulay, the late Major General Mamman Vatsa, and Maryam Sanda, who was given a death sentence for the murder of her husband, were among the 175 people who were reportedly pardoned by President Bola Tinubu last Thursday.

The recipients also included prisoners incarcerated for illicit mining, fraud, and manslaughter.

According to MEN, Kyari’s prosecution’s moral and legal justifications are essentially eliminated by the selective use of clemency, which “ridicules the principle of fairness.”

Kyari’s prosecution could deter law enforcement officers from putting their lives in danger to combat crime, the group warned.

“Kyari’s continuing arrest has essentially lost the moral and legal justification due to the recent wave of presidential amnesties and pardons. According to the group, his prosecution under these circumstances amounts to a double standard that compromises the integrity of Nigeria’s legal system.

MEN went on to call the trial “institutional betrayal against a man who once risked his life in the service of public order and national security.”

To put a stop to Kyari’s agony, the organization made a direct petition to President Tinubu and Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), the Attorney General of the Federation.

Therefore, we implore the President and the Attorney General of the Federation to drop all charges against DCP Abba Kyari and ensure his prompt release. A terrible precedent and a mockery of justice will result from anything less,” MEN said.

Formerly the leader of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Kyari was hailed as Nigeria’s “super cop” due to his string of high-profile arrests.

On February 14, 2022, he was taken into custody after the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) issued a wanted list accusing him of plotting to tamper with and traffic 21.35 kilograms of cocaine that had been taken from suspected traffickers.

He has since entered a not guilty plea to the accusations.